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Expansion Tank

Fail

Demand is soft, at -35.4% this quarter, so Expansion Tank is a Fail.

Flapen Score
42
42 / 100
Ranks 6,968 of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · −6 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$229K/yr148K searches / yr
90-day growth
-35.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
71%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 29 sellers

Flapen Score

Expansion Tank against its category

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

42Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Expansion Tank market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Expansion Tank 148K times last year and spent an estimated $229K. The top 5 brands take 80% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb. Flapen scores it 42 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

3.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 148K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -35.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $229K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
148K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-35.4%
Conversion, latest week
3.4%
Market size, estimated
$229Ka year
Peak month
February2.0× the quietest month
Top search term
expansion tank63K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $45.31.

Listings sell for $45.31 on average, from $15.73 to $78.69. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $45.31 that is $5K to $11K a year per listing.

Average price
$45.31inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$15.73–$78.69
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–$11K
Returns
2.5%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

73% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 93% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #4,243 within Plumbing. It carries 185 reviews at 4.63 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
73%
Prime listings
93%
Out of stock, average day
3.7%
Average rank
#4,243in Plumbing
Average rating
4.63 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
185per listing
Listings tracked
15

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 62 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
62 months

Products

Top Expansion Tank 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 71% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

$0$23K$46K$69K$92K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

29

Top-5 brand share

80%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

71%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

15%

  • EFIELD44%
  • oiununo13%
  • TT FLEX9%
  • Watts8%
  • Neo-Pure6%
  • Eastman5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 15%)

Demand

Expansion Tank search demand

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

4K3KSpike '24Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Search terms

Top Expansion Tank search terms shoppers use

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

  • expansion tank63K/yr
  • water heater expansion tank20K/yr
  • thermal expansion tank11K/yr
  • expansion tank for hot water heater13K/yr
  • water expansion tank7K/yr
  • water heater expansion tank 2 gallon4K/yr
  • 2 gallon expansion tank4K/yr
  • boiler expansion tank10K/yr
  • hot water expansion tank5K/yr
  • hot water heater expansion tank4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Expansion Tank

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

18%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
28%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
2.5%of orders come back
“This is a tiny pressure tank”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”28% 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 Expansion Tank questions

Answered from the same tracked data.