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Silica for Plants

Fail

The top 5 products take 85% of clicks, so Silica for Plants 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
$186K/yr89K searches / yr
90-day growth
+5.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
85%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 23 sellers

Flapen Score

Silica for Plants against its category

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

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

Market

The Silica for Plants market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Silica for Plants 89K times last year and spent an estimated $186K. The top 5 brands take 94% of clicks. Demand peaks in Aug. Flapen scores it 45 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 11.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 89K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 11.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +5.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $186K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
89K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+5.5%
Conversion, latest week
11.3%
Market size, estimated
$186Ka year
Peak month
August1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
silica for plants78K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $18.58.

Listings sell for $18.58 on average, from $9.89 to $27.28. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At $18.58 that is $9K to $14K a year per listing.

Average price
$18.58inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$9.89–$27.28
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
$9K–$14K
Returns
0.6%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

83% 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 #887 within Soils, Mulches & Planting Media. It carries 1,099 reviews at 4.67 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
83%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#887in Soils, Mulches & Planting Media
Average rating
4.67 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,099per listing
Listings tracked
12

04 · Newcomers

1 of last year's 3 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

3 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 87 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
87 months

Products

Top Silica for 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 85% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

8 rising

Sellers

23

Top-5 brand share

94%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

85%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

4%

  • Brand 156%
  • Brand 225%
  • Brand 38%
  • Brand 43%
  • Brand 52%
  • Brand 62%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 4%)

Demand

Silica for Plants search demand

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

3K2KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Silica for Plants search terms shoppers use

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

  • silica for plants78K/yr
  • plant silica7K/yr
  • liquid silica for plants3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Silica for Plants

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

36%of positive reviews mention “Plant Growth”
20%of negative reviews mention “Plant Growth”
0.6%of orders come back
“was told repeatedly that over time the build up of silica causes nutrient block out where your plants aren't able to get any nutrients from the soil”
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.

19 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Silica for Plants questions

Answered from the same tracked data.