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Soil Testing Kit

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.8% of orders. But shoppers spend only $70K a year here, so Soil Testing Kit is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
57
57 / 100
Top 18% of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · +8 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£70K/yr79K searches / yr
90-day growth
+11.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
55%top-5 click share · 23 brands · 58 sellers

Flapen Score

Soil Testing Kit against its category

The dotted line is the Business, Industry & Science average. Past it, Soil Testing Kit is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

57Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Soil Testing Kit market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Soil Testing Kit 79K times last year and spent an estimated £70K. The top 5 brands take 55% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

7.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 79K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 7.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +11.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £70K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
79K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+11.6%
Conversion, latest week
7.6%
Market size, estimated
£70Ka year
Peak month
April5.4× the quietest month
Top search term
soil testing kit uk26K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £11.76.

Listings sell for £11.76 on average, from £3.14 to £26.52. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £11.76 that is £3K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£11.76under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.14–£26.52
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
5K–6K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£6K
Returns
0.8%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

93% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 90% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #16 within Lab & Scientific Products. It carries 2,300 reviews at 4.17 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
93%
Prime listings
90%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#16in Lab & Scientific Products
Average rating
4.17 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,300per listing
Listings tracked
29

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 11 launches as successful.

11 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 33 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
11
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
33 months

Products

Top Soil Testing Kit 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 55% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£2K£4K£6K£8K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

23 rising

Sellers

58

Top-5 brand share

55%

Top 20: 98%

Top-5 click share

55%

Top 20: 93%

Open market

38%

  • YAMRON15%
  • Viva Test11%
  • Luster Leaf10%
  • Garden Tutor10%
  • HOVIRAN9%
  • Sonkir7%

Demand

Soil Testing Kit search demand

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

4K3KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.4×

Search terms

Top Soil Testing Kit search terms shoppers use

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

  • soil testing kit uk26K/yr
  • soil testing kit19K/yr
  • soil ph testing kit uk14K/yr
  • soil test kit7K/yr
  • soil ph test kit5K/yr
  • soil ph test3K/yr
  • soil test2K/yr
  • soil ph testing kit2K/yr
  • ph soil testing kit uk338/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Soil Testing Kit

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Measurement/Reading Accuracy30%−0.43

Poor accuracy

Beware, inaccurate readings

It might not be lab-level precise

Functionality-Overall10%−0.21

Doesn't really work very well

Did not work

Just all of a sudden stopped working

Durability6%−0.10

Broke on first day of using

Faulty after a few uses

Its not durable enough

Quality-Overall6%−0.01

which explained the poor performance consistently

Cheap looking

Not great quality

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting3%−0.02

The instructions that come with it are poor

Instructions were missing

It would be helpful if they provided clearer instructions

Love

Ease Of Use31%+2.10

easy to handle

easy to operate

Easy to Use

Plant Growth13%+1.00

helped with my plants

my plants are doing really well

My house plants are flourishing

Value For Money11%+0.86

reasonable price

Good value

Good value for money

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%+0.52

works as advertised

Does what it says

Works as described

Quality-Overall8%−0.01

Great quality product

The solid build quality stands out immediately

well made

Return

0.8% Return rate 11% Fixable by listing

Measurement/Reading Accuracy31%██▅▇▇█

Poor accuracy

Beware, inaccurate readings

It might not be lab-level precise

Functionality-Overall30%▆▃▆▇█▅

Doesn't really work very well

Did not work

Just all of a sudden stopped working

Defective Material/Parts10%▆▄▅█▇▅
Advertised Vs Actual Product6%▁█▆▅▆▅
Durability3%█▅▄▃▁▅

Broke on first day of using

Faulty after a few uses

Its not durable enough

FAQ

Common Soil Testing Kit questions

Answered from the same tracked data.