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Creeping Thyme Seeds

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($2.33–$7.23) — Creeping Thyme Seeds doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

48
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Market size 6Growth 41Conversion 74Competition 32Returns 100Price range 0Avg price 13Brand share 36Review moat 91Quality gap 99
This niche Category average

Is Creeping Thyme Seeds profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Creeping Thyme Seeds is a £22K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (68K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 84% of demand. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May. Verdict: Skip it — 48/100.

Creeping Thyme Seeds: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved +12.8% over the last 90 days and 6.9% of searches end in a purchase.

£22K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr8K
Search volume / yr+12.8%68K
Conversion rate6.9%
Avg price£4.83

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 84% of demand, so 16% of the market is open.

16%

open market share

Brands · sellers11 · 14
Top-5 product click share66%
Open market16%
Avg brand age56 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 3.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 17 products

Sponsored placement82%
New entrants (1y)7· 2 succeeded
Avg rating3.6★
Avg reviews179

Top Creeping Thyme Seeds products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 66% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£2K£4K£7K£9K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

11 rising

Sellers

14

Top-5 brand share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

66%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

12%

  • Simply Garden29%
  • Generic28%
  • Plantalaya15%
  • Pretty Wild Seeds7%
  • Nannys Garden5%
  • oliseeds5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 12%)

Creeping Thyme Seeds demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume68KCVR6.9%Products17Brands11Top 5 Brands84%OOS Rate3.9%Rating3.6★Reviews179Avg BSR#334
8K6KSpike '25Spike '26AprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Mar, Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 22.5×

Top Creeping Thyme Seeds search terms shoppers use

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

  • creeping thyme seeds42K/yr
  • creeping thyme21K/yr
  • red creeping thyme seeds uk3K/yr
  • red creeping thyme3K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Creeping Thyme Seeds

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

90% of reviews
Plant Growth50%

healthy plants

Quality-Overall16%

Fine seeds

Value For Money12%

Well worth getting

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting3%

following the instructions exactly

Advertised Vs Actual Product3%

is as advertised

What buyers complain about

90% of reviews
Plant Growth42%

Didn't grow

Size-Overall16%

The pack is small

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%

Deceiving picture

Value For Money7%

I'm thinking the retail price is a bit steep

Quality-Overall6%

Not the best

Creeping Thyme Seeds return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.0%

Return rate

69%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Advertised Vs Actual Product
50%
2Plant Growth
15%
3Size-Overall
15%
4Value For Money
10%
5Color
4%

Common Creeping Thyme Seeds questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Creeping Thyme Seeds 48/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £22K/yr across 17 tracked products. 2 of 7 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +12.8% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Creeping Thyme Seeds on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Mar–Apr–May, where the busiest month runs 22.5× the quietest.