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Fruit Tree Grease

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But shoppers spend only $20K a year here, so Fruit Tree Grease is a Maybe.

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Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 36% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +3 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£20K/yr14K searches / yr
90-day growth
+108.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
85%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 60 sellers

Flapen Score

Fruit Tree Grease against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Fruit Tree Grease is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

54Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Fruit Tree Grease market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Fruit Tree Grease 14K times last year and spent an estimated £20K. The top 5 brands take 91% of clicks. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

13.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 14K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 13.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +108.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £20K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
14K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+108.8%
Conversion, latest week
13.6%
Market size, estimated
£20Ka year
Top search term
fruit tree grease7K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £10.55.

Listings sell for £10.55 on average, from £5.83 to £19.97. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £10.55 that is £1K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£10.55under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.83–£19.97
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
2K–3K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£1K–£3K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

70% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 60% ship with Prime. On an average day, 8.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #232 within Plant Protection & Pest Control. It carries 685 reviews at 4.19 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
70%
Prime listings
60%
Out of stock, average day
8.3%
Average rank
#232in Plant Protection & Pest Control
Average rating
4.19 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
685per listing
Listings tracked
10

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 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 50 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
50 months

Products

Top Fruit Tree Grease 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 85% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£2K£4K£6K£8K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

60

Top-5 brand share

91%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

85%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

5%

  • Vitax Ltd54%
  • Defenders16%
  • Seedzbox10%
  • Provanto8%
  • Gardening Naturally4%
  • SWISSINNO4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 5%)

Demand

Fruit Tree Grease search demand

Weekly searches over the year. Pick a range.

1K600Spike '26May '26May '26Jun '26Jun '26Jun '26Jun '26Jul '26Jul '26Jul '26

Search terms

Top Fruit Tree Grease search terms shoppers use

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

  • fruit tree grease7K/yr
  • tree grease for fruit trees4K/yr
  • tree grease3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Fruit Tree Grease

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

Complain

Adhesion/Stickiness29%−0.24

Very sticky

The tape is sticky

It's not sticky at all

Functionality-Overall13%−0.13

Doesn't work

Unfortunately, it did not work as expected

Not working

Value For Money10%−0.09

Expensive for only half a pot

Dont bother its a waste of money

Waste of money

Ease Of Use7%−0.02

Very Difficult to Apply

Fiddly to put on

very difficult to take off the backing strip

Pest/Insect Control6%+1.73

Terrible stuff, ants just walk straight over it and I used entire lot after a few days of reapplying

This does not stop ants on fruit trees save your money don't buy it

Waste of money for ants

Love

Pest/Insect Control26%+1.73

Ants gone

Great for keeping ants

Great stops bugs getting into my fruit trees

Quality-Overall16%+0.59

Good product

So far, I found it an excellent product

very good product

Advertised Vs Actual Product13%+0.86

It performs as expected

Seems to work

As described

Adhesion/Stickiness9%−0.24

It was fun putting them on the tree as they are so sticky

the stickiness really lasts as I've even accidentally splashed them when watering the garden

Super sticky

Strength6%+0.48

They seem to be quite effective

Very effective

Effective

Return

0.1% Return rate 12% Fixable by listing

Adhesion/Stickiness22%▁▁▁▂▂█

Very sticky

The tape is sticky

It's not sticky at all

Defective Material/Parts13%▁▁▁▆▃█
Functionality-Overall13%▁▁▁▇█▁

Doesn't work

Unfortunately, it did not work as expected

Not working

Size-Overall11%▁▁▁██▁

Very small

Don't understand the complaints about the pot being small

though, it's less than half full

Value For Money9%▁▁▁█▁▁

Expensive for only half a pot

Dont bother its a waste of money

Waste of money

FAQ

Common Fruit Tree Grease questions

Answered from the same tracked data.