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Herb Plants

Maybe

The products selling today average only 3.8★. But buyers convert on only 2.1% of searches, so Herb Plants is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
57
57 / 100
Top 43% of 8,839 Patio, Lawn & Garden niches · +1 vs the category median of 56
Market size
$120K/yr228K searches / yr
90-day growth
+30.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
57%top-5 click share · 14 brands · 17 sellers

Flapen Score

Herb Plants against its category

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

57Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Herb Plants market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Herb Plants 228K times last year and spent an estimated $120K. The top 5 brands take 76% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Jun. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 2.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 228K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 2.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +30.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $120K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
228K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+30.0%
Conversion, latest week
2.1%
Market size, estimated
$120Ka year
Peak month
May4.7× the quietest month
Top search term
herb plants61K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $25.22.

Listings sell for $25.22 on average, from $9.80 to $49.79. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $25.22 that is $3K to $6K a year per listing.

Average price
$25.22inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$9.80–$49.79
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
5K–6K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$3K–$6K
Returns
0.6%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

76% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 76% ship with Prime. On an average day, 10.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #396 within Flowers. It carries 2,863 reviews at 3.78 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
76%
Prime listings
76%
Out of stock, average day
10.5%
Average rank
#396in Flowers
Average rating
3.78 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
2,863per listing
Listings tracked
21

04 · Newcomers

2 of last year's 5 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

5 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 54 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
54 months

Products

Top Herb Plants 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 57% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

14 falling

Sellers

17

Top-5 brand share

76%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

57%

Top 20: 99%

Open market

20%

  • Brand 138%
  • Brand 216%
  • Brand 39%
  • Brand 47%
  • Brand 55%
  • Brand 64%

Demand

Herb Plants search demand

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

13K8KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.7×

Search terms

Top Herb Plants search terms shoppers use

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

  • herb plants61K/yr
  • live herb plants40K/yr
  • herbs plants live35K/yr
  • live herbs23K/yr
  • herb plants live20K/yr
  • fresh herbs plants live11K/yr
  • live herbs plants7K/yr
  • herb plant8K/yr
  • herb live plants5K/yr
  • herbs plants5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Herb Plants

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

44%of positive reviews mention “Plant Growth”
39%of negative reviews mention “Plant Growth”
0.6%of orders come back
“Did not grow”
A buyer, on “Plant Growth”39% 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 Herb Plants questions

Answered from the same tracked data.