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Bird Feeders

Pass

Bird Feeders scores 67 out of 100, a Pass. Shoppers spend $1.4M a year here, demand is soft, at -7.8% this quarter, and returns run at 0.5% of orders.

Flapen Score
67
67 / 100
Top 6% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +16 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£1.4M/yr3.1M searches / yr
90-day growth
-7.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
41%top-5 click share · 30 brands · 72 sellers

Flapen Score

Bird Feeders against its category

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

67Pass
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Bird Feeders market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Bird Feeders 3.1M times last year and spent an estimated £1.4M. The top 5 brands take 49% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–May. Flapen scores it 67 out of 100, a Pass.

01 · Demand

3.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 3.1M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -7.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.4M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
3.1M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-7.8%
Conversion, latest week
3.6%
Market size, estimated
£1.4Ma year
Peak month
January3.1× the quietest month
Top search term
bird feeders1.5M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £12.70.

Listings sell for £12.70 on average, from £3.60 to £32.42. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 125K to 150K a year. The average listing sells 2,500 to 3,000 of them. At £12.70 that is £32K to £38K a year per listing.

Average price
£12.70under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.60–£32.42
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
125K–150K
Units per listing a year
2,500–3,000
Revenue per listing a year
£32K–£38K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

81% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 77% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #72 within Bird & Wildlife Care. It carries 1,008 reviews at 4.21 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
81%
Prime listings
77%
Out of stock, average day
5.1%
Average rank
#72in Bird & Wildlife Care
Average rating
4.21 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,008per listing
Listings tracked
48

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 5 of last year's 7 launches as successful.

7 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 5 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 31 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
7
Successful launches
5Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
31 months

Products

Top Bird Feeders 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 41% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£43K£86K£129K£172K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

30 falling

Sellers

72

Top-5 brand share

49%

Top 20: 92%

Top-5 click share

41%

Top 20: 77%

Open market

47%

  • Pelle & Sol12%
  • DIVCHI11%
  • OakDale Products9%
  • Green Jem9%
  • PROVIDE6%
  • BPYOT5%

Demand

Bird Feeders search demand

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

100K60KSpike '24Black Friday '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.1×

Search terms

Top Bird Feeders search terms shoppers use

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

  • bird feeders1.5M/yr
  • bird feeder567K/yr
  • bird feeders hanging station398K/yr
  • bird feeders for small birds123K/yr
  • hanging bird feeders72K/yr
  • small bird feeders for small birds only37K/yr
  • bird feeders hanging58K/yr
  • bird seed feeder52K/yr
  • small bird feeder31K/yr
  • hanging bird feeder35K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Bird Feeders

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

Complain

Strength10%+0.31

Not sturdy

Not strong enough

Too flimsy

Size-Overall10%−0.10

much too long

It's small

Bigger than I thought

Quality-Overall10%+1.71

get something slightly higher quality

Although it was low quality

Not good quality

Durability8%−0.11

Durability may be an issue

Broken

broke within a couple of days

Value For Money6%+1.48

Too expensive and not as advertised

a lot more expensive than it costs

a fraction of the price

Love

Quality-Overall24%+1.71

Premium quality

Excellent quality feeders

Better quality than most

Value For Money16%+1.48

Great value for money

Brilliant for the money

Excellent value

Strength14%+0.31

Sturdy and strong

good sturdy feeder pole

sturdy construction

Ease Of Cleaning6%+0.58

Easy to clean

keep clean very pleased with this product

it's easy to wash

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%+0.04

As advertised

Better than expected

Does what I need

Return

0.5% Return rate 34% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall21%▆██▆██

much too long

It's small

Bigger than I thought

Defective Material/Parts19%██▇▇▆▇
Strength8%▆▄▅▆█▇

Not sturdy

Not strong enough

Too flimsy

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%▆▆▄▄█▆

not as advertised

Not as described

Wrong description

Quality-Overall5%▆█▆█▄▆

get something slightly higher quality

Although it was low quality

Not good quality

FAQ

Common Bird Feeders questions

Answered from the same tracked data.