Incense
MaybeShoppers spend an estimated $5.4M a year here. But the average product has 9,266 reviews to catch up to, so Incense is a Maybe.
- Flapen Score
- 54 / 100Top 26% of 11,240 Home & Kitchen niches · +5 vs the category median of 4954
- Market size
- $5.4M/yr5.0M searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- +1.0%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 63%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 78 sellers
Flapen Score
Incense against its category
The dotted line is the Home & Kitchen average. Past it, Incense is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Incense market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Incense 5.0M times last year and spent an estimated $5.4M. The top 5 brands take 87% of clicks. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.
01 · Demand
An estimated 9.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 5.0M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 9.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +1.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $5.4M a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 5.0M
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- +1.0%
- Conversion, latest week
- 9.3%
- Market size, estimated
- $5.4Ma year
- Peak month
- December1.3× the quietest month
- Top search term
- incense sticks2.0M searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth $11.68.
Listings sell for $11.68 on average, from $5.11 to $21.55. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 400K to 500K a year. The average listing sells 20,000 to 25,000 of them. At $11.68 that is $234K to $292K a year per listing.
- Average price
- $11.68under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- $5.11–$21.55
- Amazon United States median price
- $24.38across 115,062 niches
- Units sold a year
- 400K–500K
- Units per listing a year
- 20,000–25,000
- Revenue per listing a year
- $234K–$292K
- Returns
- 0.6%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is reviews.
52% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #33 within Home Fragrance. It carries 9,266 reviews at 4.57 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 52%
- Prime listings
- 100%
- Out of stock, average day
- 0.0%
- Average rank
- #33in Home Fragrance
- Average rating
- 4.57 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
- Average reviews
- 9,266per listing
- Listings tracked
- 21
04 · Newcomers
Brands here are established.
The brands on the shelf have sold for 64 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
- 64 months
Products
Top Incense 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 63% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
11 flat
Sellers
78
Top-5 brand share
87%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
63%
Top 20: 99%
Open market
11%
- Brand 152%
- Brand 220%
- Brand 36%
- Brand 45%
- Brand 53%
- Brand 63%
- Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 11%)
Demand
Incense search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×
Search terms
Top Incense search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- incense sticks2.0M/yr
- incense1.5M/yr
- insence-sticks337K/yr
- nag champa incense sticks221K/yr
- nag champa134K/yr
- inciensos aromaticos para la casa89K/yr
- hem incense sticks81K/yr
- inscents-sticks92K/yr
- satya incense sticks72K/yr
- incienso69K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Incense
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“Awful smell”
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
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FAQ
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