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Kindling

Maybe

An estimated 0.5% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at -47.7% this quarter, so Kindling is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
51
51 / 100
Ranks 5,822 of 8,839 Patio, Lawn & Garden niches · −5 vs the category median of 56
Market size
$277K/yr120K searches / yr
90-day growth
-47.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
62%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 30 sellers

Flapen Score

Kindling against its category

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

51Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Kindling market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Kindling 120K times last year and spent an estimated $277K. The top 5 brands take 73% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 51 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 8.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 120K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 8.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -47.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $277K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
120K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-47.7%
Conversion, latest week
8.2%
Market size, estimated
$277Ka year
Peak month
December4.5× the quietest month
Top search term
kindling73K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $27.99.

Listings sell for $27.99 on average, from $5.71 to $95.96. 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 $27.99 that is $21K to $28K a year per listing.

Average price
$27.99inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$5.71–$95.96
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
$21K–$28K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

85% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #1,239 within Fuel & Firestarters. It carries 2,141 reviews at 4.55 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
85%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
7.7%
Average rank
#1,239in Fuel & Firestarters
Average rating
4.55 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
2,141per listing
Listings tracked
20

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

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

Products

Top Kindling 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 62% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

30

Top-5 brand share

73%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

62%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

20%

  • Brand 124%
  • Brand 217%
  • Brand 312%
  • Brand 410%
  • Brand 510%
  • Brand 67%

Demand

Kindling search demand

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

6K4KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.5×

Search terms

Top Kindling search terms shoppers use

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

  • kindling73K/yr
  • kindling wood31K/yr
  • fire kindling8K/yr
  • firewood kindling5K/yr
  • wood kindling4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Kindling

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

18%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
13%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
0.5%of orders come back
“small bag”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”13% 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 Kindling questions

Answered from the same tracked data.