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Lava Rocks

Pass

Lava Rocks scores 69 out of 100, a Pass. Shoppers spend an estimated $646K a year here, search demand grew +30.5% this quarter, and an estimated 1.8% of orders come back.

Flapen Score
69
69 / 100
Top 8% of 8,839 Patio, Lawn & Garden niches · +13 vs the category median of 56
Market size
$646K/yr618K searches / yr
90-day growth
+30.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
33%top-5 click share · 29 brands · 34 sellers

Flapen Score

Lava Rocks against its category

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

69Pass
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Lava Rocks market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Lava Rocks 618K times last year and spent an estimated $646K. The top 5 brands take 53% of clicks. Demand peaks in May. Flapen scores it 69 out of 100, a Pass.

01 · Demand

An estimated 4.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 618K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 4.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +30.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $646K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
618K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+30.5%
Conversion, latest week
4.9%
Market size, estimated
$646Ka year
Peak month
May1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
lava rock170K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $21.48.

Listings sell for $21.48 on average, from $9.37 to $45.66. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At $21.48 that is $11K to $16K a year per listing.

Average price
$21.48inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$9.37–$45.66
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
$11K–$16K
Returns
1.8%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

91% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #145 within Soils, Mulches & Planting Media. It carries 1,179 reviews at 4.45 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
91%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
5.0%
Average rank
#145in Soils, Mulches & Planting Media
Average rating
4.45 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,179per listing
Listings tracked
65

04 · Newcomers

4 of last year's 11 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

11 products launched here in the last 12 months. 4 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 52 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
11
Successful launches
4Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
52 months

Products

Top Lava Rocks 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 only 33% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

29 rising

Sellers

34

Top-5 brand share

53%

Top 20: 95%

Top-5 click share

33%

Top 20: 69%

Open market

41%

  • Brand 117%
  • Brand 214%
  • Brand 310%
  • Brand 47%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 66%

Demand

Lava Rocks search demand

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

15K10KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Lava Rocks search terms shoppers use

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

  • lava rock170K/yr
  • lava rocks for plants114K/yr
  • lava rocks for fire pit97K/yr
  • lava rocks76K/yr
  • black lava rock38K/yr
  • volcanic rock22K/yr
  • lava stone17K/yr
  • lava rock for plants12K/yr
  • fire pit lava rocks9K/yr
  • volcanic rock for plants9K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Lava Rocks

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

16%of positive reviews mention “Size-Overall”
33%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
1.8%of orders come back
“Too BIG”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”33% 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 Lava Rocks questions

Answered from the same tracked data.