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Christmas Wax Melts

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Christmas Wax Melts is a Fail.

Flapen Score
30
30 / 100
Ranks 5,558 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −21 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£23K/yr91K searches / yr
90-day growth
-38.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
92%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 7 sellers

Flapen Score

Christmas Wax Melts against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Christmas Wax Melts is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

30Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Christmas Wax Melts market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Christmas Wax Melts 91K times last year and spent an estimated £23K. All 4 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 30 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

2.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 91K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -38.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £23K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
91K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-38.7%
Conversion, latest week
2.9%
Market size, estimated
£23Ka year
Peak month
December218.2× the quietest month
Top search term
christmas wax melts56K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.63.

Listings sell for £8.63 on average, from £4.21 to £11.40. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £8.63 that is £863 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.63under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.21–£11.40
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
5K–6K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£863–£2K
Returns
0.4%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. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 41.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #533 within Candles & Holders. It carries 966 reviews at 3.87 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
83%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
41.3%
Average rank
#533in Candles & Holders
Average rating
3.87 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
966per listing
Listings tracked
6

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 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
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
43 months

Products

Top Christmas Wax Melts 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 92% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£2K£5K£7K£9K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

4 falling

Sellers

7

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

92%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • SCENTORINI45%
  • SALKING33%
  • Balneaves14%
  • Hampshire Candles8%

Demand

Christmas Wax Melts search demand

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

13K8KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 218.2×

Search terms

Top Christmas Wax Melts search terms shoppers use

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

  • christmas wax melts56K/yr
  • wax melts christmas scents7K/yr
  • winter wax melts4K/yr
  • wax melts christmas8K/yr
  • christmas melts4K/yr
  • christmas wax melt3K/yr
  • xmas wax melts5K/yr
  • christmas wax melts strong scented4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Christmas Wax Melts

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

Complain

Smell75%+4.90

when they were melting you couldn't really smell anything

No smell

strong smelling

Breathability13%−0.68

I wont hold my breath

Love

Smell88%+4.90

Lovely scent from the melts very nice

Some were nice scented

Ok. Smells good

Return

0.4% Return rate 0% Fixable by listing

Smell100%▁▁█▁▁█

when they were melting you couldn't really smell anything

No smell

strong smelling

FAQ

Common Christmas Wax Melts questions

Answered from the same tracked data.