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Sandalwood Candles

Maybe

An estimated 1.1% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at -12.9% this quarter, so Sandalwood Candles is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
62
62 / 100
Top 7% of 11,240 Home & Kitchen niches · +13 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$237K/yr193K searches / yr
90-day growth
-12.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
46%top-5 click share · 25 brands · 83 sellers

Flapen Score

Sandalwood Candles against its category

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

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

Market

The Sandalwood Candles market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Sandalwood Candles 193K times last year and spent an estimated $237K. The top 5 brands take 57% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 62 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

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

Shoppers searched for this 193K 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 -12.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $237K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
193K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-12.9%
Conversion, latest week
6.8%
Market size, estimated
$237Ka year
Peak month
December3.0× the quietest month
Top search term
sandalwood candles93K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $18.05.

Listings sell for $18.05 on average, from $6.69 to $47.47. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $18.05 that is $5K to $9K a year per listing.

Average price
$18.05inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$6.69–$47.47
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$5K–$9K
Returns
1.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

85% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 16.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #316 within Candles. It carries 707 reviews at 4.32 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
85%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
16.5%
Average rank
#316in Candles
Average rating
4.32 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
707per listing
Listings tracked
33

04 · Newcomers

3 of last year's 14 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

14 products launched here in the last 12 months. 3 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 42 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
14
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
42 months

Products

Top Sandalwood 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 46% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

25 falling

Sellers

83

Top-5 brand share

57%

Top 20: 94%

Top-5 click share

46%

Top 20: 83%

Open market

39%

  • Brand 119%
  • Brand 215%
  • Brand 38%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 57%
  • Brand 64%

Demand

Sandalwood Candles search demand

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

9K7KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26DecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.0×

Search terms

Top Sandalwood Candles search terms shoppers use

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

  • sandalwood candles93K/yr
  • sandalwood candle53K/yr
  • candle sandalwood10K/yr
  • candles sandalwood7K/yr
  • amber and sandalwood candle5K/yr
  • yankee candle amber and sandalwood5K/yr
  • sandalwood and musk candle5K/yr
  • sandlewood candle5K/yr
  • sandalwood musk candle3K/yr
  • sandalwood candles clearance4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Sandalwood Candles

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

64%of positive reviews mention “Smell”
61%of negative reviews mention “Smell”
1.1%of orders come back
“Not a strong smell at all”
A buyer, on “Smell”61% 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 Sandalwood Candles questions

Answered from the same tracked data.