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Ghost Candles

Maybe

Search demand grew >1,000% this quarter. But shoppers spend only $42K a year here, so Ghost Candles is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 24% of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · +6 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$42K/yr124K searches / yr
90-day growth
>1,000%search demand this quarter
Competition
52%top-5 click share · 20 brands · 23 sellers

Flapen Score

Ghost Candles against its category

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

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

Market

The Ghost Candles market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Ghost Candles 124K times last year and spent an estimated $42K. The top 5 brands take 58% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jul–Aug–Sep–Oct. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

1.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 124K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved >1,000% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $42K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
124K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
>1,000%
Conversion, latest week
1.8%
Market size, estimated
$42Ka year
Peak month
September55.7× the quietest month
Top search term
ghost candles57K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $18.43.

Listings sell for $18.43 on average, from $8.01 to $29.43. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At $18.43 that is $0 to $2K a year per listing.

Average price
$18.43inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$8.01–$29.43
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
$0–$2K
Returns
3.2%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

89% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 89% ship with Prime. On an average day, 20.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #1,097 within Novelty Lighting. It carries 215 reviews at 4.60 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
89%
Prime listings
89%
Out of stock, average day
20.2%
Average rank
#1,097in Novelty Lighting
Average rating
4.60 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
215per listing
Listings tracked
27

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 8 launches as successful.

8 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 24 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
8
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
24 months

Products

Top Ghost 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 52% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$2K$4K$6K$8K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

20 falling

Sellers

23

Top-5 brand share

58%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

52%

Top 20: 93%

Open market

37%

  • DRomance21%
  • Eldnacele10%
  • LumiPur10%
  • Nuanchu9%
  • MOREDOTS7%
  • EBaokuup5%

Demand

Ghost Candles search demand

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

9K7KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 55.7×

Search terms

Top Ghost Candles search terms shoppers use

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

  • ghost candles57K/yr
  • ghost taper candles14K/yr
  • ghost candle21K/yr
  • flameless ghost candles5K/yr
  • flameless ghost taper candle6K/yr
  • ghost flameless candles5K/yr
  • ghost candles flameless6K/yr
  • halloween ghost candles4K/yr
  • ghost candle sticks5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Ghost Candles

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

17%of positive reviews mention “Size-Overall”
23%of negative reviews mention “Shape/Style”
3.2%of orders come back
“The curved shape makes me question how evenly or safely they would burn”
A buyer, on “Shape/Style”23% 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 Ghost Candles questions

Answered from the same tracked data.