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Water Filter Cartridge

Fail

Demand is soft, at -10.0% this quarter, so Water Filter Cartridge is a Fail.

Flapen Score
46
46 / 100
Ranks 5,399 of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · −2 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$245K/yr169K searches / yr
90-day growth
-10.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
71%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 39 sellers

Flapen Score

Water Filter Cartridge against its category

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

46Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Water Filter Cartridge market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Water Filter Cartridge 169K times last year and spent an estimated $245K. The top 5 brands take 85% of clicks. Demand peaks in Aug. Flapen scores it 46 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

7.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 169K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 7.0% 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 $245K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
169K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-10.0%
Conversion, latest week
7.0%
Market size, estimated
$245Ka year
Peak month
August1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
water filter cartridge42K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $20.92.

Listings sell for $20.92 on average, from $10.09 to $34.84. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At $20.92 that is $16K to $21K a year per listing.

Average price
$20.92inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$10.09–$34.84
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
$16K–$21K
Returns
0.9%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

86% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #87 within Water Filtration & Softeners. It carries 10,584 reviews at 4.62 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
86%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
7.7%
Average rank
#87in Water Filtration & Softeners
Average rating
4.62 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
10,584per listing
Listings tracked
14

04 · Newcomers

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

2 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 78 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Water Filter Cartridge 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$25K$49K$74K$98K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 rising

Sellers

39

Top-5 brand share

85%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

71%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

10%

  • Amazon Basics57%
  • Aquaboon9%
  • PUREPLUS7%
  • ICEPURE7%
  • Membrane Solutions6%
  • Culligan5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 10%)

Demand

Water Filter Cartridge search demand

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

5K3KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Water Filter Cartridge search terms shoppers use

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

  • water filter cartridge42K/yr
  • water filters cartridges22K/yr
  • water filter cartridge replacement19K/yr
  • amazon basics water filter13K/yr
  • replacement under-sink water filters13K/yr
  • water filter cartridges12K/yr
  • cartuchos para filtros de agua8K/yr
  • amazon basics water filter pitcher9K/yr
  • replacement water filter cartridges7K/yr
  • cartucho de filtro de agua6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Water Filter Cartridge

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

29%of positive reviews mention “Filtration”
31%of negative reviews mention “Filtration”
0.9%of orders come back
“Poor quality water filter”
A buyer, on “Filtration”31% 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.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Water Filter Cartridge questions

Answered from the same tracked data.