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Sprouting Jar

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.8% of orders. But demand is soft, at -15.3% this quarter, so Sprouting Jar is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
60
60 / 100
Top 18% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +9 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£82K/yr111K searches / yr
90-day growth
-15.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
37%top-5 click share · 34 brands · 50 sellers

Flapen Score

Sprouting Jar against its category

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

60Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Sprouting Jar market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Sprouting Jar 111K times last year and spent an estimated £82K. The top 5 brands take 44% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May. Flapen scores it 60 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

5.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 111K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 5.5% 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 £82K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
111K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-15.3%
Conversion, latest week
5.5%
Market size, estimated
£82Ka year
Peak month
March2.3× the quietest month
Top search term
sprouting jar52K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £13.28.

Listings sell for £13.28 on average, from £4.38 to £24.65. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £13.28 that is £1K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£13.28under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.38–£24.65
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
5K–6K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£1K–£3K
Returns
0.8%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

71% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 88% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #153 within Greenhouses & Plant Germination Equipment. It carries 354 reviews at 4.18 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
71%
Prime listings
88%
Out of stock, average day
7.7%
Average rank
#153in Greenhouses & Plant Germination Equipment
Average rating
4.18 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
354per listing
Listings tracked
41

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 14 launches as successful.

14 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 31 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
14
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
31 months

Products

Top Sprouting Jar 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 37% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£3K£7K£10K£13K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)3 products missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

34 rising

Sellers

50

Top-5 brand share

44%

Top 20: 87%

Top-5 click share

37%

Top 20: 78%

Open market

51%

  • Hisredsun18%
  • Deefongo7%
  • HuaCommerce7%
  • Kilner6%
  • Kitmiido6%
  • LEBOKJ5%

Demand

Sprouting Jar search demand

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

4K3KHoliday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.3×

Search terms

Top Sprouting Jar search terms shoppers use

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

  • sprouting jar52K/yr
  • sprouting jar kit9K/yr
  • sprouting kit15K/yr
  • seed sprouter8K/yr
  • broccoli sprouts growing kit4K/yr
  • sprouting jars5K/yr
  • sprout maker4K/yr
  • sprouter4K/yr
  • sprouts maker5K/yr
  • sprouting4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Sprouting Jar

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

Complain

Value For Money16%−0.05

Cheap

A waste of money

Definitely not worth the price

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting13%−0.07

NO instructions

That said, the lack of any included instructions does feel like an oversight

If you don't follow the instructions

Quality-Overall10%+1.45

Didn't really give the quality of beansprouts i wanted

Cheap

Low quality

Size-Overall8%+0.70

Bigger than I thought

A little small perhaps if you have more than a couple of people in the house

the black covers were very hard to get on as the fit was almost too snug

Functionality-Overall6%−0.07

not always yielded great results

Doesnt work

Ineffective

Love

Quality-Overall29%+1.45

everything is well made

The quality of the components—especially the thick, sturdy glass Mason jars—is excellent

Good quality

Ease Of Use18%+1.82

Easy to use

Easy sprouter

Makes life so much easier

Value For Money9%−0.05

Reasonably priced

Definitely worth the price

Great value

Size-Overall7%+0.70

Good size

Handy piece of kit for the right size jar

Nice Big Size Sprouting Set

Ease Of Cleaning5%+0.13

Very easy to use and clean

The jars are easy to clean

Cleaning equipments really helpful too

Return

0.8% Return rate 44% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall31%▇█▄▃▆▅

Bigger than I thought

A little small perhaps if you have more than a couple of people in the house

the black covers were very hard to get on as the fit was almost too snug

Defective Material/Parts13%█▃▄▆▆▄

Unfortunately, the glass jar broke into lots of pieces whilst rinsing the sprouts

Functionality-Overall8%▁█▇▄▄▅

not always yielded great results

Doesnt work

Ineffective

Quality-Overall8%▅▁▄█▁▇

Didn't really give the quality of beansprouts i wanted

Cheap

Low quality

Rusts/Corrodes4%▁█▁▇▇▅

I thought when I bought these that I had ordered the ones with the plastic top because I was a little bit worried from the reviews that they were gonna go rusty

do not inspire any confidence in durability or rust resistance

I am waiting to see how soon the metal parts go rusty

FAQ

Common Sprouting Jar questions

Answered from the same tracked data.