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Water Pump Pliers

Maybe

Products sell for $22.41 on average, inside the sweet spot. But the products selling today already average 4.6★, so Water Pump Pliers 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
$191K/yr166K searches / yr
90-day growth
+5.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
30%top-5 click share · 25 brands · 189 sellers

Flapen Score

Water Pump Pliers against its category

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

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

Market

The Water Pump Pliers market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Water Pump Pliers 166K times last year and spent an estimated $191K. The top 5 brands take 60% of clicks. Flapen scores it 59 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

5.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 166K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 5.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +5.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $191K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
166K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+5.4%
Conversion, latest week
5.1%
Market size, estimated
$191Ka year
Peak month
October1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
water pump pliers67K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $22.41.

Listings sell for $22.41 on average, from $6.03 to $110.63. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $22.41 that is $2K to $6K a year per listing.

Average price
$22.41inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$6.03–$110.63
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$2K–$6K
Returns
1.4%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

72% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 98% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #51 within Pliers. It carries 3,412 reviews at 4.58 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
72%
Prime listings
98%
Out of stock, average day
4.9%
Average rank
#51in Pliers
Average rating
4.58 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
3,412per listing
Listings tracked
61

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 8 of last year's 13 launches as successful.

13 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 8 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 59 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
13
Successful launches
8Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
59 months

Products

Top Water Pump Pliers 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 30% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

$0$4K$8K$11K$15K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

25 rising

Sellers

189

Top-5 brand share

60%

Top 20: 98%

Top-5 click share

30%

Top 20: 72%

Open market

40%

  • WORKPRO19%
  • CRAFTSMAN13%
  • KNIPEX8%
  • IRWIN7%
  • warmtree6%
  • Amazon Basics6%

Demand

Water Pump Pliers search demand

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

4K3KPrime Day '25Spike '25AprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Water Pump Pliers search terms shoppers use

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

  • water pump pliers67K/yr
  • groove joint pliers34K/yr
  • tongue and groove pliers24K/yr
  • large pliers13K/yr
  • plumbing pliers12K/yr
  • plumbers pliers7K/yr
  • plumber pliers5K/yr
  • chanel lock pliers4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Water Pump Pliers

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

24%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
17%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
1.4%of orders come back
“Poor quality control”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”17% 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.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Water Pump Pliers questions

Answered from the same tracked data.