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Frankincense

Maybe

Shoppers spend an estimated $3.0M a year here. But demand is soft, at -17.6% this quarter, so Frankincense is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
64
64 / 100
Top 1% of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · +18 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$3.0M/yr2.5M searches / yr
90-day growth
-17.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
49%top-5 click share · 25 brands · 61 sellers

Flapen Score

Frankincense against its category

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

64Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Frankincense market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Frankincense 2.5M times last year and spent an estimated $3.0M. The top 5 brands take 57% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan. Flapen scores it 64 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 8.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 2.5M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 8.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -17.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $3.0M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.5M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-17.6%
Conversion, latest week
8.8%
Market size, estimated
$3.0Ma year
Peak month
January2.0× the quietest month
Top search term
frankincense essential oil1.3M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $13.46.

Listings sell for $13.46 on average, from $5.06 to $43.33. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 200K to 250K a year. The average listing sells 6,000 to 8,000 of them. At $13.46 that is $81K to $108K a year per listing.

Average price
$13.46under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$5.06–$43.33
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
200K–250K
Units per listing a year
6,000–8,000
Revenue per listing a year
$81K–$108K
Returns
0.8%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

90% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #48 within Soap Making. It carries 5,218 reviews at 4.50 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
90%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
4.4%
Average rank
#48in Soap Making
Average rating
4.50 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
5,218per listing
Listings tracked
31

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 60 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Frankincense 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 49% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

25 rising

Sellers

61

Top-5 brand share

57%

Top 20: 95%

Top-5 click share

49%

Top 20: 87%

Open market

38%

  • Brand 119%
  • Brand 217%
  • Brand 37%
  • Brand 47%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 66%

Demand

Frankincense search demand

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

120K80KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Search terms

Top Frankincense search terms shoppers use

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

  • frankincense essential oil1.3M/yr
  • frankincense458K/yr
  • frankincense oil361K/yr
  • frankenstein oil essential oil107K/yr
  • frankincense oil for skin54K/yr
  • aceite frankincense de frank suarez47K/yr
  • frankenstein oil19K/yr
  • frankincense oil for face31K/yr
  • pure frankincense oil26K/yr
  • aceite de incienso frankincense26K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Frankincense

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

27%of positive reviews mention “Smell”
47%of negative reviews mention “Smell”
0.8%of orders come back
“Awful smell”
A buyer, on “Smell”47% 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.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Frankincense questions

Answered from the same tracked data.