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Plant Tray

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.5% of orders. But shoppers spend only $39K a year here, so Plant Tray is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
53
53 / 100
Top 40% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +2 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£39K/yr93K searches / yr
90-day growth
-1.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
36%top-5 click share · 27 brands · 71 sellers

Flapen Score

Plant Tray against its category

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

53Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Plant Tray market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Plant Tray 93K times last year and spent an estimated £39K. The top 5 brands take 45% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

3.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 93K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -1.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £39K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
93K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-1.9%
Conversion, latest week
3.5%
Market size, estimated
£39Ka year
Peak month
April4.4× the quietest month
Top search term
plant tray28K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £11.64.

Listings sell for £11.64 on average, from £3.84 to £27.95. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £11.64 that is £0 to £1K a year per listing.

Average price
£11.64under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.84–£27.95
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–£1K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

53% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 55% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #130 within Garden Tools & Watering Equipment. It carries 479 reviews at 4.48 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
53%
Prime listings
55%
Out of stock, average day
6.9%
Average rank
#130in Garden Tools & Watering Equipment
Average rating
4.48 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
479per listing
Listings tracked
38

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 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 34 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
34 months

Products

Top Plant Tray 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 36% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£2K£3K£5K£6K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

27 falling

Sellers

71

Top-5 brand share

45%

Top 20: 93%

Top-5 click share

36%

Top 20: 77%

Open market

49%

  • Gro-Sure13%
  • Garland12%
  • 2you8%
  • e Dukan6%
  • HOMION6%
  • Whitefurze6%

Demand

Plant Tray search demand

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

6K4KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.4×

Search terms

Top Plant Tray search terms shoppers use

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

  • plant tray28K/yr
  • garden tray13K/yr
  • plastic trays for plants11K/yr
  • garden trays large plastic9K/yr
  • water trays for plants6K/yr
  • watering trays for plants4K/yr
  • greenhouse trays6K/yr
  • plant pot trays rectangular5K/yr
  • planter tray4K/yr
  • plastic plant trays4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Plant Tray

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

Complain

Strength28%−0.16

Very flimsy

Bit flimsy

Not very sturdy

Quality-Overall9%+1.14

Cheap

Very disappointed with the quality of the product - not as described or pictured

Disappointing Quality

Size-Overall7%+0.97

Not massive so can only fit couple pairs of size 12

Unfortunately I chose the wrong size

a little bigger than my old ones

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%−0.05

Double check the number of items ordered - photos are misleading

My fault, I should have read the full description

Measurements not as stated

Value For Money7%+1.27

at £20 I could have bought them cheaper elsewhere

a little over priced

Not worth the price

Love

Quality-Overall22%+1.14

Excellent product

Good quality Trays

Great product from a great seller

Strength19%−0.16

Good value sturdy tray

Very sturdy

strong and sturdy construction

Value For Money16%+1.27

Good value

Great value

Excellent value

Size-Overall11%+0.97

A good size

fits well in small places- for multiple uses

Good purchase plenty big enough

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%−0.05

Exactly what I wanted

Does the job

Exactly what would expect

Return

0.5% Return rate 68% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall58%▆▅▅▅▇█

Not massive so can only fit couple pairs of size 12

Unfortunately I chose the wrong size

a little bigger than my old ones

Defective Material/Parts11%▂▃▆█▃▃
Strength5%▆█▇▅▅▂

Very flimsy

Bit flimsy

Not very sturdy

Quality-Overall4%▇▂██▄▃

Cheap

Very disappointed with the quality of the product - not as described or pictured

Disappointing Quality

Material Quality4%█▇▅▂▇▅

Pretty low quality plastics

not plastic i guess

It's a plastic tray

FAQ

Common Plant Tray questions

Answered from the same tracked data.