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Candle Wick

Fail

Prices span $4.99–$10.60, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Candle Wick is a Fail.

Flapen Score
40
40 / 100
Ranks 3,499 of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · −6 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$314K/yr1.5M searches / yr
90-day growth
-7.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
65%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 22 sellers

Flapen Score

Candle Wick against its category

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

40Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Candle Wick market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Candle Wick 1.5M times last year and spent an estimated $314K. The top 5 brands take 74% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 40 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 2.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 1.5M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 2.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -7.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $314K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.5M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-7.8%
Conversion, latest week
2.9%
Market size, estimated
$314Ka year
Peak month
November2.4× the quietest month
Top search term
candle wicks842K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $7.22.

Listings sell for $7.22 on average, from $4.99 to $10.60. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 125K to 150K a year. The average listing sells 6,000 to 8,000 of them. At $7.22 that is $43K to $58K a year per listing.

Average price
$7.22under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$4.99–$10.60
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
125K–150K
Units per listing a year
6,000–8,000
Revenue per listing a year
$43K–$58K
Returns
1.3%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

95% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #15 within Candle Making. It carries 3,956 reviews at 4.52 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
95%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#15in Candle Making
Average rating
4.52 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
3,956per listing
Listings tracked
19

04 · Newcomers

2 of last year's 3 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

3 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 41 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
41 months

Products

Top Candle Wick 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 65% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

15 falling

Sellers

22

Top-5 brand share

74%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

65%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

21%

  • Brand 123%
  • Brand 221%
  • Brand 313%
  • Brand 411%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 65%

Demand

Candle Wick search demand

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

50K30KSpike '24Black Friday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMayAug

Peak months: Jan, Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.4×

Search terms

Top Candle Wick search terms shoppers use

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

  • candle wicks842K/yr
  • candle wicks for candle making159K/yr
  • candle wick132K/yr
  • wicks for candlemaking81K/yr
  • wicks63K/yr
  • mechas para velas33K/yr
  • cotton wicks23K/yr
  • hpsp candle wicks14K/yr
  • pabilos para velas18K/yr
  • cotton wicks for candles20K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Candle Wick

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

23%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
20%of negative reviews mention “Flammable”
1.3%of orders come back
“They burn”
A buyer, on “Flammable”20% 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.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Candle Wick questions

Answered from the same tracked data.