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Basil Plant

Maybe

An estimated 0.0% of orders come back. But the average product has 5,253 reviews to catch up to, so Basil Plant is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
63
63 / 100
Top 22% of 8,839 Patio, Lawn & Garden niches · +7 vs the category median of 56
Market size
$223K/yr227K searches / yr
90-day growth
+52.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
60%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 498 sellers

Flapen Score

Basil Plant against its category

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

63Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Basil Plant market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Basil Plant 227K times last year and spent an estimated $223K. The top 5 brands take 75% of clicks. Demand peaks in Apr–May. Flapen scores it 63 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 6.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 227K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 6.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +52.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $223K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
227K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+52.1%
Conversion, latest week
6.4%
Market size, estimated
$223Ka year
Peak month
May2.3× the quietest month
Top search term
basil plant123K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $15.27.

Listings sell for $15.27 on average, from $2.14 to $30.16. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $15.27 that is $4K to $8K a year per listing.

Average price
$15.27inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$2.14–$30.16
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$4K–$8K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

60% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 80% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #483 within Herbs. It carries 5,253 reviews at 3.86 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
60%
Prime listings
80%
Out of stock, average day
6.4%
Average rank
#483in Herbs
Average rating
3.86 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
5,253per listing
Listings tracked
20

04 · Newcomers

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

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 62 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
62 months

Products

Top Basil Plant products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 15, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 60% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$22K$45K$67K$89K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 falling

Sellers

498

Est. top-5 brand share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

60%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

20%

  • Bonnie Plants43%
  • HOME GROWN12%
  • The Three Company10%
  • Clovers Garden5%
  • Gotham Greens5%
  • Barnyard Designs5%

Demand

Basil Plant search demand

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

8K6KHoliday '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.3×

Search terms

Top Basil Plant search terms shoppers use

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

  • basil plant123K/yr
  • basil plant live34K/yr
  • basil plants11K/yr
  • live basil plant9K/yr
  • basil plants live7K/yr
  • basil plants live for planting3K/yr
  • fresh basil plant8K/yr
  • organic basil plant3K/yr
  • live basil plants3K/yr
  • basil live plant5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Basil Plant

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

46%of positive reviews mention “Plant Growth”
36%of negative reviews mention “Plant Growth”
<0.1%of orders come back, a rate Amazon rounds to zero
“No sprouts”
A buyer, on “Plant Growth”36% 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 Basil Plant questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data