wine cap mushroom spawn
Skip itBrand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Returns
Incredible0.6%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Quality gap
Great4.1★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Avg price
Great$68.87avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Review moat
Great491.93avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Conversion
Good4.7%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Market size
Good$280K$280K/yr · 86K searches
Competition
Okay68%top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
Growth
Bad-2.2%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Price range
Bad$9.99–$452.19cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Brand share
Bad100%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, wine cap mushroom spawn is a $280K/yr Amazon United States market (86K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Demand peaks in Mar–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 49/100.
Data updated Jul 15, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
wine cap mushroom spawn market data
- Units sold / yr
- 5K–6K
- avg 100–250/product
- Revenue / yr
- $344K–$413K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 4.7%
- Avg BSR
- #411
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 40%
- Sponsored
- 93%
- Out of stock
- 8.9%
- Avg brand age
- 58 months
- Avg seller age
- 162 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products take 68% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.Brands
3 falling
Sellers
5
Top-5 brand share
100%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
68%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
0%
- North Spore86%
- Generic9%
- Root Mushroom Farm5%
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 63 weeks — -2.2% search growth over the last 90 days.Peak months: Mar, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.2×
Top wine cap mushroom spawn search terms
- north spore35K/yr
- wine cap mushroom spawn15K/yr
- north spore mushroom growing kit12K/yr
- northspore12K/yr
- winecap mushroom spawn4K/yr
- north spore mushrooms5K/yr
- northspore mushroom grow kit4K/yr
Top wine cap mushroom spawn products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 15 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
North Spore Organic Wine Cap Mushroom Sawdust Spawn
North Spore$29.834.2★150 rev
Wine Cap Mushroom Seed/Dry Spawn
Generic$9.993.4★50 rev
North Spore ShroomTek + Spore Boostr All-in-One Mushroom Grow Bag | Grow Dung-Loving Mushrooms Like Magic Right in The Bag | Just Add Your Own Spores | Made by Mycologists
North Spore$34.954.3★285 rev
North Spore Organic Lions Mane Mushroom Spray & Grow Kit (4 lbs) | USDA-Certified Organic Non-GMO Beginner-Friendly & Easy to Use | Handmade in Maine USA
North Spore$28.164.2★1,788 rev
North Spore Organic Pink Oyster Mushroom Spray & Grow Kit (4 lbs) | USDA-Certified Organic Non-GMO Beginner-Friendly & Easy to Use | Handmade in Maine USA
North Spore$29.484.2★546 rev
Newest
by launch date
North Spore BoomRoom II Automated Mushroom Grow Tent Kit | Complete Martha Tent System with Humidity & FAE Control | 5-Rack Fruiting Chamber for Indoor Mycology | High-Yield Monotub Alternative
North Spore$452.196 rev
North Spore Organic Wine Cap Mushroom Sawdust Spawn
North Spore$29.83150 rev
North Spore Automated Boomr Bin Mushroom Monotub Kit
North Spore$159.5970 rev
(4-Pack) North Spore ShroomTek + Spore Boostr All-in-One Mushroom Grow Bag | Grow Dung-Loving Mushrooms Like Magic Right in the Bag | Just Add Your Own Spores | Made by Mycologists
North Spore$94.79285 rev
Wine Cap Mushroom Seed/Dry Spawn
Generic$9.9950 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumNorth Spore BoomRoom II Automated Mushroom Grow Tent Kit | Complete Martha Tent System with Humidity & FAE Control | 5-Rack Fruiting Chamber for Indoor Mycology | High-Yield Monotub Alternative
North Spore$452.193.6★
North Spore Organic Wine Cap Mushroom Sawdust Spawn
North Spore$29.834.2★
(4-Pack) North Spore ShroomTek + Spore Boostr All-in-One Mushroom Grow Bag | Grow Dung-Loving Mushrooms Like Magic Right in the Bag | Just Add Your Own Spores | Made by Mycologists
North Spore$94.794.3★
Wine Cap Mushroom Seed/Dry Spawn
Generic$9.993.4★
Root Mushroom Farm- 30 Mushroom Liquid Cultures /Wine Cap(Stropharia rugoso-Annulata)
Root Mushroom Farm$16.963.9★
What buyers say about wine cap mushroom spawn
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Great product sold by an outstanding company”
“Great grow”
“Good price”
“Easy to use”
“followed the instructions”
“Worked as advertised”
“Delivered in good shape, hydrated well and ready to grow”
“Smells really good”
“It was easy to set up”
“environment for both brands with vastly different results”
What buyers complain about
“Contaminated”
“As soon as the 3 tiny ones came out it started to grow mold”
“it didnt grow anything”
“the quality control is abysmal”
“Dry dry”
“Not doing anything, following the directions, but nothings happening”
“The price made me hesitate”
“they were smaller than my drilling equipment”
“So I guess my small veggie garden will now smell horrible”
“I feel like i was conned by a fake company”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is wine cap mushroom spawn profitable to sell on Amazon United States?
- The niche generates $280K/yr across 15 tracked products. 1 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -2.2%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (49/100).
- How competitive is the wine cap mushroom spawn niche?
- 3 brands and 5 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 68% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 100% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in wine cap mushroom spawn?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Contamination, Plant Growth, Functionality-Overall. The return rate is 0.6%.
- When does demand for wine cap mushroom spawn peak?
- Demand peaks in Mar–Dec; the busiest month runs 2.2× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the wine cap mushroom spawn niche?
- Listings span $9.99–$452.19; the average listing price is $68.87 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 492 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.