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Gladioli Bulbs

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.0% of orders. But prices span $5.17–$13.97, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Gladioli Bulbs is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
51
51 / 100
Ranks 2,729 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · on the category median
Market size
£18K/yr35K searches / yr
90-day growth
-12.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
40%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 13 sellers

Flapen Score

Gladioli Bulbs against its category

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

51Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Gladioli Bulbs market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Gladioli Bulbs 35K times last year and spent an estimated £18K. The top 5 brands take 77% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May. Flapen scores it 51 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

6.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 35K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.6% 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 £18K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
35K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-12.8%
Conversion, latest week
6.6%
Market size, estimated
£18Ka year
Peak month
April7.8× the quietest month
Top search term
gladioli bulbs20K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.73.

Listings sell for £7.73 on average, from £5.17 to £13.97. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £7.73 that is £0 to £773 a year per listing.

Average price
£7.73under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.17–£13.97
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£773
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. 82% ship with Prime. On an average day, 33.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #668 within Plants, Seeds & Bulbs. It carries 161 reviews at 4.15 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
82%
Prime listings
82%
Out of stock, average day
33.9%
Average rank
#668in Plants, Seeds & Bulbs
Average rating
4.15 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
161per listing
Listings tracked
44

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 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 52 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
52 months

Products

Top Gladioli Bulbs 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 only 40% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£545£1K£2K£2K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 rising

Sellers

13

Top-5 brand share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

40%

Top 20: 80%

Open market

16%

  • Oliwier's Bulbs21%
  • Humphreys Garden16%
  • GreenBrokers16%
  • schone15%
  • Garden9%
  • Botanical Bliss7%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 16%)

Demand

Gladioli Bulbs search demand

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

2K1KPrime Day '25Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26AprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Mar, Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 7.8×

Search terms

Top Gladioli Bulbs search terms shoppers use

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

  • gladioli bulbs20K/yr
  • gladioli bulbs for planting now uk11K/yr
  • gladioli4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Gladioli Bulbs

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

Complain

Plant Growth42%−0.60

Unfortunately at least half of them didnt sprout

Not one grew

All planted and started to break through so waiting for seeing them when they eventually flower

Size-Overall21%−0.11

small

Very small bulbs

Corms are small

Quality-Overall12%+1.63

not good quality

Absolute rubbish, a con

Bad quality Avoid

Value For Money6%+2.36

I paid over £10 for a poor specimen of a plant where I could have got one four times larger at a garden centre for £15 -45p I know it is more money

COMPLETE WASTE OF MONEY

Complete waste of money

Defective Material/Parts4%+0.50

Issue with one part

Love

Value For Money37%+2.36

Good for the price

Good value for money for what it was

Good value for money

Plant Growth26%−0.60

Perfect to plant in early spring

Good, healthy plants

well worth the money if they all bloom

Quality-Overall24%+1.63

Good quality bulbs

Excellent quality

Good product

Size-Overall5%−0.11

nice size

Nice size healthy looking bulbs

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%+0.41

Everything is what Amazon said it would be

Just what I needed

Return

0.0% Return rate 33% Fixable by listing

Plant Growth20%█▁▁▁▁▄

Unfortunately at least half of them didnt sprout

Not one grew

All planted and started to break through so waiting for seeing them when they eventually flower

Size-Overall20%▁▆▁█▁▁

small

Very small bulbs

Corms are small

Advertised Vs Actual Product13%▁▁▁▁▁█

I wouldn't purchase again there not as described on photo very small and mouldy

Minute not as described

Functionality-Overall13%▁▃▁▁█▁

Didnt work

Material Quality13%▁▁▁█▁▇

FAQ

Common Gladioli Bulbs questions

Answered from the same tracked data.