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Gladioli Bulbs

Gladioli Bulbs shows low returns (0.0%), but prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($5.17–$13.97) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

51
Worth a look

Ranks 2,729 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · on the category median

Market size 5Growth 19Conversion 72Competition 75Returns 100Price range 0Avg price 21Brand share 47Review moat 92Quality gap 85
This niche Category average · 5,777 niches

Is Gladioli Bulbs profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Gladioli Bulbs is a £18K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (35K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 77% of demand. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May. Verdict: Worth a look — 51/100.

Gladioli Bulbs: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -12.8% over the last 90 days and 6.6% of searches end in a purchase.

£18K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr4K
Search volume / yr-12.8%35K
Conversion rate6.6%
Avg price£7.73

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 77% of demand, so 23% of the market is open.

23%

open market share

Brands · sellers12 · 13
Top-5 product click share40%
Open market23%
Avg brand age52 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.2★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 44 products

Sponsored placement82%
New entrants (1y)2· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.2★
Avg reviews161

Top Gladioli Bulbs products & what they sell for

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

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (40% combined) — 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%)

Gladioli Bulbs demand & seasonality

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

Volume35KCVR6.6%Products44Brands12Top 5 Brands77%OOS Rate33.9%Rating4.2★Reviews161Avg BSR#668
2K1KPrime Day '25Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26AprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

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

Top Gladioli Bulbs search terms shoppers use

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

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

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Gladioli Bulbs

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

What buyers love

97% of reviews
Value For Money37%

Good for the price

Plant Growth26%

Perfect to plant in early spring

Quality-Overall24%

Good quality bulbs

Size-Overall5%

nice size

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%

Everything is what Amazon said it would be

What buyers complain about

95% of reviews
Plant Growth42%

Unfortunately at least half of them didnt sprout

Size-Overall21%

small

Quality-Overall12%

not good quality

Value For Money6%

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

Defective Material/Parts4%

Issue with one part

Gladioli Bulbs return rate & reasons

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

0.0%

Return rate

33%

Fixable by listing

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

1Plant Growth
20%
2Size-Overall
20%
3Advertised Vs Actual Product
13%
4Functionality-Overall
13%
5Material Quality
13%

Common Gladioli Bulbs questions

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

Flapen scores Gladioli Bulbs 51/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £18K/yr across 44 tracked products. 0 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -12.8% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Gladioli Bulbs on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Mar–Apr–May, where the busiest month runs 7.8× the quietest.