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Lightning Rod

Fail

Shoppers spend an estimated $10K a year here, so Lightning Rod is a Fail.

Flapen Score
38
38 / 100
Ranks 6,453 of 8,101 Sports & Outdoors niches · −9 vs the category median of 47
Market size
$10K/yr46K searches / yr
90-day growth
+112.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
68%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 38 sellers

Flapen Score

Lightning Rod against its category

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

38Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Lightning Rod market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Lightning Rod 46K times last year and spent an estimated $10K. The top 5 brands take 98% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 38 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 0.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 46K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 0.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +112.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $10K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
46K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+112.9%
Conversion, latest week
0.2%
Market size, estimated
$10Ka year
Peak month
August3.8× the quietest month
Top search term
lightning rods14K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $100.11.

Listings sell for $100.11 on average, from $21.49 to $238.47. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 500 to 750 a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At $100.11 that is $0 to $10K a year per listing.

Average price
$100.11above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$21.49–$238.47
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
500–750
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
$0–$10K
Returns
3.8%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

72% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 89% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #339 within Rods & Accessories. It carries 51 reviews at 4.52 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
72%
Prime listings
89%
Out of stock, average day
4.8%
Average rank
#339in Rods & Accessories
Average rating
4.52 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
51per listing
Listings tracked
18

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 4 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 45 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
45 months

Products

Top Lightning Rod 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 68% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

38

Top-5 brand share

98%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

68%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

2%

  • Brand 148%
  • Brand 221%
  • Brand 321%
  • Brand 44%
  • Brand 52%
  • Brand 62%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 2%)

Demand

Lightning Rod search demand

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

2K1KSpike '26Prime Day '26AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.8×

Search terms

Top Lightning Rod search terms shoppers use

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

  • lightning rods14K/yr
  • lightning rod15K/yr
  • lightning rod for house7K/yr
  • lightning rods for house roof5K/yr
  • lightning protection5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Lightning Rod

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

29%of positive reviews mention “Efficiency”
25%of negative reviews mention “Assembly/Installation”
3.8%of orders come back
“Too difficultt to install”
A buyer, on “Assembly/Installation”25% 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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Lightning Rod questions

Answered from the same tracked data.