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Dirt

Fail

Buyers convert on only 0.8% of searches, so Dirt 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
$109K/yr940K searches / yr
90-day growth
-2.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
61%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 28 sellers

Flapen Score

Dirt against its category

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

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

Market

The Dirt market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Dirt 940K times last year and spent an estimated $109K. The top 5 brands take 91% of clicks. Demand peaks in Apr. Flapen scores it 40 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 0.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 940K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 0.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -2.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $109K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
940K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-2.9%
Conversion, latest week
0.8%
Market size, estimated
$109Ka year
Peak month
April1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
dirt923K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $14.10.

Listings sell for $14.10 on average, from $2.89 to $35.80. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At $14.10 that is $11K to $14K a year per listing.

Average price
$14.10under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$2.89–$35.80
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
$11K–$14K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

94% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 76% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #81 within Soils, Mulches & Planting Media. It carries 4,654 reviews at 4.38 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
94%
Prime listings
76%
Out of stock, average day
1.3%
Average rank
#81in Soils, Mulches & Planting Media
Average rating
4.38 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
4,654per listing
Listings tracked
17

04 · Newcomers

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

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 49 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Dirt 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 61% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

9 rising

Sellers

28

Top-5 brand share

91%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

61%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

5%

  • Brand 165%
  • Brand 211%
  • Brand 37%
  • Brand 44%
  • Brand 54%
  • Brand 64%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 5%)

Demand

Dirt search demand

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

25K15KSpike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Apr · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Dirt search terms shoppers use

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

  • dirt923K/yr
  • bag of dirt11K/yr
  • bags of dirt6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Dirt

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

37%of positive reviews mention “Plant Growth”
18%of negative reviews mention “Plant Growth”
0.3%of orders come back
“in it will not grow”
A buyer, on “Plant Growth”18% 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.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Dirt questions

Answered from the same tracked data.