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Gypsum

soft demand (-34.8% this quarter) — Gypsum doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

40
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Ranks 4,839 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −11 vs the category median of 51

Market size 17Growth 8Conversion 59Competition 18Returns 99Price range 50Avg price 75Brand share 19Review moat 95Quality gap 45
This niche Category average · 5,777 niches

Is Gypsum profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Gypsum is a £67K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (88K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 92% of demand. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May. Verdict: Skip it — 40/100.

Gypsum: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -34.8% over the last 90 days and 5.1% of searches end in a purchase.

£67K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr4K
Search volume / yr-34.8%88K
Conversion rate5.1%
Avg price£14.95

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 92% of demand, so 8% of the market is open.

8%

open market share

Brands · sellers7 · 9
Top-5 product click share78%
Open market8%
Avg brand age54 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 · 11 products

Sponsored placement36%
New entrants (1y)4· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews91

Top Gypsum 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

The top 5 products capture 78% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£7K£13K£20K£27K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

7 falling

Sellers

9

Top-5 brand share

92%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

78%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

3%

  • Garden Lawncare Guy43%
  • Mouldmaster24%
  • dr forest11%
  • British Gypsum9%
  • Elixir Gardens7%
  • envii4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 3%)

Gypsum demand & seasonality

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

Volume88KCVR5.1%Products11Brands7Top 5 Brands92%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.5★Reviews91Avg BSR#125
5K3KSpike '26MayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Mar, Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 6.6×

Top Gypsum search terms shoppers use

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

  • liquid gypsum for clay soil39K/yr
  • liquid gypsum22K/yr
  • gypsum for clay soil11K/yr
  • eutrema liquid gypsum for clay soil7K/yr
  • liquid gypsum for lawns6K/yr
  • eutrema liquid gypsum4K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Gypsum

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

What buyers love

97% of reviews
Value For Money28%

this powder is cheaper

Quality-Overall26%

Good quality, there was a lovely fine powder with no lumps

Functionality-Overall12%

Bought this to break up clay in a new border we dug...seems to be working

Plant Growth12%

is doing the job of breaking up our clay soil

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%

Do what it says on the Tin

What buyers complain about

93% of reviews
Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting29%

No instructions

Functionality-Overall29%

Doesnt work

Material Quality14%

the result wasn't any where as good as the liquid gypsum I used previously

Weight Heavy14%

The bag is very heavy

Ease Of Cleaning7%

it makes a mess

Gypsum return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

33%

Fixable by listing

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

1Advertised Vs Actual Product
22%
2Safety Standards
22%
3Compatibility-Overall
11%
4Leak-Proof
11%
5Functionality-Overall
11%

Common Gypsum questions

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

Flapen scores Gypsum 40/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £67K/yr across 11 tracked products. 1 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -34.8% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Gypsum on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Mar–Apr–May, where the busiest month runs 6.6× the quietest.