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Friend Candle

Friend Candle shows low returns (0.5%), but prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($4.18–$13.74) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

53
Worth a look
Market size 8Growth 16Conversion 58Competition 90Returns 98Price range 0Avg price 24Brand share 96Review moat 93Quality gap 48
This niche Category average

Is Friend Candle profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Friend Candle is a £30K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (69K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 32% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 53/100.

Friend Candle: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -18.4% over the last 90 days and 5.0% of searches end in a purchase.

£30K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr4K
Search volume / yr-18.4%69K
Conversion rate5.0%
Avg price£8.77

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 32% of demand, so 68% of the market is open.

68%

open market share

Brands · sellers37 · 69
Top-5 product click share25%
Open market68%
Avg brand age23 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 52 products

Sponsored placement87%
New entrants (1y)20· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews137

Top Friend Candle products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (25% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£904£2K£3K£4K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)4 products missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

37 flat

Sellers

69

Top-5 brand share

32%

Top 20: 80%

Top-5 click share

25%

Top 20: 67%

Open market

63%

  • Lesser & Pavey8%
  • HELQIBR7%
  • musoeica7%
  • iTbxzzy6%
  • VJOLI5%
  • Coldbling4%

Friend Candle demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume69KCVR5.0%Products52Brands37Top 5 Brands32%OOS Rate11.7%Rating4.5★Reviews137Avg BSR#349
7K5KHoliday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Holiday '25JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.8×

Top Friend Candle search terms shoppers use

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

  • friend candle26K/yr
  • friendship candle15K/yr
  • best friend candle12K/yr
  • friend candles gifts for women9K/yr
  • friendship candles gifts for women6K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Friend Candle

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

97% of reviews
Gifting Purpose46%

Beautiful gift

Smell17%

strong scent

Value For Money9%

Good value for the money

Quality-Overall8%

The candles are great quality

Brightness/Shine/Glow6%

Beautiful candle

What buyers complain about

89% of reviews
Size-Overall24%

Very disappointed with the size

Gifting Purpose17%

Totally inappropriate gift for the person I want to gift it to

Advertised Vs Actual Product15%

Not as described

Value For Money9%

This really isn't worth the price

Quality-Overall9%

Looked cheap

Friend Candle return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.5%

Return rate

42%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall
22%
2Advertised Vs Actual Product
18%
3Gifting Purpose
14%
4Quality-Overall
14%
5Defective Material/Parts
9%

Common Friend Candle questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Friend Candle 53/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £30K/yr across 52 tracked products. 0 of 20 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -18.4% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Friend Candle on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 5.8× the quietest.