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Seed Tape

Fail

Demand is soft, at -61.1% this quarter, so Seed Tape is a Fail.

Flapen Score
35
35 / 100
Ranks 4,156 of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · −11 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$7K/yr61K searches / yr
90-day growth
-61.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
61%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 15 sellers

Flapen Score

Seed Tape against its category

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

35Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Seed Tape market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Seed Tape 61K times last year and spent an estimated $7K. The top 5 brands take 79% of clicks. Demand peaks in Feb–Mar–Apr–May. Flapen scores it 35 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 61K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -61.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $7K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
61K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-61.1%
Conversion, latest week
1.1%
Market size, estimated
$7Ka year
Peak month
March8.0× the quietest month
Top search term
seed tape21K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $9.77.

Listings sell for $9.77 on average, from $4.68 to $16.34. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $9.77 that is $977 to $2K a year per listing.

Average price
$9.77under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$4.68–$16.34
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
5K–6K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$977–$2K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

81% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 90% ship with Prime. On an average day, 20.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #774 within Adhesives. It carries 4,061 reviews at 3.86 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
81%
Prime listings
90%
Out of stock, average day
20.7%
Average rank
#774in Adhesives
Average rating
3.86 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
4,061per listing
Listings tracked
21

04 · Newcomers

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

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 52 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
52 months

Products

Top Seed Tape 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 61% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

12 rising

Sellers

15

Top-5 brand share

79%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

61%

Top 20: 99%

Open market

16%

  • Brand 134%
  • Brand 219%
  • Brand 310%
  • Brand 49%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 65%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 16%)

Demand

Seed Tape search demand

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

3K2KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMayAug

Peak months: Feb, Mar, Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 8.0×

Search terms

Top Seed Tape search terms shoppers use

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

  • seed tape21K/yr
  • carrot seed tape18K/yr
  • seed tapes for vegetables4K/yr
  • seed tape for planting vegetables9K/yr
  • carrot seed tape for planting6K/yr
  • seed tape for planting4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Seed Tape

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

37%of positive reviews mention “Plant Growth”
34%of negative reviews mention “Plant Growth”
0.3%of orders come back
“Bad germination”
A buyer, on “Plant Growth”34% 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.

14 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Seed Tape questions

Answered from the same tracked data.