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Sage

Sage shows low returns (0.2%), but soft demand (-20.1% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

51
Worth a look
Market size 91Growth 15Conversion 89Competition 20Returns 99Price range 22Avg price 95Brand share 23Review moat 24Quality gap 37
This niche Category average

Is Sage profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Sage is a £1.8M/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (410K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 91% of demand. Demand peaks in Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 51/100.

Sage: 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 -20.1% over the last 90 days and 10.5% of searches end in a purchase.

£1.8M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr50K
Search volume / yr-20.1%410K
Conversion rate10.5%
Avg price£40.80

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 91% of demand, so 9% of the market is open.

9%

open market share

Brands · sellers8 · 45
Top-5 product click share76%
Open market9%
Avg brand age46 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 · 12 products

Sponsored placement92%
New entrants (1y)4· 2 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews6,355

Top Sage 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

The top 5 products capture 76% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£263K£526K£789K£1.1M101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

45

Top-5 brand share

91%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

76%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

5%

  • VIE64%
  • Anima9%
  • SARIMOIRE7%
  • Earth Light5%
  • Calmveda5%
  • Satya4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 5%)

Sage demand & seasonality

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

Volume410KCVR10.5%Products12Brands8Top 5 Brands91%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.5★Reviews6,355Avg BSR#46
13K8KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Top Sage search terms shoppers use

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

  • sage173K/yr
  • sage smudge stick103K/yr
  • white sage33K/yr
  • smudge sticks25K/yr
  • white sage smudge sticks16K/yr
  • sage sticks9K/yr
  • burning sage7K/yr
  • sage for cleansing6K/yr
  • sage stick5K/yr
  • sage burning kit4K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Sage

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

What buyers love

85% of reviews
Smell34%

Great Smell

Quality-Overall16%

The product itself seems well presented

Value For Money8%

Good value

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%

Does the job

Gifting Purpose5%

Amazing for a gift

What buyers complain about

81% of reviews
Size-Overall19%

Quite small

Smell17%

Just an off sort of smell

Quality-Overall11%

the scale of failure in quality is pretty high

Value For Money8%

Waste of Money

Flammable8%

Its a constant struggle to keep it burning—it went out on me four times in three hours

Sage return rate & reasons

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

0.2%

Return rate

29%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
24%
2Smell
24%
3Gifting Purpose
13%
4Functionality-Overall
8%
5Flammable
7%

Common Sage questions

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

Flapen scores Sage 51/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £1.8M/yr across 12 tracked products. 2 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -20.1% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Sage on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Dec, where the busiest month runs 1.7× the quietest.