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Cucumber Seeds

Fail

Prices span $2.18–$7.41, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Cucumber Seeds is a Fail.

Flapen Score
43
43 / 100
Ranks 4,377 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −8 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£50K/yr112K searches / yr
90-day growth
-39.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
65%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 14 sellers

Flapen Score

Cucumber Seeds against its category

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

43Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Cucumber Seeds market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Cucumber Seeds 112K times last year and spent an estimated £50K. The top 5 brands take 88% of clicks. Demand peaks in Feb–Mar–Apr–May. Flapen scores it 43 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

13.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 112K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 13.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -39.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £50K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
112K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-39.5%
Conversion, latest week
13.3%
Market size, estimated
£50Ka year
Peak month
March16.0× the quietest month
Top search term
cucumber seeds90K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £3.37.

Listings sell for £3.37 on average, from £2.18 to £7.41. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £3.37 that is £2K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£3.37under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.18–£7.41
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£3K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

61% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 89% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #536 within Plants, Seeds & Bulbs. It carries 478 reviews at 4.19 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
61%
Prime listings
89%
Out of stock, average day
3.4%
Average rank
#536in Plants, Seeds & Bulbs
Average rating
4.19 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
478per listing
Listings tracked
18

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 63 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
63 months

Products

Top Cucumber 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 65% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£5K£10K£15K£20K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 falling

Sellers

14

Top-5 brand share

88%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

65%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

8%

  • Mr Fothergill's35%
  • Premier Seeds Direct21%
  • Simply Garden15%
  • Red Dragon Seeds12%
  • SUTTONS EST. 18065%
  • Thompson & Morgan4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 8%)

Demand

Cucumber Seeds search demand

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

7K5KHoliday '24Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Feb, Mar, Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 16.0×

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cucumber Seeds

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

Complain

Plant Growth63%−0.35

Poor germination

Didnt grow

Didnt germinate

Quality-Overall13%−0.09

Poor quality not 1 seed germinate

Not great quality

absolute rubbish

Value For Money8%+2.80

Cheap money that Wasted precious time

Expensive

Quite expensive

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%+0.03

Really misleading image on the packaging

Not all female despite being advertised as f1

Im not positive they are as stated on Amazon listing

Size-Overall5%−0.01

Fat and small

The amount of seed in each packet is small

Love

Plant Growth42%−0.35

Good germination

Easy to grow

Growing fast

Value For Money23%+2.80

Fair price

Excellent value

Good price

Quality-Overall18%−0.09

Excellent product

Good variety

Good quality seeds

Gifting Purpose7%+0.92

very good gift and

Fab gift

Amazing it was a present for a friend

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%+0.03

Just as advertised

As described

Thanks just what I wanted

Return

0.0% Return rate 40% Fixable by listing

Plant Growth40%▁▁▅▁▁█

Poor germination

Didnt grow

Didnt germinate

Quality-Overall20%▁▁▁█▁▁

Poor quality not 1 seed germinate

Not great quality

absolute rubbish

Size-Overall20%▁█▁▁▁▁

Fat and small

The amount of seed in each packet is small

Advertised Vs Actual Product20%▁▁█▁▁▁

Really misleading image on the packaging

Not all female despite being advertised as f1

Im not positive they are as stated on Amazon listing

FAQ

Common Cucumber Seeds questions

Answered from the same tracked data.