low melt solder
Skip itPrices mostly outside the sweet spot ($5.76–$16.81) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Returns
Incredible0.6%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Conversion
Great10.3%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Avg price
Okay$11.53avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Review moat
Okay1,987.55avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Competition
Okay67%top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
Brand share
Bad90%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
Quality gap
Bad4.7★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Growth
Bad-12.4%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Market size
Bad$73K$73K/yr · 62K searches
Price range
Bad$5.76–$16.81cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, low melt solder is a $73K/yr Amazon United States market (62K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 90% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 39/100.
Data updated Jul 30, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
low melt solder market data
- Units sold / yr
- 5K–6K
- avg 250–500/product
- Revenue / yr
- $58K–$69K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 10.3%
- Avg BSR
- #257
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 100%
- Sponsored
- 45%
- Out of stock
- 4.3%
- Avg brand age
- 51 months
- Avg seller age
- 171 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products take 67% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.Brands
11 rising
Sellers
26
Top-5 brand share
90%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
67%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
8%
- HengTianMei39%
- Chip Quik23%
- FAST CHIP18%
- MAIYUM6%
- TOWOT4%
- SRA Soldering Products2%
- Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 8%)
Demand
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 22 weeks — -12.4% search growth over the last 90 days.Top low melt solder search terms
- low melt solder22K/yr
- low temp solder13K/yr
- chipquik8K/yr
- chip quik5K/yr
- chipquik flux6K/yr
- low temperature solder4K/yr
- low melt solder for desoldering4K/yr
Top low melt solder products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 20 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
HengTianMei Tin Lead 63/37 Rosin Core Low Temp Solder Wire For Electronics Components And DIY repair(0.8mm/50g)
HengTianMei$8.804.7★1,391 rev
FAST CHIP Removal Alloy for SMD Rework - 4.5 ft.
FAST CHIP$14.154.8★365 rev
HengTianMei 60/40 Low Melt Tin Lead Rosin Core Solder Wire for Electronic Soldering (0.8mm/50g)
HengTianMei$7.884.7★302 rev
MAIYUM 63-37 Tin Lead Rosin Core Solder Wire for Electrical Soldering (0.8mm 50g)
MAIYUM$8.534.6★22,279 rev
Chipquik CHIP Quik SMD291 NO Clean Flux in 10CC Syringe SMD291 Chipquik
Chip Quik$16.814.7★25 rev
Newest
by launch date
VIRALLOY 0.3mm Lead Free Solder Wire Rosin Core Solder for Electronics Sn97/Ag0.3/Cu0.7 50g Fine Thin Solder Wire for PCB Circuit Boards Micro Soldering and Precision Repair
VIRALLOY$9.7358 rev
Rosin Core Solder Wire 60/40 0.8mm & 1.0mm 27g
WLUOGCU$5.76143 rev
HengTianMei 60/40 Low Melt Tin Lead Rosin Core Solder Wire for Electronic Soldering (0.8mm/50g)
HengTianMei$7.88302 rev
Chipquik CHIP Quik SMD291 NO Clean Flux in 10CC Syringe SMD291 Chipquik
Chip Quik$16.8125 rev
Sn42/Bi58 Lead Free Solder Paste (30g) & No Clean Soldering Flux(10cc) & Soler Wick for Electronic Soldering SMD/SMT Remove
Essmetuin$16.10267 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumVIRALLOY 0.3mm Lead Free Solder Wire Rosin Core Solder for Electronics Sn97/Ag0.3/Cu0.7 50g Fine Thin Solder Wire for PCB Circuit Boards Micro Soldering and Precision Repair
VIRALLOY$9.734.2★
Chip Quik CQ4LF Liquid Flux No-Clean (10ml (0.34oz) Pen)
Chip Quik$7.954.4★
Chipquik CHIP Quik SMD291 NO Clean Flux in 10CC Syringe SMD291 Chipquik
Chip Quik$16.814.7★
Rosin Core Solder Wire For Electronics 63/37 Tin Lead Low Temp Solder Metal Wire(1.0mm/50g)
HengTianMei$8.824.7★
Sn42/Bi58 Lead Free Solder Paste (30g) & No Clean Soldering Flux(10cc) & Soler Wick for Electronic Soldering SMD/SMT Remove
Essmetuin$16.104.6★
What buyers say about low melt solder
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“My husband says the product is super good—it's top-notch”
“Works properly”
“Easy to use”
“Good value”
“The flux flows really well when heated”
“It flowed smoothly”
“the results have been consistently clean across the whole batch”
“Easy to use size”
“it held great”
“it gets the job done”
What buyers complain about
“the quality of this solder was truly awful”
“Doesn't work”
“I also felt it melts at too high of a temperature”
“Doesnt flow well”
“Very hard to use”
“Cheap sodder”
“It doesn't conform to my nickel strip”
“does not stick wel”
“Not very stable”
“The solder joints turn black and corrode the motherboard, and the smell is pungent and unpleasant”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is low melt solder profitable to sell on Amazon United States?
- The niche generates $73K/yr across 20 tracked products. 1 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -12.4%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (39/100).
- How competitive is the low melt solder niche?
- 11 brands and 26 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 67% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 90% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in low melt solder?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Quality-Overall, Functionality-Overall, Heating. The return rate is 0.6%.
- What does it cost to enter the low melt solder niche?
- Listings span $5.76–$16.81; the average listing price is $11.53 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 1,988 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.