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Tomato Plants

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.0% of orders. But shoppers spend only $67K a year here, so Tomato Plants is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
61
61 / 100
Top 17% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +10 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£67K/yr142K searches / yr
90-day growth
+41.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
43%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 25 sellers

Flapen Score

Tomato Plants against its category

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

61Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Tomato Plants market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Tomato Plants 142K times last year and spent an estimated £67K. The top 5 brands take 68% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May–Jun. Flapen scores it 61 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

4.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 142K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +41.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £67K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
142K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+41.9%
Conversion, latest week
4.5%
Market size, estimated
£67Ka year
Peak month
April74.0× the quietest month
Top search term
tomato plants86K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £10.49.

Listings sell for £10.49 on average, from £2.79 to £18.85. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £10.49 that is £1K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£10.49under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.79–£18.85
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£1K–£3K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

60% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 23% ship with Prime. On an average day, 25.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #264 within Plants, Seeds & Bulbs. It carries 351 reviews at 3.97 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
60%
Prime listings
23%
Out of stock, average day
25.7%
Average rank
#264in Plants, Seeds & Bulbs
Average rating
3.97 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
351per listing
Listings tracked
35

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 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 46 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
46 months

Products

Top Tomato Plants 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 43% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£3K£7K£10K£13K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 rising

Sellers

25

Top-5 brand share

68%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

43%

Top 20: 83%

Open market

26%

  • Carbeth Plants28%
  • Bedwen16%
  • Tropical Plants UK10%
  • Gardeners Kitchen7%
  • Thompson & Morgan7%
  • Perfect Plants6%

Demand

Tomato Plants search demand

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

12K8KHoliday '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Apr, May, Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 74.0×

Search terms

Top Tomato Plants search terms shoppers use

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

  • tomato plants86K/yr
  • tomato plants ready to plant now16K/yr
  • tomato plant13K/yr
  • tomatoes plants7K/yr
  • cherry tomato plants6K/yr
  • tomato plants for sale6K/yr
  • tomato plug plants4K/yr
  • tomato plants ready to plant3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Tomato Plants

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

Complain

Plant Growth34%+1.78

Didnt grow

Seeds did not grow

Slow growing

Size-Overall12%−0.01

The plants are small

larger than I expected

Too small

Quality-Overall12%+0.96

Not good quality

Bad quality & almost dead

Poor quality settling in

Moist/Dry10%−0.20

Arrived extremely dry

Came bone dry and wilted, have put them in and hope they will pick up

Quite dry I'm surprised they have survived

Value For Money9%+1.12

Poor value

for the money they cost

although a bit expensive

Love

Plant Growth48%+1.78

They are growing

Great germination results

Healthy Plants

Quality-Overall16%+0.96

Excellent product

Superb quality seeds

Very good plants

Value For Money15%+1.12

Excellent price

Excellent value

Value for money

Ease Of Use5%+0.67

Easy to use

Easy to use and mix

easy to grow

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%+0.05

product as advertised

As described

Exactly as advertised

Return

0.0% Return rate 16% Fixable by listing

Plant Growth39%▁▁▆▄▇█

Didnt grow

Seeds did not grow

Slow growing

Advertised Vs Actual Product13%▁▁█▅▁▃

Not same as described

Didnt look anything like picture

NOT AS ADVERTISED

Moist/Dry12%▁▁█▃▃▃

Arrived extremely dry

Came bone dry and wilted, have put them in and hope they will pick up

Quite dry I'm surprised they have survived

Value For Money7%▁▁▁▇█▆

Poor value

for the money they cost

although a bit expensive

Quality-Overall5%▁▁▁█▇▁

Not good quality

Bad quality & almost dead

Poor quality settling in

FAQ

Common Tomato Plants questions

Answered from the same tracked data.