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Flamethrower

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.4% of orders. But demand is soft, at +1.7% this quarter, so Flamethrower is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
60
60 / 100
Top 8% of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · +12 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$4.3M/yr2.5M searches / yr
90-day growth
+1.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
63%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 23 sellers

Flapen Score

Flamethrower against its category

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

60Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Flamethrower market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Flamethrower 2.5M times last year and spent an estimated $4.3M. The top 5 brands take 85% of clicks. Demand peaks in Feb–Jun–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 60 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

3.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 2.5M 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 +1.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $4.3M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.5M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+1.7%
Conversion, latest week
3.4%
Market size, estimated
$4.3Ma year
Peak month
December7.6× the quietest month
Top search term
flame thrower gun843K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $50.74.

Listings sell for $50.74 on average, from $22.63 to $84.41. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 60K to 80K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At $50.74 that is $152K to $203K a year per listing.

Average price
$50.74inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$22.63–$84.41
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
60K–80K
Units per listing a year
3,000–4,000
Revenue per listing a year
$152K–$203K
Returns
0.4%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. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #27 within Welding & Soldering. It carries 768 reviews at 4.42 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#27in Welding & Soldering
Average rating
4.42 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
768per listing
Listings tracked
20

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 14 of last year's 14 launches as successful.

14 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 14 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 33 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
14
Successful launches
14Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
33 months

Products

Top Flamethrower 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 63% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$426K$853K$1.3M$1.7M101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

23

Top-5 brand share

85%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

63%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

12%

  • Koackl52%
  • Sondiko18%
  • ThermoMaven7%
  • Dceefff5%
  • Drookaen AK4%
  • Dutywand3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 12%)

Demand

Flamethrower search demand

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

225K175KSpike '24Black Friday '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Feb, Jun, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 7.6×

Search terms

Top Flamethrower search terms shoppers use

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

  • flame thrower gun843K/yr
  • propane torch gun608K/yr
  • flame thrower289K/yr
  • flamethrower271K/yr
  • blow torch gun67K/yr
  • artflamm propane torch gun34K/yr
  • flamethrower gun67K/yr
  • propane flame thrower52K/yr
  • propane gun torch38K/yr
  • flamethrower gun for adults33K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Flamethrower

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

16%of positive reviews mention “Ease Of Use”
14%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
0.4%of orders come back
“Low Quality”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”14% 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 Flamethrower questions

Answered from the same tracked data.