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strawberry candle

Worth a look

Shows low returns (0.8%), but soft demand (-12.3% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.

Market size 25Growth 19Conversion 36Competition 75Returns 96Price range 76Avg price 84Brand share 67Review moat 57Quality gap 35

Returns

Incredible0.8%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Avg price

Great$18.63

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Price range

Great$4.32–$50.49

cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100

Competition

Good40%

top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse

Brand share

Good65%

top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand

Review moat

Good1,213.68

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Conversion

Okay2.8%

search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale

Quality gap

Okay4.5★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Market size

Okay$102K

$102K/yr · 192K searches

Growth

Bad-12.3%

90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch

Competition

The top 5 products take 40% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Brands

25 falling

Sellers

142

Top-5 brand share

65%

Open market

31%

  • Bath & Body Works39%
  • Yankee Candle9%
  • Village Candle9%
  • M&SENSE4%
  • Colonial Candle4%
  • ARPOVIST4%

Product shelf

Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.

0%5%$5K10%$10K15%$15K20%$20K1101001K10K100K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

All 40 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -12.3% search growth over the last 90 days.
5K3KBlack Friday '24Holiday '24Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.4×

Reviews

What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.

What buyers love

Smell50%

“Great fragrance”

Brightness/Shine/Glow9%

“Glitters”

Quality-Overall7%

“are some of the highest quality candles we can purchase”

Value For Money4%

“good price”

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%

“Exactly as described”

Gifting Purpose4%

“Cute gift”

Color4%

“the sparkling pink is brilliant”

Warmth2%

“it warms up pretty fast”

Size-Overall1%

“good size”

Alarm/Timer Accuracy1%

“Love that it has a self timer”

What buyers complain about

Smell50%

“smells fake”

Value For Money5%

“its expensive so I bought one off of Amazon instead”

Durability5%

“Burnt out in less than 2 months”

Quality-Overall4%

“cheap”

Size-Overall4%

“they are cut to short”

Flammable3%

“It burns for a long time”

Adhesion/Stickiness2%

“the strawberry was glued on crooked”

Heating1%

“it kinda doesnt warm the candle the best”

Gifting Purpose1%

“But I paid for gift wrap”

Water Resistance1%

“Its water down”

Top return reasons

Smell40%
Size-Overall14%
Advertised Vs Actual Product12%
Value For Money8%
Color5%
Defective Material/Parts3%
Quality-Overall3%
Functionality-Overall3%
Product Condition3%
Alarm/Timer Accuracy1%