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Compost Spreader

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.0% of orders. But shoppers spend only $145K a year here, so Compost Spreader is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
60
60 / 100
Top 18% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +9 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£145K/yr79K searches / yr
90-day growth
+15.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
59%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 18 sellers

Flapen Score

Compost Spreader against its category

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

60Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Compost Spreader market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Compost Spreader 79K times last year and spent an estimated £145K. The top 5 brands take 61% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May. Flapen scores it 60 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

3.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 79K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +15.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £145K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
79K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+15.7%
Conversion, latest week
3.6%
Market size, estimated
£145Ka year
Peak month
April22.1× the quietest month
Top search term
compost spreader23K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £51.16.

Listings sell for £51.16 on average, from £21.13 to £126.84. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £51.16 that is £0 to £5K a year per listing.

Average price
£51.16inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£21.13–£126.84
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
2K–3K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£5K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

90% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 10% ship with Prime. On an average day, 9.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #153 within Garden Tools & Watering Equipment. It carries 213 reviews at 4.27 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
90%
Prime listings
10%
Out of stock, average day
9.6%
Average rank
#153in Garden Tools & Watering Equipment
Average rating
4.27 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
213per listing
Listings tracked
20

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 10 launches as successful.

10 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 38 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
10
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
38 months

Products

Top Compost Spreader 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 59% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£14K£29K£43K£58K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 falling

Sellers

18

Top-5 brand share

61%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

59%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

32%

  • Outopee21%
  • Crystals11%
  • raxter11%
  • Garden Tailor10%
  • COSTWAY9%
  • Landzie7%

Demand

Compost Spreader search demand

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

5K4KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 22.1×

Search terms

Top Compost Spreader search terms shoppers use

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

  • compost spreader23K/yr
  • compost roller10K/yr
  • compost spreader for lawn10K/yr
  • top soil spreader7K/yr
  • compost roller spreader6K/yr
  • soil spreader5K/yr
  • soil roller7K/yr
  • soil spreader for lawn4K/yr
  • top dressing spreader3K/yr
  • landzie compost spreader3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Compost Spreader

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

Complain

Assembly/Installation18%+0.63

Difficult to put together

Hard to assemble

Terrible instructions

Quality-Overall15%−0.14

Poor quality clips

Poor quality

Not well made

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting10%−0.17

Instructions are poor

Instructions and product hard to work out

as the instructions are not very clear

Strength6%−0.06

the handle is a bit wobbly

Very flimsy

Questionable sturdiness

Rusts/Corrodes4%+0.22

potentially rust-prone when a simple hook may have worked

Unfortunately, after just one use, I noticed it had started to develop rust

Love

Assembly/Installation16%+0.63

Easy to assemble

The assembly was easy to carry out when following the instruction video accessed through a QR code on the included parts list

easy to put together

Advertised Vs Actual Product13%+1.23

Does what it says

Product does the job intended

Does exactly as expected

Quality-Overall12%−0.14

Excellent product

Excellent piece of kit

It feels higher quality than I was expecting which is good

Ease Of Use11%+0.93

Easy to Use

So much easier than spreading soil

Easy to use and store

Strength6%−0.06

The drum itself is well made and sturdy

feels sturdy

Appears to be of robust construction

Return

0.0% Return rate 27% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall22%█▂▄▂▂▃
Defective Material/Parts16%▁▇▁▇█▄
Functionality-Overall9%▁▁▄▃▅█

Variable Feed Rate Not Functional

Assembly/Installation7%▁▁▁▆█▆

Difficult to put together

Hard to assemble

Terrible instructions

Weight Heavy6%▁▁█▄▄▁

Heavy

FAQ

Common Compost Spreader questions

Answered from the same tracked data.