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Red Taper Candles

Fail

Demand is soft, at -47.1% this quarter, so Red Taper Candles is a Fail.

Flapen Score
49
49 / 100
Ranks 5,355 of 11,240 Home & Kitchen niches · on the category median
Market size
$186K/yr242K searches / yr
90-day growth
-47.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
42%top-5 click share · 22 brands · 27 sellers

Flapen Score

Red Taper Candles against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Kitchen average. Past it, Red Taper Candles is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

49Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Red Taper Candles market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Red Taper Candles 242K times last year and spent an estimated $186K. The top 5 brands take 54% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 49 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 6.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 242K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 6.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -47.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $186K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
242K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-47.1%
Conversion, latest week
6.8%
Market size, estimated
$186Ka year
Peak month
December16.6× the quietest month
Top search term
red taper candles97K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $11.25.

Listings sell for $11.25 on average, from $7.12 to $19.15. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $11.25 that is $3K to $6K a year per listing.

Average price
$11.25under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$7.12–$19.15
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
20K–25K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$3K–$6K
Returns
3.6%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

97% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 8.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #128 within Candles. It carries 1,667 reviews at 4.37 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
97%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
8.2%
Average rank
#128in Candles
Average rating
4.37 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,667per listing
Listings tracked
31

04 · Newcomers

2 of last year's 6 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

6 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 41 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
41 months

Products

Top Red Taper Candles 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 42% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

22 falling

Sellers

27

Top-5 brand share

54%

Top 20: 98%

Top-5 click share

42%

Top 20: 90%

Open market

39%

  • Brand 115%
  • Brand 211%
  • Brand 310%
  • Brand 49%
  • Brand 58%
  • Brand 66%

Demand

Red Taper Candles search demand

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

25K15KHoliday '24Spike '25Holiday '25DecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 16.6×

Search terms

Top Red Taper Candles search terms shoppers use

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

  • red taper candles97K/yr
  • red candle stick13K/yr
  • red candlesticks89K/yr
  • red candle sticks17K/yr
  • red tapered candles17K/yr
  • taper candles red8K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Red Taper Candles

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

20%of positive reviews mention “Color”
33%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
3.6%of orders come back
“The candles are very small”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”33% 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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Red Taper Candles questions

Answered from the same tracked data.