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John Innes No 2

Fail

Shoppers spend an estimated $23K a year here, so John Innes No 2 is a Fail.

Flapen Score
46
46 / 100
Ranks 3,831 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −5 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£23K/yr26K searches / yr
90-day growth
+36.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
76%top-5 click share · 7 brands · 33 sellers

Flapen Score

John Innes No 2 against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, John Innes No 2 is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

46Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The John Innes No 2 market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for John Innes No 2 26K times last year and spent an estimated £23K. The top 5 brands take 96% of clicks. Demand peaks in Apr–May. Flapen scores it 46 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 8.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 26K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 8.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +36.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £23K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
26K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+36.5%
Conversion, latest week
8.9%
Market size, estimated
£23Ka year
Peak month
May6.8× the quietest month
Top search term
john innes no 223K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.96.

Listings sell for £9.96 on average, from £6.08 to £16.59. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £9.96 that is £2K to £5K a year per listing.

Average price
£9.96under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£6.08–£16.59
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£5K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

25% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 67% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #366 within Soils, Mulches & Planting Media. It carries 546 reviews at 4.22 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
25%
Prime listings
67%
Out of stock, average day
7.2%
Average rank
#366in Soils, Mulches & Planting Media
Average rating
4.22 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
546per listing
Listings tracked
12

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 46 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top John Innes No 2 products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 26, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 76% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£2K£5K£7K£9K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

7 rising

Sellers

33

Est. top-5 brand share

96%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

76%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

2%

  • Westland46%
  • Levington21%
  • Hardys13%
  • Zewool11%
  • SuperGift.com5%
  • Jamieson Brothers2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 2%)

Demand

John Innes No 2 search demand

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

1K600Spike '26MayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 6.8×

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about John Innes No 2

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

32%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
27%of negative reviews mention “Value For Money”
<0.1%of orders come back, a rate Amazon rounds to zero
“I know it is more expensive”
A buyer, on “Value For Money”27% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common John Innes No 2 questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data