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Water Filtration

Fail

Prices span $13.65–$1665.62, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Water Filtration is a Fail.

Flapen Score
39
39 / 100
Ranks 7,870 of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · −9 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$157K/yr88K searches / yr
90-day growth
+7.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
44%top-5 click share · 24 brands · 86 sellers

Flapen Score

Water Filtration against its category

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

39Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Water Filtration market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Water Filtration 88K times last year and spent an estimated $157K. The top 5 brands take 68% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 39 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

0.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 88K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 0.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +7.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $157K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
88K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+7.1%
Conversion, latest week
0.5%
Market size, estimated
$157Ka year
Peak month
December12.8× the quietest month
Top search term
puragain water filtration system24K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $330.59.

Listings sell for $330.59 on average, from $13.65 to $1665.62. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 250 to 500 a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At $330.59 that is $0 to $33K a year per listing.

Average price
$330.59above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$13.65–$1665.62
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
250–500
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
$0–$33K
Returns
3.2%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

98% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 93% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #1,219 within Water Filtration & Softeners. It carries 5,276 reviews at 4.49 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
98%
Prime listings
93%
Out of stock, average day
0.4%
Average rank
#1,219in Water Filtration & Softeners
Average rating
4.49 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
5,276per listing
Listings tracked
43

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 7 of last year's 8 launches as successful.

8 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 7 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 61 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
8
Successful launches
7Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
61 months

Products

Top Water Filtration 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 44% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$6K$13K$19K$25K101001K10K100K1.0M Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

24 falling

Sellers

86

Top-5 brand share

68%

Top 20: 97%

Top-5 click share

44%

Top 20: 78%

Open market

25%

  • Waterdrop19%
  • HQUA16%
  • iSpring15%
  • EXPRESS WATER10%
  • Kind Water Systems8%
  • Purewell7%

Demand

Water Filtration search demand

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

50K30KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 12.8×

Search terms

Top Water Filtration search terms shoppers use

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

  • puragain water filtration system24K/yr
  • water filtration systems12K/yr
  • water purification systems5K/yr
  • reverse osmosis water filter whole house7K/yr
  • tds water filter8K/yr
  • filtration5K/yr
  • water filter kit6K/yr
  • charcoal water filter system5K/yr
  • ultrafiltration water filter4K/yr
  • tds reduction filters4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Water Filtration

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

18%of positive reviews mention “Assembly/Installation”
21%of negative reviews mention “Leak-Proof”
3.2%of orders come back
“It leaks”
A buyer, on “Leak-Proof”21% 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 Water Filtration questions

Answered from the same tracked data.