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Sourdough Starter Jar

Maybe

Shoppers spend an estimated $6.9M a year here. But demand is soft, at -21.5% this quarter, so Sourdough Starter Jar is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
60
60 / 100
Top 10% of 11,240 Home & Kitchen niches · +11 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$6.9M/yr5.3M searches / yr
90-day growth
-21.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
45%top-5 click share · 21 brands · 42 sellers

Flapen Score

Sourdough Starter Jar against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Kitchen average. Past it, Sourdough Starter Jar is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

60Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Sourdough Starter Jar market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Sourdough Starter Jar 5.3M times last year and spent an estimated $6.9M. The top 5 brands take 75% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan. Flapen scores it 60 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 6.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 5.3M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 6.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -21.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $6.9M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
5.3M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-21.5%
Conversion, latest week
6.1%
Market size, estimated
$6.9Ma year
Peak month
January2.0× the quietest month
Top search term
sourdough starter jar1.7M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $21.57.

Listings sell for $21.57 on average, from $9.51 to $33.89. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 250K to 300K a year. The average listing sells 8,000 to 10,000 of them. At $21.57 that is $173K to $216K a year per listing.

Average price
$21.57inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$9.51–$33.89
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
250K–300K
Units per listing a year
8,000–10,000
Revenue per listing a year
$173K–$216K
Returns
2.0%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, 0.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #168 within Canning. It carries 942 reviews at 4.67 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
85%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.2%
Average rank
#168in Canning
Average rating
4.67 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
942per listing
Listings tracked
34

04 · Newcomers

8 of last year's 8 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

8 products launched here in the last 12 months. 8 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 29 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
8
Successful launches
8Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
29 months

Products

Top Sourdough Starter Jar 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 45% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

21 rising

Sellers

42

Top-5 brand share

75%

Top 20: 99%

Top-5 click share

45%

Top 20: 86%

Open market

21%

  • Brand 155%
  • Brand 28%
  • Brand 35%
  • Brand 44%
  • Brand 53%
  • Brand 63%

Demand

Sourdough Starter Jar search demand

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

100K60KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Search terms

Top Sourdough Starter Jar search terms shoppers use

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

  • sourdough starter jar1.7M/yr
  • weck jars1.5M/yr
  • sourdough jar492K/yr
  • weck jars for sourdough370K/yr
  • weck jar323K/yr
  • sour dough starter jars160K/yr
  • weck120K/yr
  • weck jars with lids99K/yr
  • sourdough jars92K/yr
  • starter jar86K/yr

FAQ

Common Sourdough Starter Jar questions

Answered from the same tracked data.