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Small Candle

Maybe

The top 5 products take only 15% of clicks. But demand is soft, at -16.3% this quarter, so Small Candle is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
62
62 / 100
Top 8% of 14,768 Health & Household niches · +13 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$602K/yr1.1M searches / yr
90-day growth
-16.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
15%top-5 click share · 78 brands · 156 sellers

Flapen Score

Small Candle against its category

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

62Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Small Candle market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Small Candle 1.1M times last year and spent an estimated $602K. The top 5 brands take 30% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 62 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 2.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 1.1M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 2.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -16.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $602K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.1M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-16.3%
Conversion, latest week
2.1%
Market size, estimated
$602Ka year
Peak month
December3.7× the quietest month
Top search term
candles bulk307K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $25.53.

Listings sell for $25.53 on average, from $6.13 to $99.04. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $25.53 that is $3K to $6K a year per listing.

Average price
$25.53inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$6.13–$99.04
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$3K–$6K
Returns
2.3%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

93% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #167 within Aromatherapy. It carries 3,244 reviews at 4.43 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
93%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
2.7%
Average rank
#167in Aromatherapy
Average rating
4.43 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
3,244per listing
Listings tracked
160

04 · Newcomers

11 of last year's 36 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

36 products launched here in the last 12 months. 11 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 43 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
36
Successful launches
11Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
43 months

Products

Top Small Candle 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 only 15% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

78 rising

Sellers

156

Top-5 brand share

30%

Top 20: 62%

Top-5 click share

15%

Top 20: 41%

Open market

67%

  • Brand 115%
  • Brand 25%
  • Brand 34%
  • Brand 44%
  • Brand 53%
  • Brand 63%

Demand

Small Candle search demand

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

50K30KSpike '25Holiday '25Spike '26AprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Jan, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.7×

Search terms

Top Small Candle search terms shoppers use

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

  • candles bulk307K/yr
  • bulk candles174K/yr
  • small candle129K/yr
  • mini candles bulk58K/yr
  • mini candle62K/yr
  • small candles for gifts60K/yr
  • candles in bulk42K/yr
  • scented candles bulk42K/yr
  • candle bulk40K/yr
  • bulk candles for gifts42K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Small Candle

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

37%of positive reviews mention “Smell”
36%of negative reviews mention “Smell”
2.3%of orders come back
“Awful 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.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Small Candle questions

Answered from the same tracked data.