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Yankee Candle Wax Melts

soft demand (-50.4% this quarter) — Yankee Candle Wax Melts doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

42
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Market size 40Growth 0Conversion 84Competition 38Returns 100Price range 34Avg price 16Brand share 0Review moat 61Quality gap 68
This niche Category average

Is Yankee Candle Wax Melts profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Yankee Candle Wax Melts is a £205K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (392K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 42/100.

Yankee Candle Wax Melts: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -50.4% over the last 90 days and 9.3% of searches end in a purchase.

£205K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr50K
Search volume / yr-50.4%392K
Conversion rate9.3%
Avg price£5.62

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand, so 0% of the market is open.

0%

open market share

Brands · sellers2 · 42
Top-5 product click share62%
Open market0%
Avg brand age39 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 19 products

Sponsored placement0%
New entrants (1y)2· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews1,041

Top Yankee Candle Wax Melts products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 62% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond 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

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

62%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Yankee Candle98%
  • Devon Melts2%

Yankee Candle Wax Melts demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume392KCVR9.3%Products19Brands2Top 5 Brands100%OOS Rate3.7%Rating4.3★Reviews1,041Avg BSR#118
18K13KBlack Friday '25Holiday '25Sep '25Nov '25Jan '26Feb '26Apr '26May '26

Top Yankee Candle Wax Melts search terms shoppers use

The exact queries shoppers type, with 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

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

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

97% of reviews
Smell75%

Gorgeous smell

Value For Money7%

Great value

Quality-Overall5%

These are great quality candles

Advertised Vs Actual Product3%

exactly as advertised

Durability3%

long lasting melts keep my home fresh all day

What buyers complain about

93% of reviews
Smell60%

No smell

Value For Money9%

Wayyyyyy over priced

Size-Overall7%

so small

Durability4%

are big i break them in two

Adhesion/Stickiness3%

As you can see there isn't even any glue

Yankee Candle Wax Melts return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.1%

Return rate

15%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Smell
72%
2Advertised Vs Actual Product
15%
3Value For Money
11%
4Defective Material/Parts
2%

Common Yankee Candle Wax Melts questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Yankee Candle Wax Melts 42/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £205K/yr across 19 tracked products. 0 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -50.4% over the last 90 days.
Yankee Candle Wax Melts buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Smell, Value For Money, Size-Overall, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.1%.