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Candle Wax

Maybe

Products sell for $23.59 on average, inside the sweet spot. But demand is soft, at -9.5% this quarter, so Candle Wax is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 22% of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · +6 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$858K/yr2.1M searches / yr
90-day growth
-9.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
52%top-5 click share · 18 brands · 24 sellers

Flapen Score

Candle Wax against its category

The dotted line is the Arts, Crafts & Sewing average. Past it, Candle Wax is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

52Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Candle Wax market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Candle Wax 2.1M times last year and spent an estimated $858K. The top 5 brands take 73% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.7% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 2.1M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -9.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $858K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.1M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-9.5%
Conversion, latest week
1.7%
Market size, estimated
$858Ka year
Peak month
December2.5× the quietest month
Top search term
candle wax677K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $23.59.

Listings sell for $23.59 on average, from $5.72 to $84.64. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 100K to 125K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At $23.59 that is $71K to $94K a year per listing.

Average price
$23.59inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$5.72–$84.64
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
100K–125K
Units per listing a year
3,000–4,000
Revenue per listing a year
$71K–$94K
Returns
1.2%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 97% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #40 within Candle Making. It carries 3,164 reviews at 4.63 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
97%
Out of stock, average day
2.7%
Average rank
#40in Candle Making
Average rating
4.63 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
3,164per listing
Listings tracked
29

04 · Newcomers

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

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 46 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Candle Wax products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 52% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

18 rising

Sellers

24

Top-5 brand share

73%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

52%

Top 20: 89%

Open market

24%

  • Brand 123%
  • Brand 220%
  • Brand 318%
  • Brand 47%
  • Brand 55%
  • Brand 63%

Demand

Candle Wax search demand

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

80K60KPrime Day '24Spike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMayAug

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.5×

Search terms

Top Candle Wax search terms shoppers use

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

  • candle wax677K/yr
  • soy wax for candle making404K/yr
  • soy wax254K/yr
  • wax for candle making146K/yr
  • candle wax for candle making148K/yr
  • soy candle wax70K/yr
  • cera para velas56K/yr
  • candle making wax70K/yr
  • wax candle53K/yr
  • cera de soya para velas31K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Candle Wax

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

25%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
17%of negative reviews mention “Smell”
1.2%of orders come back
“had a smell”
A buyer, on “Smell”17% 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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Candle Wax questions

Answered from the same tracked data.