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Water Leak Detector

Maybe

Shoppers spend $6.1M a year here. But prices span $10.15–$631.74, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Water Leak Detector is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 31% of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · +4 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$6.1M/yr1.7M searches / yr
90-day growth
+0.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
58%top-5 click share · 14 brands · 46 sellers

Flapen Score

Water Leak Detector against its category

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

52Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Water Leak Detector market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Water Leak Detector 1.7M times last year and spent an estimated $6.1M. The top 5 brands take 85% of clicks. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

4.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.7M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +0.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $6.1M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.7M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+0.7%
Conversion, latest week
4.9%
Market size, estimated
$6.1Ma year
Peak month
January1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
water leak detector252K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $75.34.

Listings sell for $75.34 on average, from $10.15 to $631.74. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 80K to 100K a year. The average listing sells 4,000 to 5,000 of them. At $75.34 that is $301K to $377K a year per listing.

Average price
$75.34inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$10.15–$631.74
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
80K–100K
Units per listing a year
4,000–5,000
Revenue per listing a year
$301K–$377K
Returns
2.7%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #19 within Household Sensors & Alarms. It carries 2,359 reviews at 4.48 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
4.8%
Average rank
#19in Household Sensors & Alarms
Average rating
4.48 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
2,359per listing
Listings tracked
25

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 4 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 4 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 51 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
4Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
51 months

Products

Top Water Leak 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 58% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$610K$1.2M$1.8M$2.4M101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

14 falling

Sellers

46

Top-5 brand share

85%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

58%

Top 20: 94%

Open market

12%

  • GoveeLife50%
  • METAK19%
  • YoLink7%
  • RUIKORING5%
  • BASEMENT WATCHDOG4%
  • STECHRO3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 12%)

Demand

Water Leak Detector search demand

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

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

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Water Leak Detector search terms shoppers use

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

  • water leak detector252K/yr
  • leak detector173K/yr
  • water leak detectors for home198K/yr
  • water sensor alarm leak detector149K/yr
  • govee water leak detector95K/yr
  • water detector sensor97K/yr
  • water sensor93K/yr
  • water alarm89K/yr
  • water alarm leak detector89K/yr
  • water leak sensor68K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Water Leak Detector

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

15%of positive reviews mention “Assembly/Installation”
13%of negative reviews mention “Leak-Proof”
2.7%of orders come back
“Water leak”
A buyer, on “Leak-Proof”13% 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 Leak Detector questions

Answered from the same tracked data.