basalt rock dust
Skip itA small market ($39K/yr) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Returns
Incredible0.3%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Avg price
Incredible$23.70avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Price range
Great$8.50–$51.49cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Review moat
Good611.1avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Conversion
Good4.3%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Competition
Okay57%top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
Brand share
Okay86%top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand
Quality gap
Bad4.7★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Growth
Bad-15.2%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Market size
Bad$39K$39K/yr · 38K searches
According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, basalt rock dust is a $39K/yr Amazon United States market (38K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 86% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 44/100.
Data updated Jul 15, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
basalt rock dust market data
- Units sold / yr
- 2K–2K
- avg 0–100/product
- Revenue / yr
- $36K–$47K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 4.3%
- Avg BSR
- #1,507
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 57%
- Sponsored
- 67%
- Out of stock
- 8.0%
- Avg brand age
- 71 months
- Avg seller age
- 162 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products take 57% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.Brands
10 falling
Sellers
45
Top-5 brand share
86%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
57%
Top 20: 99%
Open market
7%
- Down To Earth All Natural Fertilizers24%
- Walt's Organic Fertilizer Co.22%
- Gaia Green14%
- Happy Hydro14%
- Greenway Biotech, Inc.12%
- Azomite6%
- Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 7%)
Demand
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 18 weeks — -15.2% search growth over the last 90 days.Top basalt rock dust search terms
- basalt rock dust15K/yr
- basalt8K/yr
- rock dust7K/yr
- rock dust for gardening5K/yr
- basalt rock dust for gardening3K/yr
Top basalt rock dust products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 21 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Gaia Green Basalt Rock Dust 2 kg
Gaia Green$25.604.5★102 rev
Gaia Green Glacial Rock Dust 2 kg
Happy Hydro$23.804.6★222 rev
Walts Organic Basalt Dust (20 LB) - Fertilizer - Soil Conditioning
Walt's Organic Fertilizer Co.$39.754.7★150 rev
Down To Earth All Natural Fertilizers Organic Greenstone Metabasalt - Soil Amendment with Trace Minerals Iron Calcium Magnesium 5 lb
Down To Earth All Natural Fertilizers$20.904.9★103 rev
Down To Earth All Natural Fertilizers Organic Azomite Powder Trace Minerals - Essential Minerals for Improving Plant Growth 0-0-0.2 1 lb
Down To Earth All Natural Fertilizers$9.794.8★1,648 rev
Newest
by launch date
Paramagnetic Rock dust Basalt Rock dust 10 lb
VGNX Hydro$26.950 rev
Down To Earth All Natural Fertilizers Organic Greenstone Metabasalt - Soil Amendment with Trace Minerals Iron Calcium Magnesium 5 lb
Down To Earth All Natural Fertilizers$20.90103 rev
Gaia Green Basalt Rock Dust 2 kg
Gaia Green$25.60102 rev
Gaia Green Glacial Rock Dust 2 kg
Happy Hydro$23.80222 rev
EISCO 6PK Raw Basalt Igneous Rock Specimens - Approx. 1 - Geologist Selected & Hand Processed - Great for Science Classrooms - Class Pack
EISCO$13.4245 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumParamagnetic Rock dust Basalt Rock dust 10 lb
VGNX Hydro$26.950.0★
Down To Earth All Natural Fertilizers Organic Greenstone Metabasalt - Soil Amendment with Trace Minerals Iron Calcium Magnesium 5 lb
Down To Earth All Natural Fertilizers$20.904.9★
Down To Earth All Natural Fertilizers Organic Azomite Powder Trace Minerals - Essential Minerals for Improving Plant Growth 0-0-0.2 5 lb
Down To Earth All Natural Fertilizers$20.034.8★
Garden Smart Wholesale Bulk Azomite Micronized Organic Trace Rock Dust Natural Mineral Soluble Powder Fertilizer (44 pounds)
GrowPRO$51.494.8★
Walts Organic Basalt Dust (20 LB) - Fertilizer - Soil Conditioning
Walt's Organic Fertilizer Co.$39.754.7★
What buyers say about basalt rock dust
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Improves plant growth and color”
“Excellent quality”
“fair price”
“It does what it's supposed to do”
“Easy to use”
“increased bug resistance”
“good color”
“Purchased for hermit crabs - will last me years”
What buyers complain about
“expensive”
“is dusty when handled”
“I don't like the misleading picture”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is basalt rock dust profitable to sell on Amazon United States?
- The niche generates $39K/yr across 21 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -15.2%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (44/100).
- How competitive is the basalt rock dust niche?
- 10 brands and 45 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 57% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 86% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in basalt rock dust?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Value For Money, Ease Of Cleaning, Advertised Vs Actual Product. The return rate is 0.3%.
- What does it cost to enter the basalt rock dust niche?
- Listings span $8.50–$51.49; the average listing price is $23.70 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 611 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.