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Sweetcorn Seeds

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Sweetcorn Seeds is a Fail.

Flapen Score
40
40 / 100
Ranks 4,839 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −11 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£18K/yr45K searches / yr
90-day growth
-11.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
84%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 9 sellers

Flapen Score

Sweetcorn Seeds against its category

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

40Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Sweetcorn Seeds market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Sweetcorn Seeds 45K times last year and spent an estimated £18K. All 5 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May. Flapen scores it 40 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

13.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 45K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 13.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -11.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £18K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
45K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-11.4%
Conversion, latest week
13.6%
Market size, estimated
£18Ka year
Peak month
April18.9× the quietest month
Top search term
sweetcorn seeds22K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £2.97.

Listings sell for £2.97 on average, from £2.26 to £3.47. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £2.97 that is £1K to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£2.97under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.26–£3.47
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
500–750
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.

50% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 90% ship with Prime. On an average day, 11.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #142 within Plants, Seeds & Bulbs. It carries 179 reviews at 3.94 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
50%
Prime listings
90%
Out of stock, average day
11.2%
Average rank
#142in Plants, Seeds & Bulbs
Average rating
3.94 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
179per listing
Listings tracked
10

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 59 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
59 months

Products

Top Sweetcorn Seeds 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 84% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£2K£4K£5K£7K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

5 rising

Sellers

9

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Mr Fothergill's38%
  • Premier Seeds Direct35%
  • Simply Garden20%
  • Pretty Wild Seeds5%
  • Thompson & Morgan2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Sweetcorn Seeds search demand

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

3K2KSpike '25Spike '26MayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Mar, Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 18.9×

Search terms

Top Sweetcorn Seeds search terms shoppers use

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

  • sweetcorn seeds22K/yr
  • sweetcorn seeds for planting uk6K/yr
  • corn seeds5K/yr
  • sweet corn seeds uk4K/yr
  • corn seeds for planting uk4K/yr
  • sweet corn seeds3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Sweetcorn Seeds

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

Complain

Plant Growth59%+4.78

Poor germination rate

They don't germinate

Nothing grew

Quality-Overall16%−0.18

Very bad quality seeds

Rubbish

Woefully poor

Moist/Dry7%−0.13

Very dry when i open the pack

looked steamed then dried

Size-Overall5%−0.08

Small

Value For Money5%−0.08

Not good value for money

What a waste of money - and time

Love

Plant Growth75%+4.78

are growing well

Very reliable germination

Great germination rate

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%+0.12

every thing was what I wanted

Quality-Overall6%−0.18

Quality seeds

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting6%−0.17

followed instructions precisely

Strength6%−0.08

what has grown seem sturdy

What has grown seem to be sturdy

Return

0.0% Return rate 33% Fixable by listing

Moist/Dry50%▁▁█▃▁▁

Very dry when i open the pack

looked steamed then dried

Size-Overall33%▁▁▁█▁▁

Small

Plant Growth17%▁▁▁█▁▁

Poor germination rate

They don't germinate

Nothing grew

FAQ

Common Sweetcorn Seeds questions

Answered from the same tracked data.