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Fast Draining Potting Soil

Fail

Shoppers spend an estimated $53K a year here, so Fast Draining Potting Soil is a Fail.

Flapen Score
48
48 / 100
Ranks 6,657 of 8,839 Patio, Lawn & Garden niches · −8 vs the category median of 56
Market size
$53K/yr42K searches / yr
90-day growth
+14.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
54%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 28 sellers

Flapen Score

Fast Draining Potting Soil against its category

The dotted line is the Patio, Lawn & Garden average. Past it, Fast Draining Potting Soil is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

48Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Fast Draining Potting Soil market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Fast Draining Potting Soil 42K times last year and spent an estimated $53K. The top 5 brands take 89% of clicks. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 9.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 42K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 9.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +14.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $53K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
42K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+14.1%
Conversion, latest week
9.2%
Market size, estimated
$53Ka year
Peak month
April1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
miracle gro indoor potting mix11K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $13.75.

Listings sell for $13.75 on average, from $7.16 to $23.72. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $13.75 that is $1K to $3K a year per listing.

Average price
$13.75under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$7.16–$23.72
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
4K–5K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$1K–$3K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 96% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #105 within Soils, Mulches & Planting Media. It carries 5,134 reviews at 4.53 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
96%
Out of stock, average day
0.9%
Average rank
#105in Soils, Mulches & Planting Media
Average rating
4.53 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
5,134per listing
Listings tracked
26

04 · Newcomers

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

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 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
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
62 months

Products

Top Fast Draining Potting Soil 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 54% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

10 falling

Sellers

28

Top-5 brand share

89%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

54%

Top 20: 93%

Open market

7%

  • Brand 158%
  • Brand 213%
  • Brand 38%
  • Brand 46%
  • Brand 55%
  • Brand 64%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 7%)

Demand

Fast Draining Potting Soil search demand

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

1K750Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Fast Draining Potting Soil search terms shoppers use

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

  • miracle gro indoor potting mix11K/yr
  • spider plant soil10K/yr
  • zz plant soil7K/yr
  • small bag of soil5K/yr
  • well draining soil4K/yr
  • houseplant potting mix4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Fast Draining Potting Soil

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

43%of positive reviews mention “Plant Growth”
16%of negative reviews mention “Plant Growth”
0.4%of orders come back
“NO bean sprouts”
A buyer, on “Plant Growth”16% 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.

14 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Fast Draining Potting Soil questions

Answered from the same tracked data.