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Soil

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But prices span $3.00–$17.49, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Soil is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 36% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +3 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£86K/yr93K searches / yr
90-day growth
+9.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
42%top-5 click share · 18 brands · 97 sellers

Flapen Score

Soil against its category

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

54Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Soil market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Soil 93K times last year and spent an estimated £86K. The top 5 brands take 62% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

11.2% 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, 11.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +9.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £86K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
93K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+9.8%
Conversion, latest week
11.2%
Market size, estimated
£86Ka year
Peak month
April5.6× the quietest month
Top search term
potting soil81K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.26.

Listings sell for £8.26 on average, from £3.00 to £17.49. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £8.26 that is £2K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.26under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.00–£17.49
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£4K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

69% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 59% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #41 within Fertilisers & Plant Food. It carries 3,315 reviews at 4.46 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
69%
Prime listings
59%
Out of stock, average day
1.5%
Average rank
#41in Fertilisers & Plant Food
Average rating
4.46 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,315per listing
Listings tracked
32

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 49 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
49 months

Products

Top Soil 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 42% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£3K£5K£8K£10K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

18 rising

Sellers

97

Top-5 brand share

62%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

42%

Top 20: 89%

Open market

30%

  • Westland19%
  • GROWMOOR13%
  • GreenBrokers11%
  • Miracle-Gro10%
  • Pelle & Sol9%
  • Growth Technology8%

Demand

Soil search demand

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

4K3KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.6×

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Soil

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

Complain

Plant Growth12%+0.91

Nothing grew

Not for the Seeds & Seedlings, Be Aware

Seeds I would have expected to perform well have been poor to germinate and grow

Quality-Overall11%+1.75

Inconsistent quality

the bag I got was terrible quality

Bad quality

Value For Money8%+1.45

less than half the price

too expensive

just way overpriced

Moist/Dry8%−0.07

Felt moist

Takes ages to dry

Too dry

Water Resistance6%−0.07

absolutely rubbish it's actually more or less waterproof

It didnt absorb the water

Difficult to Water

Love

Quality-Overall30%+1.75

Affordable quality

Amazing quality

Great quality for all my plants

Plant Growth23%+0.91

Grow well

helping the growth of the plants

Plants are growing well

Value For Money18%+1.45

Good value for money

FAIR PRICE

Best value

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%−0.02

As described

As advertised

better than I expected

Ease Of Use5%+0.47

Easy to use

easy to apply

Easy to handle

Return

0.1% Return rate 53% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall33%▄▇▄▅▇█

Too small

Small bag

this is huge

Value For Money14%█▃▇▄▆▃

less than half the price

too expensive

just way overpriced

Advertised Vs Actual Product12%▄▂▆▆█▅

Not as advertised

Not as described

False advertising

Leak-Proof6%▆▆█▄▃▆
Plant Growth5%▇▁█▅▂▅

Nothing grew

Not for the Seeds & Seedlings, Be Aware

Seeds I would have expected to perform well have been poor to germinate and grow

FAQ

Common Soil questions

Answered from the same tracked data.