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Bulb Planter Tool

Maybe

Returns run at only 1.1% of orders. But demand is soft, at -50.4% this quarter, so Bulb Planter Tool is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
59
59 / 100
Top 20% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +8 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£122K/yr154K searches / yr
90-day growth
-50.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
38%top-5 click share · 28 brands · 79 sellers

Flapen Score

Bulb Planter Tool against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Bulb Planter Tool is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

59Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Bulb Planter Tool market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Bulb Planter Tool 154K times last year and spent an estimated £122K. The top 5 brands take 50% of clicks. Demand peaks in Sep–Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 59 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

6.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 154K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -50.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £122K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
154K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-50.4%
Conversion, latest week
6.9%
Market size, estimated
£122Ka year
Peak month
September14.8× the quietest month
Top search term
bulb planter95K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £11.44.

Listings sell for £11.44 on average, from £3.52 to £30.58. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £11.44 that is £3K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£11.44under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.52–£30.58
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£6K
Returns
1.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

85% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 82% ship with Prime. On an average day, 9.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #149 within Garden Tools & Watering Equipment. It carries 288 reviews at 4.19 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
85%
Prime listings
82%
Out of stock, average day
9.8%
Average rank
#149in Garden Tools & Watering Equipment
Average rating
4.19 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
288per listing
Listings tracked
39

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 10 launches as successful.

10 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 43 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
10
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
43 months

Products

Top Bulb Planter Tool 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 only 38% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£4K£7K£11K£15K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

28 rising

Sellers

79

Top-5 brand share

50%

Top 20: 95%

Top-5 click share

38%

Top 20: 86%

Open market

43%

  • Kent & Stowe16%
  • Colwelt10%
  • FLORA GUARD9%
  • Spear & Jackson8%
  • Jardineer7%
  • Gardena7%

Demand

Bulb Planter Tool search demand

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

13K8KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Sep, Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 14.8×

Search terms

Top Bulb Planter Tool search terms shoppers use

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

  • bulb planter95K/yr
  • bulb planter tool45K/yr
  • bulb planters8K/yr
  • bulb planting tool6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Bulb Planter Tool

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

Complain

Durability16%−0.20

bent upon second use

Broke on the first day

BOTH broke within minutes

Quality-Overall14%+0.26

Very poor - bends and distorts

Poor quality

Absolute rubbish item

Strength12%+0.28

Central pole too weak

yet was way more flimsy

Flimsy

Value For Money5%+1.09

Not worth it

Size-Overall5%−0.06

The nuts and bolts for the bulb planter do not fit

Love

Quality-Overall20%+0.26

Good quality & very easy to assemble & use

It seems very well made

Excellent product

Value For Money15%+1.09

Good value for money

Well worth buying

Good price

Strength13%+0.28

Strong and sturdy

Excellent, sturdy tool

Sturdy wooden with steel tip

Ease Of Use13%+1.00

Easy to use

Very handy tool

Made the job so much easier

Plant Growth12%+0.88

excellent product planted some bulbs today very easy to use

This is a brilliant little device that makes planting so much easier

Extremely handy tool for planting spring bulbs

Return

1.1% Return rate 48% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall41%▃▇▆▅█▇

The nuts and bolts for the bulb planter do not fit

Durability16%▅▁█▃▁▁

bent upon second use

Broke on the first day

BOTH broke within minutes

Quality-Overall7%▁▁▄█▁▁

Very poor - bends and distorts

Poor quality

Absolute rubbish item

Ease Of Use6%█▁▂▁▁▁
Functionality-Overall5%▁▁▁▄█▇

FAQ

Common Bulb Planter Tool questions

Answered from the same tracked data.