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Fatwood

Maybe

An estimated 0.3% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at -58.2% this quarter, so Fatwood is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
55
55 / 100
Top 22% of 8,101 Sports & Outdoors niches · +8 vs the category median of 47
Market size
$1.5M/yr520K searches / yr
90-day growth
-58.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
66%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 53 sellers

Flapen Score

Fatwood against its category

The dotted line is the Sports & Outdoors average. Past it, Fatwood is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

55Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Fatwood market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Fatwood 520K times last year and spent an estimated $1.5M. The top 5 brands take 82% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 9.7% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 520K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 9.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -58.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $1.5M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
520K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-58.2%
Conversion, latest week
9.7%
Market size, estimated
$1.5Ma year
Peak month
January6.5× the quietest month
Top search term
fatwood147K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $29.68.

Listings sell for $29.68 on average, from $5.76 to $95.96. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 80K to 100K a year. The average listing sells 5,000 to 6,000 of them. At $29.68 that is $148K to $178K a year per listing.

Average price
$29.68inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$5.76–$95.96
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
80K–100K
Units per listing a year
5,000–6,000
Revenue per listing a year
$148K–$178K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

90% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 95% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #163 within Camp Kitchen. It carries 3,161 reviews at 4.51 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
90%
Prime listings
95%
Out of stock, average day
4.8%
Average rank
#163in Camp Kitchen
Average rating
4.51 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
3,161per listing
Listings tracked
21

04 · Newcomers

2 of last year's 5 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

5 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 52 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
52 months

Products

Top Fatwood products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 66% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

15 rising

Sellers

53

Top-5 brand share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

66%

Top 20: 99%

Open market

15%

  • Brand 132%
  • Brand 225%
  • Brand 314%
  • Brand 47%
  • Brand 53%
  • Brand 63%
  • Open — no brand owns it (9 brands, 15%)

Demand

Fatwood search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

25K15KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 6.5×

Search terms

Top Fatwood search terms shoppers use

The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.

  • fatwood147K/yr
  • kindling73K/yr
  • fatwood fire starter sticks90K/yr
  • fat wood43K/yr
  • fat wood sticks fire starter44K/yr
  • kindling wood31K/yr
  • ocote7K/yr
  • fire kindling8K/yr
  • ocote para fuego6K/yr
  • fatwood fire starter12K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Fatwood

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

17%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
11%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
0.3%of orders come back
“Small Size”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”11% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Fatwood questions

Answered from the same tracked data.