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Cutting Torch

Maybe

The average product has only 142 reviews. But demand is soft, at -12.7% this quarter, so Cutting Torch is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
57
57 / 100
Top 15% of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · +9 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$255K/yr123K searches / yr
90-day growth
-12.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
32%top-5 click share · 33 brands · 49 sellers

Flapen Score

Cutting Torch against its category

The dotted line is the Tools & Home Improvement average. Past it, Cutting Torch is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

57Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Cutting Torch market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Cutting Torch 123K times last year and spent an estimated $255K. The top 5 brands take 56% of clicks. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

1.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 123K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -12.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $255K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
123K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-12.7%
Conversion, latest week
1.6%
Market size, estimated
$255Ka year
Peak month
April1.2× the quietest month
Top search term
cutting torch70K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $128.31.

Listings sell for $128.31 on average, from $27.75 to $373.46. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 2K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At $128.31 that is $0 to $13K a year per listing.

Average price
$128.31above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$27.75–$373.46
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
2K–2K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
$0–$13K
Returns
2.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 86% ship with Prime. On an average day, 11.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #57 within Welding & Soldering. It carries 142 reviews at 4.15 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
86%
Out of stock, average day
11.9%
Average rank
#57in Welding & Soldering
Average rating
4.15 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
142per listing
Listings tracked
57

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 12 launches as successful.

12 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 49 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Cutting Torch 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 only 32% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

$0$8K$15K$23K$31K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

33 falling

Sellers

49

Top-5 brand share

56%

Top 20: 93%

Top-5 click share

32%

Top 20: 70%

Open market

37%

  • RX WELD15%
  • FLKQC13%
  • ARCCAPTAIN12%
  • ESAB8%
  • MR. TORCH8%
  • AWLOLWA7%

Demand

Cutting Torch search demand

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

2K2KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2×

Search terms

Top Cutting Torch search terms shoppers use

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

  • cutting torch70K/yr
  • oxy acetylene torch12K/yr
  • propane cutting torch6K/yr
  • propane cutting torch kit6K/yr
  • oxygen acetylene torch5K/yr
  • oxyacetylene torches6K/yr
  • cutting torches4K/yr
  • metal cutting torch4K/yr
  • cutting torch head3K/yr
  • small cutting torch3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cutting Torch

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

23%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
24%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
2.1%of orders come back
“Low quality”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”24% 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 Cutting Torch questions

Answered from the same tracked data.