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Wild Garlic

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.0% of orders. But shoppers spend only $14K a year here, so Wild Garlic is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
51
51 / 100
Top 27% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +5 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£14K/yr31K searches / yr
90-day growth
-19.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
52%top-5 click share · 17 brands · 22 sellers

Flapen Score

Wild Garlic against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Wild Garlic is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

51Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Wild Garlic market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Wild Garlic 31K times last year and spent an estimated £14K. The top 5 brands take 61% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May. Flapen scores it 51 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

6.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 31K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -19.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £14K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
31K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-19.2%
Conversion, latest week
6.0%
Market size, estimated
£14Ka year
Peak month
April10.2× the quietest month
Top search term
wild garlic11K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.35.

Listings sell for £7.35 on average, from £2.40 to £15.74. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £7.35 that is £0 to £735 a year per listing.

Average price
£7.35under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.40–£15.74
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–3K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£735
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

39% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 43% ship with Prime. On an average day, 32.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #501 within Herbs, Spices & Seasonings. It carries 166 reviews at 3.94 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
39%
Prime listings
43%
Out of stock, average day
32.8%
Average rank
#501in Herbs, Spices & Seasonings
Average rating
3.94 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
166per listing
Listings tracked
23

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 5 launches as successful.

5 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 58 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
58 months

Products

Top Wild Garlic 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 52% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£700£1K£2K£3K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)3 products missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

17 rising

Sellers

22

Top-5 brand share

61%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

52%

Top 20: 97%

Open market

30%

  • London Orchid Company19%
  • Generic12%
  • Just Seed10%
  • NutsnCones10%
  • Alpi Nature9%
  • Stocks & Green9%

Demand

Wild Garlic search demand

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

2K2KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 10.2×

Search terms

Top Wild Garlic search terms shoppers use

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

  • wild garlic11K/yr
  • wild garlic bulbs for planting uk10K/yr
  • wild garlic plants5K/yr
  • wild garlic bulbs5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Wild Garlic

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

Complain

Plant Growth52%−0.64

Poor germination

Didnt grow

not a one grew

Taste-Overall9%−0.01

No garlic taste

Tasteless

Very sorry to say I found this utterly tasteless

Quality-Overall6%+1.16

Disappointed with the quality of the seeds

Absolutely appalling

Mixed quality

Flavor5%−0.01

Tasteless

Not as strong flavor as I was hoping

I was disappointed with the lack of garlic flavour

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting4%−0.06

No paperwork or instructions included

no advice as what to do with this bag

Love

Plant Growth33%−0.64

the plant looks healthy

But growing it myself is brilliant

excited to grow these

Taste-Overall14%−0.01

Really lovely taste if you like a nice mustard

Best taste ever

Taste Awesome 👌 Great taste 👌 value for money

Quality-Overall12%+1.16

Good quality bulbs

Top quality

Quality

Smell6%+0.25

Just love the smell of wild garlic

the smell when walking through local woodland is delicious

Value For Money6%+0.59

Forth the money and very versatile

Worth the price for easy growth and fresh greens

Return

0.0% Return rate 0% Fixable by listing

Plant Growth50%▁▁▁▁▅█

Poor germination

Didnt grow

not a one grew

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting25%▁▁▁█▁▁

No paperwork or instructions included

no advice as what to do with this bag

Material Quality25%▁▁▁▁█▁

FAQ

Common Wild Garlic questions

Answered from the same tracked data.