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Chefs Candle

Fail

Prices span $1.24–$14.44, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Chefs Candle is a Fail.

Flapen Score
46
46 / 100
Ranks 1,444 of 2,976 Grocery niches · on the category median
Market size
£136K/yr212K searches / yr
90-day growth
-37.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
38%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 198 sellers

Flapen Score

Chefs Candle against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Chefs Candle is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

46Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Chefs Candle market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Chefs Candle 212K times last year and spent an estimated £136K. The top 5 brands take 99% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 46 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 8.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 212K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 8.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -37.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £136K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
212K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-37.5%
Conversion, latest week
8.4%
Market size, estimated
£136Ka year
Peak month
November9.9× the quietest month
Top search term
glade candles68K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.64.

Listings sell for £7.64 on average, from £1.24 to £14.44. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £7.64 that is £2K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.64under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.24–£14.44
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£4K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

49% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 89% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #96 within Air Fresheners. It carries 1,256 reviews at 4.36 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
49%
Prime listings
89%
Out of stock, average day
2.1%
Average rank
#96in Air Fresheners
Average rating
4.36 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,256per listing
Listings tracked
47

04 · Newcomers

8 of last year's 10 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

10 products launched here in the last 12 months. 8 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 47 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
10
Successful launches
8Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
47 months

Products

Top Chefs Candle products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 24, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 38% of clicks, no more. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£4K£8K£12K£16K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

198

Est. top-5 brand share

99%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

38%

Top 20: 81%

Open market

0%

  • glade91%
  • Febreze7%
  • SOL1%
  • Airwick1%
  • All About Home1%
  • Neutradol1%

Demand

Chefs Candle search demand

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

7K5KHoliday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 9.9×

Search terms

Top Chefs Candle search terms shoppers use

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

  • glade candles68K/yr
  • gel air fresheners for home15K/yr
  • glade candle22K/yr
  • gel & block air fresheners12K/yr
  • glade sandalwood and jasmine12K/yr
  • glade bathroom gel12K/yr
  • glade gel air freshener11K/yr
  • glade gel7K/yr
  • glade candles scented pack of 68K/yr
  • febreeze bathroom6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Chefs Candle

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

58%of positive reviews mention “Smell”
52%of negative reviews mention “Smell”
0.1%of orders come back
“Can't smell it”
A buyer, on “Smell”52% 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.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Chefs Candle questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data