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Areca Palm

Fail

Shoppers spend an estimated $25K a year here, so Areca Palm is a Fail.

Flapen Score
40
40 / 100
Ranks 7,974 of 8,839 Patio, Lawn & Garden niches · −16 vs the category median of 56
Market size
$25K/yr73K searches / yr
90-day growth
-16.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
77%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 10 sellers

Flapen Score

Areca Palm against its category

The dotted line is the Patio, Lawn & Garden average. Past it, Areca Palm is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

40Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Areca Palm market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Areca Palm 73K times last year and spent an estimated $25K. The top 5 brands take 95% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan. Flapen scores it 40 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 73K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -16.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $25K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
73K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-16.6%
Conversion, latest week
1.1%
Market size, estimated
$25Ka year
Peak month
January2.0× the quietest month
Top search term
areca palm live plant indoor35K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $29.68.

Listings sell for $29.68 on average, from $12.98 to $62.16. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 2K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $29.68 that is $3K to $7K a year per listing.

Average price
$29.68inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$12.98–$62.16
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
2K–2K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$3K–$7K
Returns
0.8%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

87% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 67% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #3,372 within Cacti & Succulents. It carries 823 reviews at 4.09 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
87%
Prime listings
67%
Out of stock, average day
4.3%
Average rank
#3,372in Cacti & Succulents
Average rating
4.09 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
823per listing
Listings tracked
15

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 36 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
36 months

Products

Top Areca Palm 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 77% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

8 flat

Sellers

10

Top-5 brand share

95%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

3%

  • Brand 141%
  • Brand 227%
  • Brand 318%
  • Brand 46%
  • Brand 53%
  • Brand 62%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 3%)

Demand

Areca Palm search demand

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

6K4KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Search terms

Top Areca Palm search terms shoppers use

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

  • areca palm live plant indoor35K/yr
  • areca palm27K/yr
  • areca palm live plant5K/yr
  • areca3K/yr
  • areca live plant2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Areca Palm

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

48%of positive reviews mention “Plant Growth”
21%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
0.8%of orders come back
“The sizing was a bit confusing”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”21% 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 Areca Palm questions

Answered from the same tracked data.