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Lavender Essential Oils

Fail

Prices span $3.24–$11.23, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Lavender Essential Oils is a Fail.

Flapen Score
48
48 / 100
Ranks 987 of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · on the category median
Market size
£667K/yr544K searches / yr
90-day growth
-13.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
73%top-5 click share · 14 brands · 32 sellers

Flapen Score

Lavender Essential Oils against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Personal Care average. Past it, Lavender Essential Oils is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

48Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Lavender Essential Oils market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Lavender Essential Oils 544K times last year and spent an estimated £667K. The top 5 brands take 77% of clicks. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

17.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 544K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 17.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -13.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £667K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
544K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-13.2%
Conversion, latest week
17.8%
Market size, estimated
£667Ka year
Peak month
September1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
lavender oil265K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.88.

Listings sell for £6.88 on average, from £3.24 to £11.23. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 80K to 100K a year. The average listing sells 6,000 to 8,000 of them. At £6.88 that is £41K to £55K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.88under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.24–£11.23
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
80K–100K
Units per listing a year
6,000–8,000
Revenue per listing a year
£41K–£55K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

94% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #50 within Alternative Medicine. It carries 7,708 reviews at 4.45 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
94%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#50in Alternative Medicine
Average rating
4.45 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
7,708per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 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 64 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
64 months

Products

Top Lavender Essential Oils 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 73% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£67K£133K£200K£267K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

14 rising

Sellers

32

Top-5 brand share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

73%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

18%

  • nikura33%
  • Handcraft Blends19%
  • freshskin beauty ltd11%
  • Revura9%
  • HIQILI6%
  • MAYJAM4%

Demand

Lavender Essential Oils search demand

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

13K8KSpike '24Prime Day '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Lavender Essential Oils search terms shoppers use

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

  • lavender oil265K/yr
  • lavender essential oils148K/yr
  • lavender essential oil33K/yr
  • lavender oil essential oil18K/yr
  • lavender oil for skin9K/yr
  • pure lavender oil7K/yr
  • essential oil lavender9K/yr
  • lavender oil diffuser5K/yr
  • lavendar oil5K/yr
  • pure essential lavender oil2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Lavender Essential Oils

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

Complain

Smell52%−0.30

Smells weird

Smells very artificial

Bad smell

Strength4%−0.03

but not very strong

Very weak

Not quite as strong as before

Dilute/Watery4%−0.03

consistency of water

Quite watery

It is watery like a fragrance

Leak-Proof4%

when received the bottle had leaked into the packaging with not a drop left

as it was leaking when it arrived

But arrived with damaged lid and oil leaking

Natural Ingredients3%

Not a pure product

These are NOT pure essential oils

Not essential pure lavender oil as I had assumed

Love

Smell43%−0.30

Great fragrance

Beautiful scent

Lasting fragrance

Quality-Overall19%+2.37

Best quality

Good quality high potency

Always top quality oils

Value For Money11%+0.64

Excellent price

Excellent value for money

Good value for the money

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%+0.36

As Described by seller

does the job

As described

Sleep Quality4%+0.25

Great product helps me sleep well

Helps me sleep

Great small sleep well with this

Return

0.2% Return rate 10% Fixable by listing

Smell52%█▇▅█▆▅

Smells weird

Smells very artificial

Bad smell

Leak-Proof13%▆▆▄▃█▅

when received the bottle had leaked into the packaging with not a drop left

as it was leaking when it arrived

But arrived with damaged lid and oil leaking

Size-Overall6%▁▁▄▂▄█

small

Shame its such a small bottle

These are small sizes

Advertised Vs Actual Product3%▂█▁▄▁▄

This product is being sold as if it were a gentle, safe lavender oil, but the label tells a very different story

I find this misleading, disappointing, and frankly unacceptable for something intended for personal and home use

Product not as described

Dilute/Watery2%▃▆█▃▅▆

consistency of water

Quite watery

It is watery like a fragrance

FAQ

Common Lavender Essential Oils questions

Answered from the same tracked data.