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Soil for Plants Indoors

Fail

Prices span $3.78–$16.60, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Soil for Plants Indoors is a Fail.

Flapen Score
46
46 / 100
Ranks 3,831 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −5 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£958K/yr798K searches / yr
90-day growth
-15.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
79%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 65 sellers

Flapen Score

Soil for Plants Indoors against its category

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

46Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Soil for Plants Indoors market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Soil for Plants Indoors 798K times last year and spent an estimated £958K. The top 5 brands take 89% of clicks. Flapen scores it 46 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 14.7% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 798K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 14.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -15.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £958K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
798K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-15.3%
Conversion, latest week
14.7%
Market size, estimated
£958Ka year
Peak month
March1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
house plant compost124K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.19.

Listings sell for £8.19 on average, from £3.78 to £16.60. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 125K to 150K a year. The average listing sells 8,000 to 10,000 of them. At £8.19 that is £66K to £82K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.19under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.78–£16.60
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
125K–150K
Units per listing a year
8,000–10,000
Revenue per listing a year
£66K–£82K
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. 81% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #53 within Soils, Mulches & Planting Media. It carries 3,770 reviews at 4.49 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
69%
Prime listings
81%
Out of stock, average day
0.9%
Average rank
#53in Soils, Mulches & Planting Media
Average rating
4.49 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,770per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

2 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 46 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
46 months

Products

Top Soil for Plants Indoors products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 26, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 79% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£96K£192K£288K£383K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 rising

Sellers

65

Est. top-5 brand share

89%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

79%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

9%

  • Westland48%
  • Growth Technology32%
  • Jamieson Brothers5%
  • Hardys3%
  • bhomescent2%
  • Grow Buddha2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 9%)

Demand

Soil for Plants Indoors search demand

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

20K15KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Search terms

Top Soil for Plants Indoors search terms shoppers use

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

  • house plant compost124K/yr
  • indoor plant soil111K/yr
  • soil for plants indoors105K/yr
  • houseplant compost56K/yr
  • houseplant potting mix53K/yr
  • house plant soil47K/yr
  • plant soil28K/yr
  • potting mix27K/yr
  • houseplant soil28K/yr
  • compost for indoor plants45K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Soil for Plants Indoors

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

29%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
15%of negative reviews mention “Plant Growth”
0.1%of orders come back
“Wasn't ideal for potting bulbs and seeds”
A buyer, on “Plant Growth”15% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Soil for Plants Indoors questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data