Root Slayer
MaybeReturns run at only 0.3% of orders. But shoppers spend only $33K a year here, so Root Slayer is a Maybe.
- Flapen Score
- 54 / 100Top 36% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +3 vs the category median of 5154
- Market size
- £33K/yr35K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- +86.7%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 55%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 23 sellers
Flapen Score
Root Slayer against its category
The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Root Slayer is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Root Slayer market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Root Slayer 35K times last year and spent an estimated £33K. The top 5 brands take 83% of clicks. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.
01 · Demand
2.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.
Shoppers searched for this 35K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +86.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £33K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 35K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- +86.7%
- Conversion, latest week
- 2.9%
- Market size, estimated
- £33Ka year
- Top search term
- root slayer12K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth £31.66.
Listings sell for £31.66 on average, from £12.94 to £45.20. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 1K to 2K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £31.66 that is £0 to £3K a year per listing.
- Average price
- £31.66inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- £12.94–£45.20
- Amazon United Kingdom median price
- £12.12across 27,606 niches
- Units sold a year
- 1K–2K
- Units per listing a year
- 0–100
- Revenue per listing a year
- £0–£3K
- Returns
- 0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is low.
80% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 50% ship with Prime. On an average day, 16.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #133 within Garden Tools & Watering Equipment. It carries 864 reviews at 4.64 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 80%
- Prime listings
- 50%
- Out of stock, average day
- 16.3%
- Average rank
- #133in Garden Tools & Watering Equipment
- Average rating
- 4.64 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
- Average reviews
- 864per listing
- Listings tracked
- 20
04 · Newcomers
Amazon counts 0 of last year's 3 launches as successful.
3 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 44 months on average, so the names here are settling in.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 3
- Successful launches
- 0Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 44 months
Products
Top Root Slayer products & what they sell for
Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Coopers of Stortford - Root Shovel - Heavy Duty Carbon Steel Digging Spade - Serrated Edge Garden Tool - Cuts Through Roots - Comfort Grip Handle
- Price
- £27.99
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 149
- Age
- 2y ago

Root Slayer Radius Garden Shovel 2017 Green Thumb Award for Most Innovative Garden Tool Red
- Price
- £40.58
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 7,052
- Age
- 9y ago

Artemis Root Master Spade & Shovel * All-in-One Cutting Chopping Sawing and Digging Power Tool
- Price
- £34.98
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 62
- Age
- 1y ago

Radius Garden 23311 Root Slayer Perennial Shovel Red
- Price
- £37.94
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 1,864
- Age
- 2y ago

JML Rayzer Shovel Spade - Garden Tools for Root Cutting and Sawing in One with Serrated Saw Teeth and Durable Carbon Steel Head for Hard Ground - Saw Through Thick Branches and Clear Scrub
- Price
- £38.50
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 630
- Age
- 3y ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
Jardineer Thickened Root Shovel 115cm Serrated Digging Spade
- Price
- £29.37
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 18
- Age
- 3mo ago

EASYmaxx Spade & Root Saw | 114cm V-Shaped Blade with Tread-Edge | Rust-Proof Steel & Ergonomic Plastic Handle | Red
- Price
- £24.92
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 76
- Age
- 1y ago

Root Slayer RS223 Nomad Garden Spade Serrated Edge Black
- Price
- £32.76
- Rating
- 5.0/5
- Reviews
- 9
- Age
- 5mo ago

Garden Gear Multi-Purpose Shovel with Serrated Carbon Steel Head Lightweight Fibreglass Handle Root Cutter and Soil Breaker Heavy Duty Gardening Tool for Digging and Landscaping
- Price
- £33.49
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 39
- Age
- 1y ago

Coopers of Stortford - Root Shovel - Heavy Duty Carbon Steel Digging Spade - Serrated Edge Garden Tool - Cuts Through Roots - Comfort Grip Handle
- Price
- £27.99
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 149
- Age
- 2y ago
Newest
by launch date
Jardineer Thickened Root Shovel 115cm Serrated Digging Spade
- Price
- £29.37
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 18
- Age
- 3mo ago

Root Slayer RS223 Nomad Garden Spade Serrated Edge Black
- Price
- £32.76
- Rating
- 5.0/5
- Reviews
- 9
- Age
- 5mo ago

Jardineer Root Shovel Heavy Duty Garden Shovel with Serrated Edge and V-Cut Tip 44.5 Digging Shovel for Gardening Camping and Trenching Ergonomic T-Handle Metal Shovel for Roots and Hard Soil
- Price
- £24.74
- Rating
- 3.8/5
- Reviews
- 21
- Age
- 6mo ago

EASYmaxx Spade & Root Saw | 114cm V-Shaped Blade with Tread-Edge | Rust-Proof Steel & Ergonomic Plastic Handle | Red
- Price
- £24.92
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 76
- Age
- 1y ago

Artemis Root Master Spade & Shovel * All-in-One Cutting Chopping Sawing and Digging Power Tool
- Price
- £34.98
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 62
- Age
- 1y ago
Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 55% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
9 falling
Sellers
23
Top-5 brand share
83%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
55%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
12%
- Root Slayer40%
- Coopers of Stortford18%
- ARTEMIS10%
- Roughneck8%
- Jardineer7%
- JML5%
- Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 12%)
Demand
Root Slayer search demand
Weekly searches over the year. Pick a range.
Search terms
Top Root Slayer search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- root slayer12K/yr
- root blaster shovel3K/yr
- root shovel4K/yr
- serrated spade4K/yr
- root spade4K/yr
- root slayer spade uk4K/yr
- radius3K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Root Slayer
What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.
Complain
Wasn't cheap
Wouldn't recommend this for the price
Not worth the money
They all break in the same place
I thought this was great until it broke
it broke in half
I didn't particularly like the fact it needs assembly
the joints wobbled slightly no matter how tightly I did up the nuts and bolts
I realised I would have to put it together
Also very heavy will probably give it to my son
It is slightly heavy
very heavy for 70 year old
Quite big
Small
not the larger ones
Love
Very easy to handle
Easy to use
easy to put together
Excellent product
Very good build quality
Overall this is a well made
Very sturdy
strong enough to turn all soil over
Solid build and does the job
Cuts through roots and clay easily
The serrated blade makes cutting through stubborn roots
It slices through tough weeds
Worth the price
Good Value for money
Good value
Return
0.3% Return rate 43% Fixable by listing
Quite big
Small
not the larger ones
Also very heavy will probably give it to my son
It is slightly heavy
very heavy for 70 year old
They all break in the same place
I thought this was great until it broke
it broke in half
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