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Starter Fertilizer

Maybe

An estimated 0.7% of orders come back. But the top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Starter Fertilizer is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Ranks 4,843 of 8,839 Patio, Lawn & Garden niches · −2 vs the category median of 56
Market size
$612K/yr225K searches / yr
90-day growth
+47.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
92%top-5 click share · 3 brands · 37 sellers

Flapen Score

Starter Fertilizer against its category

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

54Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Starter Fertilizer market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Starter Fertilizer 225K times last year and spent an estimated $612K. All 3 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Apr–May–Sep–Oct. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 9.6% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 225K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 9.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +47.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $612K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
225K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+47.6%
Conversion, latest week
9.6%
Market size, estimated
$612Ka year
Peak month
September13.9× the quietest month
Top search term
starter fertilizer75K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $28.26.

Listings sell for $28.26 on average, from $16.54 to $72.05. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 25K to 30K a year. The average listing sells 2,500 to 3,000 of them. At $28.26 that is $71K to $85K a year per listing.

Average price
$28.26inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$16.54–$72.05
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
25K–30K
Units per listing a year
2,500–3,000
Revenue per listing a year
$71K–$85K
Returns
0.7%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

29% 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 #375 within Soils, Mulches & Planting Media. It carries 5,146 reviews at 4.51 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
29%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#375in Soils, Mulches & Planting Media
Average rating
4.51 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
5,146per listing
Listings tracked
7

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 78 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Starter Fertilizer 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 92% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

3 falling

Sellers

37

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

92%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 188%
  • Brand 28%
  • Brand 34%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Starter Fertilizer search demand

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

9K7KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Apr, May, Sep, Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 13.9×

Search terms

Top Starter Fertilizer search terms shoppers use

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

  • starter fertilizer75K/yr
  • starter fertilizer for grass seed52K/yr
  • scotts starter fertilizer14K/yr
  • lawn starter fertilizer11K/yr
  • scotts turf builder starter food for new grass6K/yr
  • grass starter fertilizer7K/yr
  • new grass fertilizer6K/yr
  • grass seed fertilizer7K/yr
  • grass seed starter fertilizer5K/yr
  • starter fertilizer for grass5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Starter Fertilizer

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

39%of positive reviews mention “Plant Growth”
17%of negative reviews mention “Plant Growth”
0.7%of orders come back
“before noticing any growth”
A buyer, on “Plant Growth”17% 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 Starter Fertilizer questions

Answered from the same tracked data.