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Plug in Smoke Detector

Maybe

Shoppers spend $6.2M a year here. But the top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Plug in Smoke Detector is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
59
59 / 100
Top 10% of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · +11 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$6.2M/yr1.3M searches / yr
90-day growth
-10.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
31%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 150 sellers

Flapen Score

Plug in Smoke Detector against its category

The dotted line is the Tools & Home Improvement average. Past it, Plug in Smoke Detector is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

59Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Plug in Smoke Detector market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Plug in Smoke Detector 1.3M times last year and spent an estimated $6.2M. All 4 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Jun–Jul. Flapen scores it 59 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

9.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.3M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 9.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -10.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $6.2M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.3M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-10.0%
Conversion, latest week
9.0%
Market size, estimated
$6.2Ma year
Peak month
July6.4× the quietest month
Top search term
kidde smoke detector321K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $53.65.

Listings sell for $53.65 on average, from $16.54 to $205.40. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 125K to 150K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At $53.65 that is $161K to $215K a year per listing.

Average price
$53.65inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$16.54–$205.40
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
125K–150K
Units per listing a year
3,000–4,000
Revenue per listing a year
$161K–$215K
Returns
2.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

83% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 94% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #67 within Fire Safety. It carries 4,564 reviews at 4.46 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
83%
Prime listings
94%
Out of stock, average day
3.5%
Average rank
#67in Fire Safety
Average rating
4.46 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
4,564per listing
Listings tracked
47

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 6 of last year's 7 launches as successful.

7 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 6 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 43 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
7
Successful launches
6Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
43 months

Products

Top Plug in Smoke Detector 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 31% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

$0$187K$374K$562K$749K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

4 flat

Sellers

150

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

31%

Top 20: 78%

Open market

0%

  • Kidde81%
  • First Alert18%
  • Hunter1%
  • VARMILO1%

Demand

Plug in Smoke Detector search demand

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

25K15KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 6.4×

Search terms

Top Plug in Smoke Detector search terms shoppers use

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

  • kidde smoke detector321K/yr
  • kidde carbon monoxide detector199K/yr
  • first alert carbon monoxide detector153K/yr
  • kidde smoke detector hardwired97K/yr
  • kidde smoke alarm97K/yr
  • kidde carbon monoxide alarm65K/yr
  • kidde smoke detector 10 year battery29K/yr
  • plug in smoke and carbon monoxide detector41K/yr
  • plug in smoke detector51K/yr
  • first alert carbon monoxide alarm41K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Plug in Smoke Detector

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

21%of positive reviews mention “Assembly/Installation”
18%of negative reviews mention “Durability”
2.1%of orders come back
“Failed after about 12 months”
A buyer, on “Durability”18% 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 Plug in Smoke Detector questions

Answered from the same tracked data.