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Sunflower Seeds to Grow

Fail

Prices span $1.64–$14.49, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Sunflower Seeds to Grow 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
£46K/yr82K searches / yr
90-day growth
-5.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
59%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 16 sellers

Flapen Score

Sunflower Seeds to Grow against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Sunflower Seeds to Grow is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

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

Market

The Sunflower Seeds to Grow market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Sunflower Seeds to Grow 82K times last year and spent an estimated £46K. The top 5 brands take 88% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May. Flapen scores it 46 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

13.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 82K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 13.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -5.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £46K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
82K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-5.3%
Conversion, latest week
13.8%
Market size, estimated
£46Ka year
Peak month
April9.7× the quietest month
Top search term
sunflower seeds to grow55K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £4.10.

Listings sell for £4.10 on average, from £1.64 to £14.49. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £4.10 that is £1K to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£4.10under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.64–£14.49
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£1K–£2K
Returns
0.0%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. 95% ship with Prime. On an average day, 9.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #199 within Plants, Seeds & Bulbs. It carries 510 reviews at 4.23 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
80%
Prime listings
95%
Out of stock, average day
9.6%
Average rank
#199in Plants, Seeds & Bulbs
Average rating
4.23 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
510per listing
Listings tracked
20

04 · Newcomers

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

1 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 49 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Sunflower Seeds to Grow 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 59% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£5K£9K£14K£18K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 rising

Sellers

16

Top-5 brand share

88%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

59%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

8%

  • Mr Fothergill's37%
  • Simply Garden19%
  • Pretty Wild Seeds18%
  • DAMAVAND PRO9%
  • Just Seed4%
  • Thompson & Morgan4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 8%)

Demand

Sunflower Seeds to Grow search demand

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

5K4KHoliday '24Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 9.7×

Search terms

Top Sunflower Seeds to Grow search terms shoppers use

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

  • sunflower seeds to grow55K/yr
  • sunflower seeds to plant11K/yr
  • sunflower seeds for planting9K/yr
  • sunflower plant6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Sunflower Seeds to Grow

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

Complain

Plant Growth47%+0.58

None of these items that I have bought from Amazon Amazon plant wise has not flowered

Didn't grow

Never grew

Size-Overall14%−0.24

It is a lot smaller than I thought

They are only small at the moment

not giant ones

Quality-Overall8%+0.22

Not good quality

Poor quality

Not the best quality Ive used

Color8%+0.21

They did not grown to this colour

Fingers crossed they are red

the are absolutely not red as advertised

Functionality-Overall3%−0.06

Hardly any came up

Love

Plant Growth51%+0.58

they are growing fast

Great growing well

Good germination success

Value For Money26%+3.58

Well worth getting

Good Value

Excellent value

Quality-Overall8%+0.22

Good quality good germination

Great quality seeds

Excellent quality

Color4%+0.21

Amazing colour

Full of colour

Absolutely beautiful dark red

Ease Of Use3%+0.23

easy to use

Easy to grow

Quick to show

Return

0.0% Return rate 40% Fixable by listing

Plant Growth40%▁█▁▁█▁

None of these items that I have bought from Amazon Amazon plant wise has not flowered

Didn't grow

Never grew

Size-Overall20%▁█▁▁▁▁

It is a lot smaller than I thought

They are only small at the moment

not giant ones

Advertised Vs Actual Product20%▁▁▁█▁▁

Not 60 seeds as stated

Ease Of Use20%▁▁▁▁█▁

FAQ

Common Sunflower Seeds to Grow questions

Answered from the same tracked data.