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The Growing Candle

Maybe

An estimated 0.5% of orders come back. But shoppers spend an estimated $26K a year here, so The Growing Candle is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
50
50 / 100
Ranks 6,126 of 8,839 Patio, Lawn & Garden niches · −6 vs the category median of 56
Market size
$26K/yr45K searches / yr
90-day growth
-13.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
30%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 26 sellers

Flapen Score

The Growing Candle against its category

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

50Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The The Growing Candle market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for The Growing Candle 45K times last year and spent an estimated $26K. The top 5 brands take 91% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 45K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -13.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $26K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
45K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-13.9%
Conversion, latest week
1.9%
Market size, estimated
$26Ka year
Peak month
December26.5× the quietest month
Top search term
modern sprout22K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $30.69.

Listings sell for $30.69 on average, from $6.68 to $83.60. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 1K to 2K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At $30.69 that is $0 to $3K a year per listing.

Average price
$30.69inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$6.68–$83.60
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
1K–2K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
$0–$3K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

98% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #1,467 within Greenhouses & Plant Germination Equipment. It carries 670 reviews at 4.34 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
98%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
7.4%
Average rank
#1,467in Greenhouses & Plant Germination Equipment
Average rating
4.34 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
670per listing
Listings tracked
46

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 12 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

12 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 47 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
12
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
47 months

Products

Top The Growing Candle 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 30% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

10 falling

Sellers

26

Top-5 brand share

91%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

30%

Top 20: 77%

Open market

6%

  • Brand 171%
  • Brand 28%
  • Brand 36%
  • Brand 44%
  • Brand 52%
  • Brand 62%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 6%)

Demand

The Growing Candle search demand

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

10K6KSpike '25Holiday '25Spike '26MarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 26.5×

Search terms

Top The Growing Candle search terms shoppers use

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

  • modern sprout22K/yr
  • seed bombs9K/yr
  • modern sprout grow kit5K/yr
  • seed balls5K/yr
  • seed bomb3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about The Growing Candle

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

21%of positive reviews mention “Plant Growth”
36%of negative reviews mention “Plant Growth”
0.5%of orders come back
“couldn't get it to grow”
A buyer, on “Plant Growth”36% 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.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common The Growing Candle questions

Answered from the same tracked data.