How competitive is the Cress Seeds niche on Amazon United Kingdom?

10 brands and 13 sellers compete in Cress Seeds on Amazon United Kingdom. The top 5 Cress Seeds products take 77% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 87% of demand.

What do buyers complain about in Cress Seeds?

Cress Seeds buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Value For Money, Plant Growth, Functionality-Overall, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.1%.

What does it cost to enter the Cress Seeds niche?

Cress Seeds sells for £3.18 on average on Amazon United Kingdom, outside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span £2.74–£4.18. The average incumbent carries 227 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

Cress Seeds

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($2.74–$4.18) — Cress Seeds doesn't clear our bar today.

Signals Low Review Barrier

Flapen Score

Skip it

This niche Category average

Is Cress Seeds profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Cress Seeds is a £52K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (93K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 87% of demand. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May. Verdict: Skip it — 39/100.

Cress 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 -20.8% over the last 90 days and 17.5% of searches end in a purchase.

£52K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr25K

Search volume / yr-20.8%93K

Conversion rate17.5%

Avg price£3.18

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 87% of demand, so 13% of the market is open.

13%

open market share

Brands · sellers10 · 13

Top-5 product click share77%

Open market13%

Avg brand age48 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 12 products

Top Cress Seeds products & what they sell for

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

Top sellers

by 90-day click share

Fothergills Oh Sow Simple Cress Vegetable Seeds Sow: JanDec Green

Price: £2.81
Rating: 4.3/5
Reviews: 30
Age: 1y ago

Simply Garden Cress Curled Seeds Vegetable Herb Sprouting Grow Your Own Garden

Price: £2.90
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 453
Age: 5y ago

JustSeed - Vegetable - Cress - Common Plain - 20 000 Seeds -Approx 60g

Price: £2.88
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 615
Age: 14y ago

PREMIER SEEDS DIRECT - CRESS Plain/Curled/Common - 75GM - Approx 30 000 Seeds

Price: £2.98
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 398
Age: 13y ago

100g Cress Seeds | Halim Seeds Sprouting Premium Quality By Masala Cottage 100g

Price: £4.08
Rating: 4.8/5
Reviews: 36
Age: 8mo ago

Newest

by launch date

Cress Seeds | Halim Seeds Sprouting Premium Quality Free UK P&P by ash spice company (50g)

Price: £3.29
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 6
Age: 7mo ago

100g Cress Seeds | Halim Seeds Sprouting Premium Quality By Masala Cottage 100g

Price: £4.08
Rating: 4.8/5
Reviews: 36
Age: 8mo ago

Fothergills Oh Sow Simple Cress Vegetable Seeds Sow: JanDec Green

Price: £2.81
Rating: 4.3/5
Reviews: 30
Age: 1y ago

Fothergills Cress Fine Curled Vegetable Seeds 4000 Seeds Sow: Jan-Dec Green

Price: £2.74
Rating: 4.0/5
Reviews: 24
Age: 1y ago

Cress Seeds | Halim Seeds Sprouting Premium Quality Free UK P&P by Spice Mart (100 Grams)

Price: £4.18
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 39
Age: 1y ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 77% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 rising

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

87%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

Mr Fothergill's33%
Simply Garden31%
Just Seed10%
Premier Seeds Direct7%
Generic6%
Meldon Seeds5%
Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 8%)

Cress Seeds demand & seasonality

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

Volume93KCVR17.5%Products12Brands10Top 5 Brands87%OOS Rate9.3%Rating4.5★Reviews227Avg BSR#184

Peak months: Mar, Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.9×

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cress Seeds

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

What buyers love

97% of reviews

Plant Growth31%

“Great for plants”

Value For Money15%

“Nice and easy and competitive price”

Quality-Overall14%

“Good quality seeds”

Ease Of Use12%

“Easy to use”

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%

“Does what it says on the packet”

What buyers complain about

100% of reviews

Value For Money43%

“Very expensive”

Plant Growth36%

“Would not grow”

Functionality-Overall14%

“Not had much success first time but will try again. OK, but not had much success with it. Will keep trying.”

Quality-Overall7%

“Poor quality”

Cress Seeds return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

Fixable by listing

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

1Value For Money

100%

Common Cress Seeds questions

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

Flapen scores Cress Seeds 39/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £52K/yr across 12 tracked products. 1 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -20.8% over the last 90 days.