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Meal Worms for Garden Birds

Maybe

Buyers convert on 22.9% of searches. But the products selling today already average 4.7★, so Meal Worms for Garden Birds is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
63
63 / 100
Top 12% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +12 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£1.7M/yr689K searches / yr
90-day growth
+66.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
58%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 16 sellers

Flapen Score

Meal Worms for Garden Birds against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Meal Worms for Garden Birds is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

63Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Meal Worms for Garden Birds market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Meal Worms for Garden Birds 689K times last year and spent an estimated £1.7M. The top 5 brands take 86% of clicks. Demand peaks in Apr–May–Jun. Flapen scores it 63 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

22.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 689K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 22.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +66.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.7M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
689K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+66.5%
Conversion, latest week
22.9%
Market size, estimated
£1.7Ma year
Peak month
May3.3× the quietest month
Top search term
mealworms283K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £10.60.

Listings sell for £10.60 on average, from £3.13 to £24.35. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 150K to 200K a year. The average listing sells 6,000 to 8,000 of them. At £10.60 that is £64K to £85K a year per listing.

Average price
£10.60under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.13–£24.35
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
150K–200K
Units per listing a year
6,000–8,000
Revenue per listing a year
£64K–£85K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

86% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 62% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #26 within Bird & Wildlife Care. It carries 3,028 reviews at 4.67 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
86%
Prime listings
62%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#26in Bird & Wildlife Care
Average rating
4.67 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,028per listing
Listings tracked
21

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 3 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 3 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 75 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
75 months

Products

Top Meal Worms for Garden Birds 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 58% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£167K£334K£501K£667K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 falling

Sellers

16

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

58%

Top 20: 99%

Open market

11%

  • Pet Ting44%
  • Cutting It Vine19%
  • Hungry Wings11%
  • MALTBYS' STORES 1904 LTD8%
  • Walter Products Wildlife and Aquatics5%
  • direct deals 1234%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 11%)

Demand

Meal Worms for Garden Birds search demand

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

25K15KBlack Friday '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Apr, May, Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.3×

Search terms

Top Meal Worms for Garden Birds search terms shoppers use

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

  • mealworms283K/yr
  • mealworms for wild birds136K/yr
  • meal worms for garden birds54K/yr
  • meal worms51K/yr
  • dried mealworms33K/yr
  • dried mealworms for wild birds13K/yr
  • mealworm18K/yr
  • mealworms for birds15K/yr
  • worms for birds11K/yr
  • meal worms for wild birds10K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Meal Worms for Garden Birds

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

Complain

Size-Overall22%−0.09

Too small

Never read the size

Too big

Value For Money16%+0.46

Price is creeping up like everything else

Expensive by good

Over priced

Quality-Overall12%−0.02

Poor quality had stones/pebbles

Not good quality bird not keen

Poor Quality

Smell10%−0.02

They smell and are black and discoloured

not the nicest smell

Smelly smelly smelly

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%−0.02

Feel like misleading picture

Photo doesn't represent product

It's not as described

Love

Pet Friendly32%

Animals love them

Birds were happy

Good for birds

Value For Money28%+0.46

Fantastic price

Good value for money

Amazing value

Quality-Overall19%−0.02

Good quality product - arrived in good condition

Excellent product

Good quality bird seed Good value

Taste-Overall5%+0.52

Good food, birds love it

They taste very nice

Good treats

Size-Overall4%−0.09

Good size

Handy size

Great size bag

Return

0.0% Return rate 33% Fixable by listing

Value For Money67%▁█▁█▁▁

Price is creeping up like everything else

Expensive by good

Over priced

Advertised Vs Actual Product33%▁▁█▁▁▁

Feel like misleading picture

Photo doesn't represent product

It's not as described

FAQ

Common Meal Worms for Garden Birds questions

Answered from the same tracked data.