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Cold Frame

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.5% of orders. But demand is soft, at -33.4% this quarter, so Cold Frame is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
57
57 / 100
Top 26% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +6 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£254K/yr368K searches / yr
90-day growth
-33.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
37%top-5 click share · 26 brands · 38 sellers

Flapen Score

Cold Frame against its category

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

57Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Cold Frame market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Cold Frame 368K times last year and spent an estimated £254K. The top 5 brands take 56% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

1.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 368K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -33.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £254K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
368K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-33.4%
Conversion, latest week
1.0%
Market size, estimated
£254Ka year
Peak month
March3.8× the quietest month
Top search term
cold frame93K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £71.88.

Listings sell for £71.88 on average, from £12.05 to £497.85. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £71.88 that is £0 to £7K a year per listing.

Average price
£71.88inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£12.05–£497.85
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£7K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

91% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 20% ship with Prime. On an average day, 14.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #142 within Greenhouses & Plant Germination Equipment. It carries 189 reviews at 4.13 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
91%
Prime listings
20%
Out of stock, average day
14.4%
Average rank
#142in Greenhouses & Plant Germination Equipment
Average rating
4.13 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
189per listing
Listings tracked
46

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 8 launches as successful.

8 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 52 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
8
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
52 months

Products

Top Cold Frame 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 37% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£10K£20K£30K£41K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

26 falling

Sellers

38

Top-5 brand share

56%

Top 20: 95%

Top-5 click share

37%

Top 20: 75%

Open market

38%

  • CHRISTOW22%
  • Neo11%
  • Woodside9%
  • Outsunny8%
  • Selections6%
  • Garden Mile6%

Demand

Cold Frame search demand

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

13K8KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Apr · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.8×

Search terms

Top Cold Frame search terms shoppers use

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

  • cold frame93K/yr
  • wooden greenhouse61K/yr
  • cold frames for garden67K/yr
  • small wooden greenhouse16K/yr
  • wooden mini greenhouse17K/yr
  • small glass greenhouse11K/yr
  • wooden green house for garden8K/yr
  • cold frames13K/yr
  • cold frames for garden clearance sale items12K/yr
  • greenhouse wooden10K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cold Frame

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

Complain

Quality-Overall17%−0.24

Bad quality

Poor quality control

Very flimsy and poor quality

Strength15%−0.12

Too flimsy

Not sturdy

Bit flimsy

Assembly/Installation12%+1.84

difficult to put together

Poor assembly instructions

Awful to put together

Value For Money6%+1.00

looks as though it should have cost a lot more

Definitely not worth the price

Quite expensive

Size-Overall6%−0.06

Doesnt fit

long

Very small

Love

Assembly/Installation23%+1.84

Easy to set up

Assembly is easy enough

Very easy to assemble

Value For Money14%+1.00

Good value for money

Value for money

Good Value

Quality-Overall10%−0.24

GREAT QUALITY

Good quality, easy to put together

The build quality is really impressive

Size-Overall8%−0.06

Fits well

good usable size

I am happy with the size

Strength7%−0.12

its stood strong without any issues

The zip is strong

Very Sturdy

Return

0.5% Return rate 47% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall28%▄▂▅█▆▆

Doesnt fit

long

Very small

Defective Material/Parts17%█▆▆▅▄▅
Advertised Vs Actual Product14%▄▇▄▃█▅
Quality-Overall7%█▇▅▂▂▅

Bad quality

Poor quality control

Very flimsy and poor quality

Strength6%▇█▄▆▃▇

Too flimsy

Not sturdy

Bit flimsy

FAQ

Common Cold Frame questions

Answered from the same tracked data.