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Rooting Powder

Rooting Powder shows low returns (0.1%), but prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($3.55–$13.86) keeps it on the watch list.

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Flapen Score

54
Worth a look
Market size 50Growth 95Conversion 99Competition 11Returns 100Price range 0Avg price 17Brand share 22Review moat 49Quality gap 55
This niche Category average

Is Rooting Powder profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Rooting Powder is a £281K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (248K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 91% of demand. Demand peaks in Apr–May–Jun–Jul–Aug. Verdict: Worth a look — 54/100.

Rooting Powder: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved +114.2% over the last 90 days and 18.2% of searches end in a purchase.

£281K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr50K
Search volume / yr+114.2%248K
Conversion rate18.2%
Avg price£6.22

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 91% of demand, so 9% of the market is open.

9%

open market share

Brands · sellers8 · 71
Top-5 product click share87%
Open market9%
Avg brand age48 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 9 products

Sponsored placement56%
New entrants (1y)0· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews1,639

Top Rooting Powder 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 87% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£28K£56K£84K£112K1001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

71

Top-5 brand share

91%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

87%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

5%

  • Westland60%
  • Karrma Ltd.15%
  • Doff6%
  • Zero In5%
  • Grow Mate5%
  • Plantworks Ltd4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 5%)

Rooting Powder demand & seasonality

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

Volume248KCVR18.2%Products9Brands8Top 5 Brands91%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.4★Reviews1,639Avg BSR#14
9K7KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 7.6×

Top Rooting Powder search terms shoppers use

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

  • rooting powder for cuttings89K/yr
  • rooting powder43K/yr
  • rooting hormone for cuttings39K/yr
  • rooting hormone19K/yr
  • root hormone for cuttings15K/yr
  • hormone rooting powder12K/yr
  • root powder for plants7K/yr
  • hormone rooting powder for cuttings6K/yr
  • rooting hormone powder4K/yr
  • plant rooting powder for cuttings3K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Rooting Powder

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

What buyers love

99% of reviews
Quality-Overall18%

Good product As discribed

Ease Of Use16%

Ease of use

Plant Growth16%

have grown into very healthy plants

Advertised Vs Actual Product14%

Does the job required

Value For Money13%

Decent value for money

What buyers complain about

100% of reviews
Functionality-Overall33%

Did not help. Did do anything

Value For Money17%

Why was I charged £4 more then advertised

Size-Overall14%

looks bigger in the adverts

Plant Growth11%

It keep burning the stems instead of growing roots

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%

looks bigger in the adverts

Rooting Powder return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

22%

Fixable by listing

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

1Leak-Proof
33%
2Functionality-Overall
17%
3Advertised Vs Actual Product
17%
4Value For Money
17%
5Contamination
6%

Common Rooting Powder questions

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

Flapen scores Rooting Powder 54/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £281K/yr across 9 tracked products. Search demand moved +114.2% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Rooting Powder on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Apr–May–Jun–Jul–Aug, where the busiest month runs 7.6× the quietest.