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Cordyceps

Maybe

An estimated 0.0% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at -1.9% this quarter, so Cordyceps is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
57
57 / 100
Top 18% of 14,768 Health & Household niches · +8 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$666K/yr364K searches / yr
90-day growth
-1.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
62%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 560 sellers

Flapen Score

Cordyceps against its category

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

57Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Cordyceps market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Cordyceps 364K times last year and spent an estimated $666K. The top 5 brands take 76% of clicks. Demand peaks in Sep. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 7.7% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 364K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 7.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -1.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $666K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
364K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-1.9%
Conversion, latest week
7.7%
Market size, estimated
$666Ka year
Peak month
September1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
cordyceps198K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $23.66.

Listings sell for $23.66 on average, from $8.83 to $47.00. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 25K to 30K a year. The average listing sells 1,250 to 1,500 of them. At $23.66 that is $30K to $35K a year per listing.

Average price
$23.66inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$8.83–$47.00
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
25K–30K
Units per listing a year
1,250–1,500
Revenue per listing a year
$30K–$35K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

79% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #304 within Mushrooms. It carries 1,820 reviews at 4.55 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
79%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.4%
Average rank
#304in Mushrooms
Average rating
4.55 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,820per listing
Listings tracked
19

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 60 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Cordyceps 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 62% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

560

Top-5 brand share

76%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

62%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

19%

  • Brand 129%
  • Brand 216%
  • Brand 314%
  • Brand 411%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 65%

Demand

Cordyceps search demand

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

18K13KSpike '24Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Cordyceps search terms shoppers use

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

  • cordyceps198K/yr
  • cordyceps mushroom capsules58K/yr
  • cordycepin8K/yr
  • cordyceps mushroom28K/yr
  • cordyceps militaris16K/yr
  • cordyceps sinensis16K/yr
  • cordycepin supplement3K/yr
  • cordyceps supplement5K/yr
  • cordyceps extract9K/yr
  • cordyceps mushrooms4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cordyceps

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

25%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
12%of negative reviews mention “Side Effects”
<0.1%of orders come back, a rate Amazon rounds to zero
“Before starting these he had horrible stomach issues”
A buyer, on “Side Effects”12% 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 Cordyceps questions

Answered from the same tracked data.