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Yankee Candle Wax Melts

Fail

Demand is soft, at -50.4% this quarter, so Yankee Candle Wax Melts is a Fail.

Flapen Score
42
42 / 100
Ranks 4,560 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −9 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£205K/yr392K searches / yr
90-day growth
-50.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
62%top-5 click share · 2 brands · 42 sellers

Flapen Score

Yankee Candle Wax Melts against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Yankee Candle Wax Melts is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

42Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Yankee Candle Wax Melts market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Yankee Candle Wax Melts 392K times last year and spent an estimated £205K. All 2 brands take every click. Flapen scores it 42 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 9.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 392K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 9.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -50.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £205K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
392K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-50.4%
Conversion, latest week
9.3%
Market size, estimated
£205Ka year
Top search term
yankee candle wax melts236K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.62.

Listings sell for £5.62 on average, from £1.26 to £22.22. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 40K to 50K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At £5.62 that is £8K to £11K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.62under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.26–£22.22
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
40K–50K
Units per listing a year
1,500–2,000
Revenue per listing a year
£8K–£11K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

0% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 95% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #118 within Candles & Holders. It carries 1,041 reviews at 4.34 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
0%
Prime listings
95%
Out of stock, average day
3.7%
Average rank
#118in Candles & Holders
Average rating
4.34 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,041per listing
Listings tracked
19

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 39 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
39 months

Products

Top Yankee Candle Wax Melts products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 27, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 62% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£10K£20K£31K£41K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

2 falling

Sellers

42

Est. top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

62%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Yankee Candle98%
  • Devon Melts2%

Demand

Yankee Candle Wax Melts search demand

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

18K13KBlack Friday '25Holiday '25OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.5× · 10 of 12 months tracked

Search terms

Top Yankee Candle Wax Melts search terms shoppers use

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

  • yankee candle wax melts236K/yr
  • yankee wax melts50K/yr
  • wax melts yankee candle24K/yr
  • wax melts yankee33K/yr
  • yankee candle wax melt13K/yr
  • yankee melts8K/yr
  • yankee candle melts9K/yr
  • yankee wax melt9K/yr
  • yankee wax melts strong scented6K/yr
  • yankee candle wax melts christmas4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Yankee Candle Wax Melts

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

75%of positive reviews mention “Smell”
60%of negative reviews mention “Smell”
0.1%of orders come back
“No smell”
A buyer, on “Smell”60% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

13 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Yankee Candle Wax Melts questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data