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Votive Candles

soft demand (-42.8% this quarter) — Votive Candles doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

45
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Market size 8Growth 4Conversion 46Competition 54Returns 99Price range 48Avg price 38Brand share 74Review moat 48Quality gap 63
This niche Category average

Is Votive Candles profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Votive Candles is a £30K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (78K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 61% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 45/100.

Votive Candles: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -42.8% over the last 90 days and 3.7% of searches end in a purchase.

£30K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr4K
Search volume / yr-42.8%78K
Conversion rate3.7%
Avg price£10.50

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 61% of demand, so 39% of the market is open.

39%

open market share

Brands · sellers21 · 66
Top-5 product click share52%
Open market39%
Avg brand age40 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 25 products

Sponsored placement72%
New entrants (1y)3· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews1,742

Top Votive Candles 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 take 52% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£3K£6K£9K£12K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

21 falling

Sellers

66

Top-5 brand share

61%

Top 20: 96%

Top-5 click share

52%

Top 20: 95%

Open market

35%

  • Yankee Candle25%
  • Fyne-Finds21%
  • BOLSIUS5%
  • Aptliton5%
  • AOTOIE5%
  • FANTESI5%

Votive Candles demand & seasonality

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

Volume78KCVR3.7%Products25Brands21Top 5 Brands61%OOS Rate21.1%Rating4.4★Reviews1,742Avg BSR#109
10K6KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Holiday '25DecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 14.0×

Top Votive Candles search terms shoppers use

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

  • votive candles50K/yr
  • mini candles for gift bags11K/yr
  • votive candles scented5K/yr
  • short candles4K/yr
  • votive candles pack8K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Votive Candles

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

What buyers love

90% of reviews
Smell22%

Great aroma

Value For Money19%

Good value for money

Quality-Overall14%

The quality feels consistent across the pack

Gifting Purpose11%

Cute gift

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%

As advertised

What buyers complain about

79% of reviews
Size-Overall18%

Wick too small

Smell16%

Just have a slight smell

Quality-Overall13%

Rubbish

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%

Poorly advertised

Value For Money7%

Not worth the money

Votive Candles return rate & reasons

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

0.3%

Return rate

59%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
48%
2Gifting Purpose
14%
3Smell
11%
4Advertised Vs Actual Product
8%
5Value For Money
4%

Common Votive Candles questions

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

Flapen scores Votive Candles 45/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £30K/yr across 25 tracked products. 1 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -42.8% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Votive Candles on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 14.0× the quietest.