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Creeping Thyme Plants

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.0% of orders. But shoppers spend only $10K a year here, so Creeping Thyme Plants is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
55
55 / 100
Top 33% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +4 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£10K/yr33K searches / yr
90-day growth
+53.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
53%top-5 click share · 14 brands · 17 sellers

Flapen Score

Creeping Thyme Plants against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Creeping Thyme Plants is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

55Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Creeping Thyme Plants market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Creeping Thyme Plants 33K times last year and spent an estimated £10K. The top 5 brands take 79% of clicks. Demand peaks in Apr–May–Jun. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

3.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 33K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +53.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £10K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
33K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+53.5%
Conversion, latest week
3.7%
Market size, estimated
£10Ka year
Peak month
April39.4× the quietest month
Top search term
creeping thyme plants23K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.76.

Listings sell for £7.76 on average, from £2.73 to £19.93. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £7.76 that is £0 to £776 a year per listing.

Average price
£7.76under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.73–£19.93
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–£776
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

73% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 31% ship with Prime. On an average day, 8.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #265 within Plants, Seeds & Bulbs. It carries 204 reviews at 3.81 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
73%
Prime listings
31%
Out of stock, average day
8.3%
Average rank
#265in Plants, Seeds & Bulbs
Average rating
3.81 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
204per listing
Listings tracked
26

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 9 launches as successful.

9 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 58 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
9
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
58 months

Products

Top Creeping Thyme Plants 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 53% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£961£2K£3K£4K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)3 products missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

14 falling

Sellers

17

Top-5 brand share

79%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

53%

Top 20: 92%

Open market

15%

  • Bedwen24%
  • Generic20%
  • Country Climbers & Garden Favourites17%
  • Simply Garden11%
  • Thompson & Morgan7%
  • Plant theory6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 15%)

Demand

Creeping Thyme Plants search demand

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

5K4KSpike '25Spike '26MayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Apr, May, Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 39.4×

Search terms

Top Creeping Thyme Plants search terms shoppers use

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

  • creeping thyme plants23K/yr
  • creeping thyme plug plants9K/yr
  • red creeping thyme plants uk951/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Creeping Thyme Plants

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

Complain

Plant Growth40%+1.71

Didn't grow

Hardly any grew

No sign of growth

Size-Overall17%−0.21

The pack is small

Its a small bag

Too small

Value For Money8%+0.99

I'm thinking the retail price is a bit steep

Too Expensive

Not a lot for the price

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%−0.27

Deceiving picture

Not what is advertised

Nothing like the picture at all

Quality-Overall5%+1.30

Impossible to say what the quality

Rubbish

Very poor

Love

Plant Growth55%+1.71

Good germination

healthy plants

Growing fast

Value For Money12%+0.99

Good value too

Well worth it

good value

Quality-Overall12%+1.30

Good quality

Good quality seed

Good quality plants

Advertised Vs Actual Product3%−0.27

is as advertised

Product as expected

The presentation stands out

Size-Overall2%−0.21

Good size

Nice size plugs

Good size to start off with growing, hopefully get bigger and better

Return

0.0% Return rate 63% Fixable by listing

Advertised Vs Actual Product47%▁█▁▄▅▁

Deceiving picture

Not what is advertised

Nothing like the picture at all

Plant Growth18%▁▁▁▄▂█

Didn't grow

Hardly any grew

No sign of growth

Size-Overall13%▁▁▁█▇▁

The pack is small

Its a small bag

Too small

Value For Money8%▁▁▁▂▄█

I'm thinking the retail price is a bit steep

Too Expensive

Not a lot for the price

Color3%▁▁▁█▁▁

No colour, no more than 6mm tall

Not the carpet of colour I'd hoped for

FAQ

Common Creeping Thyme Plants questions

Answered from the same tracked data.