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Cistanche

Maybe

An estimated 0.0% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at -13.6% this quarter, so Cistanche is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
55
55 / 100
Top 24% of 14,768 Health & Household niches · +6 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$154K/yr69K searches / yr
90-day growth
-13.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
65%top-5 click share · 14 brands · 31 sellers

Flapen Score

Cistanche against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Household average. Past it, Cistanche is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

55Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Cistanche market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Cistanche 69K times last year and spent an estimated $154K. The top 5 brands take 75% of clicks. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 8.7% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 69K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 8.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -13.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $154K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
69K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-13.6%
Conversion, latest week
8.7%
Market size, estimated
$154Ka year
Peak month
September1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
cistanche41K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $25.59.

Listings sell for $25.59 on average, from $12.43 to $49.93. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $25.59 that is $6K to $13K a year per listing.

Average price
$25.59inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$12.43–$49.93
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
5K–6K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$6K–$13K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

69% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 94% ship with Prime. On an average day, 14.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #3,690 within Endurance & Energy. It carries 208 reviews at 4.41 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
69%
Prime listings
94%
Out of stock, average day
14.6%
Average rank
#3,690in Endurance & Energy
Average rating
4.41 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
208per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 55 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Cistanche 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

14 falling

Sellers

31

Top-5 brand share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

65%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

20%

  • Brand 126%
  • Brand 217%
  • Brand 316%
  • Brand 49%
  • Brand 58%
  • Brand 65%

Demand

Cistanche search demand

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

4K3KSpike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Cistanche search terms shoppers use

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

  • cistanche41K/yr
  • cistanche tubulosa21K/yr
  • cistanche supplement men7K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cistanche

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

14%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
13%of negative reviews mention “Side Effects”
<0.1%of orders come back, a rate Amazon rounds to zero
“No effects”
A buyer, on “Side Effects”13% 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 Cistanche questions

Answered from the same tracked data.