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Citronella Oil

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Citronella Oil scores 72 out of 100, a Pass. Shoppers spend an estimated $1.1M a year here, search demand grew +277.5% this quarter, and an estimated 0.4% of orders come back.

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Flapen Score
72
72 / 100
Top 1% of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · +26 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$1.1M/yr601K searches / yr
90-day growth
+277.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
56%top-5 click share · 18 brands · 23 sellers

Flapen Score

Citronella Oil against its category

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

72Pass
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Citronella Oil market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Citronella Oil 601K times last year and spent an estimated $1.1M. The top 5 brands take 65% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 72 out of 100, a Pass.

01 · Demand

An estimated 12.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 601K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 12.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +277.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $1.1M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
601K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+277.5%
Conversion, latest week
12.4%
Market size, estimated
$1.1Ma year
Peak month
June8.6× the quietest month
Top search term
citronella oil372K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $14.72.

Listings sell for $14.72 on average, from $6.04 to $41.99. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 60K to 80K a year. The average listing sells 4,000 to 5,000 of them. At $14.72 that is $59K to $74K a year per listing.

Average price
$14.72under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$6.04–$41.99
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
60K–80K
Units per listing a year
4,000–5,000
Revenue per listing a year
$59K–$74K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

86% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #18 within Soap Making. It carries 2,576 reviews at 4.59 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
86%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
4.5%
Average rank
#18in Soap Making
Average rating
4.59 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
2,576per listing
Listings tracked
21

04 · Newcomers

1 of last year's 1 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 61 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Citronella Oil 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 56% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

18 rising

Sellers

23

Top-5 brand share

65%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

56%

Top 20: 99%

Open market

31%

  • Brand 131%
  • Brand 211%
  • Brand 310%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 55%
  • Brand 65%

Demand

Citronella Oil search demand

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

30K20KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 8.6×

Search terms

Top Citronella Oil search terms shoppers use

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

  • citronella oil372K/yr
  • citronella essential oil147K/yr
  • citronella oil mosquito repellent13K/yr
  • mosquito repellent oil9K/yr
  • citronella oil for skin7K/yr
  • citronella essential oil organic5K/yr
  • mosquito oil6K/yr
  • citronella oil for candles4K/yr
  • citronella oil for candle making5K/yr
  • citronella essential oil pure3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Citronella Oil

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

31%of positive reviews mention “Smell”
36%of negative reviews mention “Smell”
0.4%of orders come back
“Bad smell”
A buyer, on “Smell”36% 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.

19 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Citronella Oil questions

Answered from the same tracked data.