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Creeping Thyme Seeds

Fail

Prices span $2.33–$7.23, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Creeping Thyme Seeds is a Fail.

Flapen Score
48
48 / 100
Ranks 3,444 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −3 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£22K/yr68K searches / yr
90-day growth
+12.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
66%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 14 sellers

Flapen Score

Creeping Thyme Seeds against its category

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

48Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Creeping Thyme Seeds market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Creeping Thyme Seeds 68K times last year and spent an estimated £22K. The top 5 brands take 84% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

6.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 68K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +12.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £22K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
68K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+12.8%
Conversion, latest week
6.9%
Market size, estimated
£22Ka year
Peak month
March22.5× the quietest month
Top search term
creeping thyme seeds42K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £4.83.

Listings sell for £4.83 on average, from £2.33 to £7.23. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £4.83 that is £1K to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£4.83under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.33–£7.23
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£1K–£2K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

82% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 53% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #334 within Plants, Seeds & Bulbs. It carries 179 reviews at 3.59 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
82%
Prime listings
53%
Out of stock, average day
3.9%
Average rank
#334in Plants, Seeds & Bulbs
Average rating
3.59 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
179per listing
Listings tracked
17

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 7 launches as successful.

7 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 56 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
7
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
56 months

Products

Top Creeping Thyme Seeds 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 66% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past 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%)

Demand

Creeping Thyme Seeds search demand

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

8K6KSpike '25Spike '26AprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

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

Search terms

Top Creeping Thyme Seeds search terms shoppers use

The exact words 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

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Creeping Thyme Seeds

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

Complain

Plant Growth42%−0.27

Didn't grow

Hardly any grew

No sign of growth

Size-Overall16%−0.12

The pack is small

Its a small bag

Very small

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%−0.24

Deceiving picture

It is NOT as advertised

Nothing like the picture at all

Value For Money7%+1.19

I'm thinking the retail price is a bit steep

Too Expensive

Expensive for what I received

Quality-Overall6%+2.37

Not the best

Impossible to say what the quality

Rubbish

Love

Plant Growth50%−0.27

healthy plants

Good germination

Growing fast

Quality-Overall16%+2.37

Fine seeds

Good quality

Good quality seed

Value For Money12%+1.19

Well worth getting

Happy with price

good value

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting3%−0.08

following the instructions exactly

Instructions too

The instructions are straightforward

Advertised Vs Actual Product3%−0.24

is as advertised

Product as expected

The presentation stands out

Return

0.0% Return rate 69% Fixable by listing

Advertised Vs Actual Product50%▁█▁▄▆▁

Deceiving picture

It is NOT as advertised

Nothing like the picture at all

Plant Growth15%▁▁▁▅▁█

Didn't grow

Hardly any grew

No sign of growth

Size-Overall15%▁▁▁██▁

The pack is small

Its a small bag

Very small

Value For Money10%▁▁▁▂▄█

I'm thinking the retail price is a bit steep

Too Expensive

Expensive for what I received

Color4%▁▁▁█▁▁

No colour, no more than 6mm tall

Not the carpet of colour I'd hoped for

FAQ

Common Creeping Thyme Seeds questions

Answered from the same tracked data.