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Floating Candles

Maybe

Products sell for $22.87 on average, inside the sweet spot. But returns run at 5.9% of orders, so Floating Candles is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
59
59 / 100
Top 10% of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · +11 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$1.9M/yr1.6M searches / yr
90-day growth
+4.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
49%top-5 click share · 29 brands · 46 sellers

Flapen Score

Floating Candles against its category

The dotted line is the Tools & Home Improvement average. Past it, Floating Candles is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

59Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Floating Candles market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Floating Candles 1.6M times last year and spent an estimated $1.9M. The top 5 brands take 53% of clicks. Demand peaks in Sep–Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 59 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

5.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.6M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 5.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +4.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $1.9M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.6M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+4.0%
Conversion, latest week
5.2%
Market size, estimated
$1.9Ma year
Peak month
October3.1× the quietest month
Top search term
floating candles1.1M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $22.87.

Listings sell for $22.87 on average, from $7.64 to $61.42. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 100K to 125K a year. The average listing sells 2,000 to 2,500 of them. At $22.87 that is $46K to $57K a year per listing.

Average price
$22.87inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$7.64–$61.42
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
100K–125K
Units per listing a year
2,000–2,500
Revenue per listing a year
$46K–$57K
Returns
5.9%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #120 within Novelty Lighting. It carries 1,567 reviews at 4.55 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
6.3%
Average rank
#120in Novelty Lighting
Average rating
4.55 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,567per listing
Listings tracked
38

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 40 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
40 months

Products

Top Floating Candles products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 49% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$76K$153K$229K$306K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

29 falling

Sellers

46

Top-5 brand share

53%

Top 20: 93%

Top-5 click share

49%

Top 20: 85%

Open market

42%

  • Tuyai13%
  • Auralome12%
  • Homemory10%
  • Capaniel9%
  • MAQIHAN8%
  • Ashlux5%

Demand

Floating Candles search demand

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

80K60KSpike '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Sep, Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.1×

Search terms

Top Floating Candles search terms shoppers use

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

  • floating candles1.1M/yr
  • floating candles for centerpieces214K/yr
  • velas flotantes para agua41K/yr
  • floating candle42K/yr
  • floating candles 3 inch21K/yr
  • 3 inch floating candles20K/yr
  • white floating candles22K/yr
  • water candles20K/yr
  • water candles floating18K/yr
  • floating tealight candles16K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Floating Candles

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

19%of positive reviews mention “Brightness/Shine/Glow”
17%of negative reviews mention “Functionality-Overall”
5.9%of orders come back
“Half did not work”
A buyer, on “Functionality-Overall”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.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Floating Candles questions

Answered from the same tracked data.