Is Compost Starter profitable to sell on Amazon United States?

Flapen scores Compost Starter 59 out of 100 on Amazon United States, a Maybe. Shoppers spend $252K a year across 11 tracked products. Search demand grew +49.7% in the last 90 days.

How competitive is the Compost Starter niche on Amazon United States?

9 brands and 64 sellers compete in Compost Starter on Amazon United States. The top 5 Compost Starter products take 80% of clicks, and the top 5 brands take 82%.

What do buyers complain about in Compost Starter?

Compost Starter buyers on Amazon United States complain most about Functionality-Overall, Value For Money, and Smell. An estimated 0.3% of orders come back.

When does demand for Compost Starter peak?

Search demand for Compost Starter on Amazon United States peaks in Mar–Apr–May–Jun, and the busiest month runs 3.5× the quietest.

What does it cost to enter the Compost Starter niche?

Compost Starter sells for $17.06 on average on Amazon United States, inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot. Listings run $10.76 to $29.98. The average product has 1,768 reviews, the count a new listing must catch up to.

Compost Starter

Maybe

An estimated 0.3% of orders come back. But the top 5 products take 80% of clicks, so Compost Starter is a Maybe.

Flapen Score: 59
59 / 100Top 36% of 8,839 Patio, Lawn & Garden niches · +3 vs the category median of 56
Market size: $252K/yr121K searches / yr
90-day growth: +49.7%search demand this quarter
Competition: 80%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 64 sellers

Flapen Score

Compost Starter against its category

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

59Maybe

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Market

The Compost Starter market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Compost Starter 121K times last year and spent an estimated $252K. The top 5 brands take 82% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May–Jun. Flapen scores it 59 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 12.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 121K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 12.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +49.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $252K a year.

Searches, last 12 months: 121K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90: +49.7%
Conversion, latest week: 12.2%
Market size, estimated: $252Ka year
Peak month: April3.5× the quietest month
Top search term: compost starter49K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $17.06.

Listings sell for $17.06 on average, from $10.76 to $29.98. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At $17.06 that is $26K to $34K a year per listing.

Average price: $17.06inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range: $10.76–$29.98
Amazon United States median price: $24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year: 15K–20K
Units per listing a year: 1,500–2,000
Revenue per listing a year: $26K–$34K
Returns: 0.3%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

91% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 82% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #1,461 within Composting & Yard Waste Bins. It carries 1,768 reviews at 4.41 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings: 91%
Prime listings: 82%
Out of stock, average day: 0.0%
Average rank: #1,461in Composting & Yard Waste Bins
Average rating: 4.41 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews: 1,768per listing
Listings tracked: 11

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 62 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Compost Starter products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

The products selling in this niche are for signed-in readers. Every market figure above stays open to everyone.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 80% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

9 flat

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

80%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

12%

Brand 127%
Brand 225%
Brand 314%
Brand 48%
Brand 57%
Brand 66%
Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 12%)

Demand

Compost Starter search demand

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

Peak months: Mar, Apr, May, Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.5×

Search terms

Top Compost Starter search terms shoppers use

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

compost starter49K/yr +46.2%10.5% conv.
compost accelerator30K/yr +59.6%10.8% conv.
compost starter activator13K/yr +56.3%13.9% conv.
compost accelerator for compost bin8K/yr +64.8%14.5% conv.
compost starter for tumblers6K/yr +55.3%12.9% conv.
compost activator3K/yr +58.8%10.6% conv.
best compost accelerator4K/yr +27.7%3.8% conv.
compost starter kit for beginners2K/yr -5.8%2.1% conv.
compost starter kit3K/yr +38.1%4.5% conv.
leaf decomposition accelerator3K/yr +38.3%2.5% conv.

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Compost Starter

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

17%of positive reviews mention “Ease Of Use”

30%of negative reviews mention “Functionality-Overall”

0.3%of orders come back

“Does not work”

A buyer, on “Functionality-Overall”30% 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.

18 topics

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