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Seed Starter Soil

Maybe

An estimated 0.3% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at -66.3% this quarter, so Seed Starter Soil is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
53
53 / 100
Ranks 5,174 of 8,839 Patio, Lawn & Garden niches · −3 vs the category median of 56
Market size
$1.4M/yr736K searches / yr
90-day growth
-66.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
69%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 62 sellers

Flapen Score

Seed Starter Soil against its category

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

53Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Seed Starter Soil market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Seed Starter Soil 736K times last year and spent an estimated $1.4M. The top 5 brands take 81% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Mar–Apr. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

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

Shoppers searched for this 736K 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 -66.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $1.4M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
736K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-66.3%
Conversion, latest week
12.6%
Market size, estimated
$1.4Ma year
Peak month
March9.6× the quietest month
Top search term
seed starter soil261K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $14.66.

Listings sell for $14.66 on average, from $6.94 to $27.13. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 100K to 125K a year. The average listing sells 5,000 to 6,000 of them. At $14.66 that is $73K to $88K a year per listing.

Average price
$14.66under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$6.94–$27.13
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
100K–125K
Units per listing a year
5,000–6,000
Revenue per listing a year
$73K–$88K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

88% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 94% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #160 within Soils, Mulches & Planting Media. It carries 2,873 reviews at 4.48 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
88%
Prime listings
94%
Out of stock, average day
2.6%
Average rank
#160in Soils, Mulches & Planting Media
Average rating
4.48 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
2,873per listing
Listings tracked
16

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 58 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
58 months

Products

Top Seed Starter 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 69% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

62

Top-5 brand share

81%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

69%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

11%

  • Brand 131%
  • Brand 215%
  • Brand 315%
  • Brand 411%
  • Brand 510%
  • Brand 68%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 11%)

Demand

Seed Starter Soil search demand

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

45K35KHoliday '24Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr · busiest ÷ quietest = 9.6×

Search terms

Top Seed Starter Soil search terms shoppers use

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

  • seed starter soil261K/yr
  • seed starting mix146K/yr
  • seed starting soil100K/yr
  • potting soil seed starter32K/yr
  • seedling soil32K/yr
  • seed starter mix28K/yr
  • soil for seed starting15K/yr
  • organic seed starting mix19K/yr
  • seed soil13K/yr
  • starter soil12K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Seed Starter Soil

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

37%of positive reviews mention “Plant Growth”
20%of negative reviews mention “Plant Growth”
0.3%of orders come back
“my seeds didnt grow”
A buyer, on “Plant Growth”20% 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 Seed Starter Soil questions

Answered from the same tracked data.