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Allium Bulbs

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.0% of orders. But shoppers spend only $19K a year here, so Allium Bulbs is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
58
58 / 100
Top 23% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +7 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£19K/yr65K searches / yr
90-day growth
+64.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
47%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 17 sellers

Flapen Score

Allium Bulbs against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Allium Bulbs is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

58Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Allium Bulbs market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Allium Bulbs 65K times last year and spent an estimated £19K. The top 5 brands take 71% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Sep. Flapen scores it 58 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

3.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 65K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +64.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £19K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
65K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+64.4%
Conversion, latest week
3.1%
Market size, estimated
£19Ka year
Peak month
May5.1× the quietest month
Top search term
allium bulbs32K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.73.

Listings sell for £9.73 on average, from £2.96 to £19.15. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £9.73 that is £0 to £973 a year per listing.

Average price
£9.73under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.96–£19.15
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
4K–5K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£973
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

76% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 16% ship with Prime. On an average day, 55.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #896 within Plants, Seeds & Bulbs. It carries 264 reviews at 4.05 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
76%
Prime listings
16%
Out of stock, average day
55.6%
Average rank
#896in Plants, Seeds & Bulbs
Average rating
4.05 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
264per listing
Listings tracked
25

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 7 launches as successful.

7 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 48 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
7
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
48 months

Products

Top Allium Bulbs 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 47% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£2K£4K£6K£8K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

17

Top-5 brand share

71%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

47%

Top 20: 93%

Open market

22%

  • Hollybeck20%
  • UIODERDC18%
  • Thompson & Morgan13%
  • Carbeth Plants12%
  • Magic of Nature7%
  • CELTD7%

Demand

Allium Bulbs search demand

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

4K3KSpike '25Spike '26DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: May, Jun, Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.1×

Search terms

Top Allium Bulbs search terms shoppers use

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

  • allium bulbs32K/yr
  • allium bulbs for planting now uk15K/yr
  • allium plants4K/yr
  • allium6K/yr
  • giant allium bulbs5K/yr
  • alliums3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Allium Bulbs

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

Complain

Plant Growth26%−0.07

None grew

Unfortunately at least half of them didnt sprout

not one seedling has been produced

Quality-Overall20%−0.17

Not a good variety

Absolute rubbish, a con

Poor quality

Value For Money14%+2.21

Never grew waste of money

Not value for money

Waste of money

Size-Overall10%−0.13

The bulbs are so small about 1.5cm

Very small bulbs

they look very small

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%−0.03

Not as described

Pictures misleading

Not as advertised

Love

Value For Money31%+2.21

Good for the price

Good value for money for what it was

Good value for money

Plant Growth20%−0.07

Good, healthy plants

well worth the money if they all bloom

Good germination

Quality-Overall17%−0.17

FGood Quality bulbs

Good product

value and quality

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting8%+1.64

Good instruction

Informative instructions received

Color8%−0.05

my new favourite colour

Lovely peony like blooms

a really gorgeous purple

Return

0.0% Return rate 10% Fixable by listing

Moist/Dry16%▁█▁▄▁▁

About 25% of the bulbs were dried up or mildewed

Poor size and dried up bulbs

the alliums were a soggy, mouldy mess

Material Quality14%▁▅█▃▁█
Defective Material/Parts13%▁▁▁█▁▁

Issue with one part

Plant Growth13%█▁▁▂▁▃

None grew

Unfortunately at least half of them didnt sprout

not one seedling has been produced

Quality-Overall7%▁▁█▁▁▁

Not a good variety

Absolute rubbish, a con

Poor quality

FAQ

Common Allium Bulbs questions

Answered from the same tracked data.