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Butane Soldering Iron

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.7% of orders. But demand is soft, at -19.8% this quarter, so Butane Soldering Iron is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 31% of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · +4 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$209K/yr122K searches / yr
90-day growth
-19.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
62%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 70 sellers

Flapen Score

Butane Soldering Iron against its category

The dotted line is the Tools & Home Improvement average. Past it, Butane Soldering Iron is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

52Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Butane Soldering Iron market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Butane Soldering Iron 122K times last year and spent an estimated $209K. The top 5 brands take 73% of clicks. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

3.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 122K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -19.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $209K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
122K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-19.8%
Conversion, latest week
3.6%
Market size, estimated
$209Ka year
Peak month
December1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
butane soldering iron76K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $46.88.

Listings sell for $46.88 on average, from $12.85 to $124.52. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $46.88 that is $5K to $12K a year per listing.

Average price
$46.88inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$12.85–$124.52
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
4K–5K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$5K–$12K
Returns
0.7%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

78% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #136 within Welding & Soldering. It carries 1,525 reviews at 4.27 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
78%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
4.9%
Average rank
#136in Welding & Soldering
Average rating
4.27 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,525per listing
Listings tracked
18

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 52 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
52 months

Products

Top Butane Soldering Iron products & what they sell for

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

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 62% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$21K$42K$63K$84K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 flat

Sellers

70

Top-5 brand share

73%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

62%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

22%

  • LEXIVON30%
  • Weller16%
  • Berkling Tools11%
  • Iroda10%
  • Dremel5%
  • ravs5%

Demand

Butane Soldering Iron search demand

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

4K3KHoliday '24Prime Day '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Butane Soldering Iron search terms shoppers use

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

  • butane soldering iron76K/yr
  • butane soldering iron kit22K/yr
  • gas soldering iron8K/yr
  • soldering iron butane7K/yr
  • propane soldering iron5K/yr
  • butane soldering kit4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Butane Soldering Iron

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

23%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
20%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
0.7%of orders come back
“Low quality”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”20% 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 Butane Soldering Iron questions

Answered from the same tracked data.