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Castor Beans

Fail

Prices span $2.97–$15.08, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Castor Beans is a Fail.

Flapen Score
41
41 / 100
Ranks 7,889 of 8,839 Patio, Lawn & Garden niches · −15 vs the category median of 56
Market size
$18K/yr30K searches / yr
90-day growth
+5.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
77%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 20 sellers

Flapen Score

Castor Beans against its category

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

41Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Castor Beans market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Castor Beans 30K times last year and spent an estimated $18K. The top 5 brands take 94% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May. Flapen scores it 41 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 6.7% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 30K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 6.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +5.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $18K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
30K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+5.3%
Conversion, latest week
6.7%
Market size, estimated
$18Ka year
Peak month
April2.7× the quietest month
Top search term
castor bean seeds12K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $8.88.

Listings sell for $8.88 on average, from $2.97 to $15.08. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $8.88 that is $888 to $2K a year per listing.

Average price
$8.88under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$2.97–$15.08
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
2K–3K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$888–$2K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

83% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 67% ship with Prime. On an average day, 20.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #1,879 within Flowers. It carries 633 reviews at 3.89 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
83%
Prime listings
67%
Out of stock, average day
20.5%
Average rank
#1,879in Flowers
Average rating
3.89 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
633per listing
Listings tracked
12

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 1 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

1 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 68 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
68 months

Products

Top Castor Beans 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

20

Top-5 brand share

94%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

4%

  • Brand 151%
  • Brand 227%
  • Brand 38%
  • Brand 45%
  • Brand 54%
  • Brand 62%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 4%)

Demand

Castor Beans search demand

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

1K600Spike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.7×

Search terms

Top Castor Beans search terms shoppers use

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

  • castor bean seeds12K/yr
  • castor beans7K/yr
  • castor bean seeds for planting5K/yr
  • castor seeds6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Castor Beans

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

53%of positive reviews mention “Plant Growth”
73%of negative reviews mention “Plant Growth”
0.4%of orders come back
“Poor germination results”
A buyer, on “Plant Growth”73% 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.

11 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Castor Beans questions

Answered from the same tracked data.