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orange candles

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A small market ($20K/yr) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.

Market size 5Growth 11Conversion 46Competition 67Returns 95Price range 17Avg price 24Brand share 70Review moat 62Quality gap 78

Returns

Incredible0.9%

return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate

Quality gap

Great4.3★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Brand share

Good63%

top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand

Competition

Good45%

top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse

Review moat

Good1,031.65

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Conversion

Okay3.7%

search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale

Avg price

Bad£8.55

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Price range

Bad£1.86–£17.64

cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100

Growth

Bad-27.5%

90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch

Market size

Bad£20K

£20K/yr · 65K searches

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, orange candles is a £20K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (65K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 63% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 47/100.

Data updated Jul 24, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches

orange candles market data

Units sold / yr
3K–4K
avg 0–100/product
Revenue / yr
£26K–£34K
units × avg price
Conversion rate
3.7%
Avg BSR
#302
Page quality
0%
Prime
94%
Sponsored
71%
Out of stock
16.6%
Avg brand age
45 months
Avg seller age
164 days

Competition & brand share

The top 5 products take 45% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Brands

24 falling

Sellers

66

Top-5 brand share

63%

Top 20: 96%

Top-5 click share

45%

Top 20: 86%

Open market

33%

  • Spaas28%
  • TTRWIN10%
  • CANDWAX8%
  • Spirit of Equinox8%
  • Wax Lyrical7%
  • Bolosa4%

Demand

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 35 weeks — -27.5% search growth over the last 90 days.
2K1KNov '25Dec '25Feb '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26

Top orange candles search terms

  • orange candles33K/yr
  • orange candle18K/yr
  • orange pillar candles7K/yr
  • orange scented candles4K/yr
  • orange candlesticks4K/yr
All search terms

Top orange candles products on Amazon

Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.

0%4%£8138%£2K12%£2K16%£3K1101001K10K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 24 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

What buyers say about orange candles

What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.

What buyers love

Brightness/Shine/Glow22%

“Nice glow”

Smell21%

“Really nice and beautifully scented candle, BUT”

Color11%

“Beautiful color”

Value For Money8%

“Great value for money”

Gifting Purpose7%

“A Gift”

Quality-Overall6%

“Decent Quality”

Durability3%

“Burns for a really long time and evenly”

Auto Sleep/Wake Feature3%

“the automatic on/off function is very useful”

Advertised Vs Actual Product3%

“Met all my expectations”

Design-Overall3%

“That said for visual it is very pretty”

What buyers complain about

Smell46%

“No scent”

Durability12%

“glass broke in half from own heat”

Quality-Overall8%

“Not great not terrible”

Ease Of Use4%

“Feel rather hard done by”

Color4%

“The glass jar isn't very orange in colour”

Value For Money3%

“Looks expensive”

Top return reasons

Color41%
Size-Overall19%
Material Quality8%
Defective Material/Parts8%
Smell7%
Quality-Overall6%
Remote Control2%
Flammable1%
Gifting Purpose1%
Add-Ons/Attachments1%

Common questions

Is orange candles profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?
The niche generates £20K/yr across 34 tracked products. 0 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -27.5%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (47/100).
How competitive is the orange candles niche?
24 brands and 66 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 45% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 63% of demand.
What do buyers complain about in orange candles?
Top complaints mined from reviews: Smell, Durability, Quality-Overall. The return rate is 0.9%.
What does it cost to enter the orange candles niche?
Listings span £1.86–£17.64; the average listing price is £8.55 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 1,032 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.