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Compost Tumbler

Maybe

An estimated 0.4% of orders come back. But shoppers spend an estimated $40K a year here, so Compost Tumbler is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
53
53 / 100
Top 40% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +2 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£40K/yr37K searches / yr
90-day growth
+17.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
50%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 29 sellers

Flapen Score

Compost Tumbler against its category

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

53Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Compost Tumbler market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Compost Tumbler 37K times last year and spent an estimated £40K. The top 5 brands take 84% of clicks. Demand peaks in Apr–May. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 2.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 37K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 2.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +17.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £40K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
37K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+17.3%
Conversion, latest week
2.1%
Market size, estimated
£40Ka year
Peak month
May3.6× the quietest month
Top search term
compost tumbler11K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £51.30.

Listings sell for £51.30 on average, from £20.55 to £199.89. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 750 to 1K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £51.30 that is £0 to £5K a year per listing.

Average price
£51.30inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£20.55–£199.89
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
750–1K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£5K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

97% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 33% ship with Prime. On an average day, 12.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #64 within Garden Tools & Watering Equipment. It carries 146 reviews at 4.12 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
97%
Prime listings
33%
Out of stock, average day
12.0%
Average rank
#64in Garden Tools & Watering Equipment
Average rating
4.12 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
146per listing
Listings tracked
30

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 6 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

6 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 59 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
59 months

Products

Top Compost Tumbler products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 26, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 50% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£2K£3K£5K£6K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

29

Est. top-5 brand share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

50%

Top 20: 91%

Open market

12%

  • Outsunny34%
  • Crystals19%
  • SQUEEZE master14%
  • Dripex11%
  • Hozelock6%
  • GiantexUK3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 12%)

Demand

Compost Tumbler search demand

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

2K2KSpike '25Spike '26MayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.6×

Search terms

Top Compost Tumbler search terms shoppers use

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

  • compost tumbler11K/yr
  • rotating compost bin7K/yr
  • composters tumbling or rotating8K/yr
  • tumbling compost bins2K/yr
  • rotating composter5K/yr
  • tumbling compost bin4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Compost Tumbler

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

19%of positive reviews mention “Assembly/Installation”
26%of negative reviews mention “Assembly/Installation”
0.4%of orders come back
“a little difficult to put together”
A buyer, on “Assembly/Installation”26% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Compost Tumbler questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data