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Buldak Noodles

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But the top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Buldak Noodles is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
50
50 / 100
Ranks 226 of 419 Grocery niches · −2 vs the category median of 52
Market size
$312K/yr183K searches / yr
90-day growth
-5.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
81%top-5 click share · 3 brands · 23 sellers

Flapen Score

Buldak Noodles against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Buldak Noodles is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

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

Market

The Buldak Noodles market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Arab Emirates searched for Buldak Noodles 183K times last year and spent an estimated $312K. All 3 brands take every click. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

6.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 183K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Arab Emirates for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -5.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $312K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
183K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-5.4%
Conversion, latest week
6.8%
Market size, estimated
$312Ka year
Peak month
November1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
buldak55K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $25.15.

Listings sell for $25.15 on average, from $17.67 to $47.29. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $25.15 that is $6K to $13K a year per listing.

Average price
$25.15inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$17.67–$47.29
Amazon United Arab Emirates median price
$60.52across 3,090 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$6K–$13K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Arab Emirates median 1.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

0% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 70% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #32 within Grocery. It carries 1,591 reviews at 4.32 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
0%
Prime listings
70%
Out of stock, average day
1.3%
Average rank
#32in Grocery
Average rating
4.32 starsAmazon United Arab Emirates average 4.27 stars
Average reviews
1,591per listing
Listings tracked
10

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 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 39 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
39 months

Products

Top Buldak Noodles 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 81% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

$0$47K$94K$141K$187K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

3 falling

Sellers

23

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

81%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • SAMYANG89%
  • Vmart6%
  • Nongshim6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Buldak Noodles search demand

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

5K4KSpike '24Black Friday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Search terms

Top Buldak Noodles search terms shoppers use

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

  • buldak55K/yr
  • buldak noodles31K/yr
  • ramen26K/yr
  • اندومي كوري18K/yr
  • samyang20K/yr
  • korean noodles13K/yr
  • ramen noodles11K/yr
  • buldak carbonara5K/yr
  • samyang noodles4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Buldak Noodles

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

67%of positive reviews mention “القيمة مقابل المال”
100%of negative reviews mention “حامِض”
0.1%of orders come back
“Sour spicy”
A buyer, on “حامِض”100% 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.

3 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Buldak Noodles questions

Answered from the same tracked data.