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Bonsai Soil

Fail

Shoppers spend an estimated $52K a year here, so Bonsai Soil is a Fail.

Flapen Score
40
40 / 100
Ranks 4,839 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −11 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£52K/yr54K searches / yr
90-day growth
+8.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
79%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 54 sellers

Flapen Score

Bonsai Soil against its category

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

40Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Bonsai Soil market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Bonsai Soil 54K times last year and spent an estimated £52K. The top 5 brands take 87% of clicks. Demand peaks in Apr–May. Flapen scores it 40 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 12.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 54K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 12.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +8.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £52K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
54K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+8.5%
Conversion, latest week
12.3%
Market size, estimated
£52Ka year
Peak month
April2.2× the quietest month
Top search term
bonsai soil43K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.75.

Listings sell for £7.75 on average, from £4.57 to £16.58. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £7.75 that is £4K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.75under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.57–£16.58
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£4K–£6K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

42% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 92% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #152 within Fertilisers & Plant Food. It carries 2,816 reviews at 4.48 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
42%
Prime listings
92%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#152in Fertilisers & Plant Food
Average rating
4.48 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,816per listing
Listings tracked
12

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 42 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Bonsai Soil products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 26, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 79% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£5K£10K£16K£21K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 rising

Sellers

54

Est. top-5 brand share

87%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

79%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

7%

  • Westland34%
  • Growth Technology21%
  • bhomescent16%
  • GOTVUGE9%
  • Grow Buddha8%
  • Invigortex6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 7%)

Demand

Bonsai Soil search demand

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

2K1KSpike '26AprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.2×

Search terms

Top Bonsai Soil search terms shoppers use

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

  • bonsai soil43K/yr
  • bonsai soil mix4K/yr
  • bonsai potting mix4K/yr
  • bonsai compost3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Bonsai Soil

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

29%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
20%of negative reviews mention “Value For Money”
0.1%of orders come back
“Expensive for the amount”
A buyer, on “Value For Money”20% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Bonsai Soil questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data