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Topiary Balls

Maybe

Returns run at only 1.0% of orders. But shoppers spend only $43K a year here, so Topiary Balls 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
£43K/yr140K searches / yr
90-day growth
+30.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
33%top-5 click share · 30 brands · 67 sellers

Flapen Score

Topiary Balls against its category

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

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

Market

The Topiary Balls market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Topiary Balls 140K times last year and spent an estimated £43K. The top 5 brands take 69% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May. Flapen scores it 61 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

1.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 140K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +30.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £43K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
140K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+30.3%
Conversion, latest week
1.6%
Market size, estimated
£43Ka year
Peak month
April3.4× the quietest month
Top search term
topiary balls56K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £19.77.

Listings sell for £19.77 on average, from £5.50 to £72.48. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £19.77 that is £0 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£19.77inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.50–£72.48
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
2K–3K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£2K
Returns
1.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

91% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 40% ship with Prime. On an average day, 21.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #579 within Artificial Flora. It carries 175 reviews at 4.16 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
91%
Prime listings
40%
Out of stock, average day
21.9%
Average rank
#579in Artificial Flora
Average rating
4.16 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
175per listing
Listings tracked
55

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 20 launches as successful.

20 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 29 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
20
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
29 months

Products

Top Topiary Balls 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 33% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£1K£3K£4K£5K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)2 products missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

30 falling

Sellers

67

Top-5 brand share

69%

Top 20: 94%

Top-5 click share

33%

Top 20: 70%

Open market

29%

  • CHRISTOW27%
  • HOMCOM26%
  • Best Artificial8%
  • NPLSEO4%
  • Generic4%
  • BrightBloom3%

Demand

Topiary Balls search demand

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

6K4KSpike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.4×

Search terms

Top Topiary Balls search terms shoppers use

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

  • topiary balls56K/yr
  • artificial topiary balls28K/yr
  • topiary balls hanging9K/yr
  • solar topiary balls7K/yr
  • topiary balls with solar lights9K/yr
  • hanging balls garden artificial7K/yr
  • topiary ball8K/yr
  • hanging topiary balls for outside6K/yr
  • hanging balls4K/yr
  • large topiary balls5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Topiary Balls

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

Complain

Size-Overall13%−0.05

some really long

Too small

Bigger than I thought

Quality-Overall12%+1.31

Look cheap

Absolutely rubbish

Poor Quality

Assembly/Installation8%+0.57

Tricky to put together

fiddly to put together

Beautiful a bit hard to assemble

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%−0.07

The photographs are misleading

Look nothing like the picture

Nothing like the photo

Brightness/Shine/Glow6%+0.76

Did not give out much light

hardly light up

Not very bright

Love

Quality-Overall26%+1.31

Amazing quality

Very good quality, look beautiful and really easy to assemble

The build quality feels sturdy

Brightness/Shine/Glow14%+0.76

The brightness is impressive

Lovely soft light

Light is bright

Value For Money13%+0.43

Cheap price

Excellent value

Good value

Assembly/Installation9%+0.57

they are easy to install

easy assembly

Easy to assemble

Size-Overall6%−0.05

Theyre a really good size and look lovely

Lovely large size quick delivery

good size for the garden

Return

1.0% Return rate 58% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall29%█▆▄▆▄▅

some really long

Too small

Bigger than I thought

Quality-Overall19%▄▄██▇▇

Look cheap

Absolutely rubbish

Poor Quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product13%▄▇▆▃█▇

The photographs are misleading

Look nothing like the picture

Nothing like the photo

Defective Material/Parts7%▁█▄██▇
Color5%▁█▄▅▄▄

FAQ

Common Topiary Balls questions

Answered from the same tracked data.