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Root Riot

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Root Riot is a Fail.

Flapen Score
45
45 / 100
Ranks 7,263 of 8,839 Patio, Lawn & Garden niches · −11 vs the category median of 56
Market size
$276K/yr80K searches / yr
90-day growth
-12.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
87%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 38 sellers

Flapen Score

Root Riot against its category

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

45Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Root Riot market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Root Riot 80K times last year and spent an estimated $276K. All 5 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr. Flapen scores it 45 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 12.6% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 80K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 12.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -12.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $276K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
80K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-12.1%
Conversion, latest week
12.6%
Market size, estimated
$276Ka year
Peak month
April1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
root riot37K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $27.46.

Listings sell for $27.46 on average, from $18.37 to $44.95. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 1,250 to 1,500 of them. At $27.46 that is $34K to $41K a year per listing.

Average price
$27.46inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$18.37–$44.95
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
1,250–1,500
Revenue per listing a year
$34K–$41K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

38% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #743 within Soils, Mulches & Planting Media. It carries 2,522 reviews at 4.63 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
38%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#743in Soils, Mulches & Planting Media
Average rating
4.63 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
2,522per listing
Listings tracked
8

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 59 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
59 months

Products

Top Root Riot 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 87% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

5 falling

Sellers

38

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

87%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 155%
  • Brand 230%
  • Brand 312%
  • Brand 42%
  • Brand 51%

Demand

Root Riot search demand

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

2K2KHoliday '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Apr · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Root Riot search terms shoppers use

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

  • root riot37K/yr
  • root riot plugs29K/yr
  • root riot cubes11K/yr
  • root riot plugs 1003K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Root Riot

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

37%of positive reviews mention “Plant Growth”
15%of negative reviews mention “Moist/Dry”
0.5%of orders come back
“The bag was dried out”
A buyer, on “Moist/Dry”15% 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.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Root Riot questions

Answered from the same tracked data.