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Bulbs for Planting Now Uk

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But demand is soft, at -54.1% this quarter, so Bulbs for Planting Now Uk is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
51
51 / 100
Ranks 2,729 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · on the category median
Market size
£180K/yr758K searches / yr
90-day growth
-54.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
39%top-5 click share · 17 brands · 25 sellers

Flapen Score

Bulbs for Planting Now Uk against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Bulbs for Planting Now Uk is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

51Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Bulbs for Planting Now Uk market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Bulbs for Planting Now Uk 758K times last year and spent an estimated £180K. The top 5 brands take 71% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–Sep–Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 51 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

2.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 758K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -54.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £180K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
758K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-54.1%
Conversion, latest week
2.8%
Market size, estimated
£180Ka year
Peak month
October4.8× the quietest month
Top search term
tulip bulbs155K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.57.

Listings sell for £8.57 on average, from £2.86 to £18.39. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 40K to 50K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At £8.57 that is £9K to £11K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.57under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.86–£18.39
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
40K–50K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
£9K–£11K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

83% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 60% ship with Prime. On an average day, 58.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #682 within Plants, Seeds & Bulbs. It carries 902 reviews at 3.97 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
83%
Prime listings
60%
Out of stock, average day
58.1%
Average rank
#682in Plants, Seeds & Bulbs
Average rating
3.97 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
902per listing
Listings tracked
40

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 27 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

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

Products

Top Bulbs for Planting Now Uk 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 39% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£9K£18K£27K£36K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

17 rising

Sellers

25

Top-5 brand share

71%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

39%

Top 20: 78%

Open market

24%

  • GreenBrokers35%
  • Oliwier's Bulbs14%
  • YouGarden8%
  • PJFNHD8%
  • Generic5%
  • Thompson & Morgan5%

Demand

Bulbs for Planting Now Uk search demand

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

25K15KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Apr, Sep, Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.8×

Search terms

Top Bulbs for Planting Now Uk search terms shoppers use

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

  • tulip bulbs155K/yr
  • bulbs for planting now uk117K/yr
  • flower bulbs56K/yr
  • tulips50K/yr
  • garden bulbs32K/yr
  • plant bulbs26K/yr
  • flower bulbs for planting now uk24K/yr
  • tulips bulbs22K/yr
  • spring bulbs77K/yr
  • bulbs for planting30K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Bulbs for Planting Now Uk

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

Complain

Plant Growth48%−0.51

Nothing grew

never grew

None grew

Quality-Overall12%+0.50

Im really disappointed with the quality of these Crocosmia bulbs

Rubbish

Poor quality

Value For Money9%+2.72

Overpriced saw a far bigger box in Sainsburys for 1 pound cheaper

Having looked at other places these were very very expensive

Only four of the ten developed - expensive for such a small yeild

Moist/Dry8%−0.19

Most were dry

that these bulbs are tiny and dried up

Dried beyond growing

Color5%+0.17

are bright pink not light pink like the description

No colour at all

Colour not as shown

Love

Value For Money28%+2.72

Good for the price

Excellent value

Worth every penny

Plant Growth28%−0.51

Growing well

easy to grow

Good, healthy plants

Quality-Overall20%+0.50

Good quality

Quality bulbs

Good quality bulbs

Color6%+0.17

Amazing colour

Nice all different colours

Absolutely beautiful dark red

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting4%+0.38

Great packaging with clear instructions

instructions are easy

Good instruction

Return

0.1% Return rate 29% Fixable by listing

Plant Growth25%█▅▄▄▁█

Nothing grew

never grew

None grew

Size-Overall18%▁▄▅▆█▁

So small you can hardly pick them up

Very small bulbs

The corms are very small

Moist/Dry10%▁█▄▄▄▁

Most were dry

that these bulbs are tiny and dried up

Dried beyond growing

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%▆▁▃▁▃█

The actual flowers look nothing like the promotional photo- different colour

Not as advertised

look nothing like the picture

Material Quality9%▁▁▄▃█▆

FAQ

Common Bulbs for Planting Now Uk questions

Answered from the same tracked data.