How competitive is the Cardamom niche on Amazon United Arab Emirates?

15 brands and 29 sellers compete in Cardamom on Amazon United Arab Emirates. The top 5 Cardamom products take 52% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 80% of demand.

What do buyers complain about in Cardamom?

Cardamom buyers on Amazon United Arab Emirates complain most about الحجم الكلي, القيمة مقابل المال, المنتج المعلن عنه مقابل المنتج الفعلي, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.1%.

What does it cost to enter the Cardamom niche?

Cardamom sells for $35.38 on average on Amazon United Arab Emirates, inside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span $6.97–$191.12. The average incumbent carries 54 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

Cardamom

Cardamom shows low returns (0.1%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Signals Low Review Barrier

Flapen Score

Worth a look

Top 18% of 419 Grocery niches · +7 vs the category median of 52

This niche Category average · 419 niches

Is Cardamom profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Arab Emirates niche tracking, Cardamom is a $189K/yr Amazon United Arab Emirates market (67K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 80% of demand. Demand peaks in Feb. Verdict: Worth a look — 59/100.

Cardamom: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -1.2% over the last 90 days and 8.0% of searches end in a purchase.

$189K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr8K

Search volume / yr-1.2%67K

Conversion rate8.0%

Avg price$35.38

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 80% of demand, so 20% of the market is open.

20%

open market share

Brands · sellers15 · 29

Top-5 product click share52%

Open market20%

Avg brand age52 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 22 products

Top Cardamom products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Top sellers

by 90-day click share

Bayara Cardamom Large 100g

Price: $21.12
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 282
Age: 7y ago

Reema Whole Cardamom 50 g

Price: $10.43
Rating: 4.1/5
Reviews: 64
Age: 4y ago

Nitra Green Cardamom 100 g

Price: $13.63
Rating: 4.1/5
Reviews: 7
Age: 11mo ago

Lulu Cardamom DGJ 6mm 100g Approx. Weight

Price: $14.57
Rating: 4.1/5
Reviews: 63
Age: 3y ago

EMPEROR AKBAR Purple Grade (8 mm & above) Cardamom (500G)

Price: $109.14
Rating: 4.3/5
Reviews: 39
Age: 4y ago

Newest

by launch date

AWAFI MILL Whole Green Cardamom (Elaichi | Elettaria cardamomum) Premium Aromatic Pods for Chai Arabic Coffee Biryani & Desserts | Food-Grade Spice - 100 g | 3.5 Oz

Price: $46.66
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 2
Age: 9mo ago

Nitra Green Cardamom 100 g

Price: $13.63
Rating: 4.1/5
Reviews: 7
Age: 11mo ago

Tasty Food Green Cardamom 20 g

Price: $7.95
Rating: 3.6/5
Reviews: 3
Age: 1y ago

Unifresh Green Cardamom 50grams Pack of 1

Price: $8.36
Rating: 4.3/5
Reviews: 42
Age: 1y ago

FreshToHome Cardamom Green 50g (UAE)

Price: $10.91
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 3
Age: 1y ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 52% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 rising

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

80%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

52%

Top 20: 98%

Open market

16%

Bayara26%
Lulu23%
Emperor Akbar14%
Reema9%
Nitra9%
Unifresh3%
Open — no brand owns it (9 brands, 16%)

Cardamom demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume67KCVR8.0%Products22Brands15Top 5 Brands80%OOS Rate3.3%Rating4.3★Reviews54Avg BSR#56

Peak months: Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Top Cardamom search terms shoppers use

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

cardamom41K/yr +4.8%7.6% conv.
هيل حب6K/yr -3.7%3.1% conv.
هيل8K/yr -25.5%5.0% conv.
elaichi6K/yr +9.1%9.0% conv.
cardamon3K/yr -11.3%12.6% conv.
green cardamom3K/yr -1.1%5.8% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cardamom

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

90% of reviews

الجودة الشاملة57%

“Very good quality”

نضارة33%

“Its look fresh”

What buyers complain about

89% of reviews

الحجم الكلي61%

“Small size”

القيمة مقابل المال17%

“scam for the price of AED 19 for 100 gms”

المنتج المعلن عنه مقابل المنتج الفعلي11%

“Size is not same as like website picture”

Cardamom return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.1%

Return rate

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1الحجم الكلي

25%

2المنتج المعلن عنه مقابل المنتج الفعلي

25%

3لون

25%

4رطب/جاف

25%

Common Cardamom questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Cardamom 59/100 on Amazon United Arab Emirates — Worth a look. The niche generates $189K/yr across 22 tracked products. 1 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -1.2% over the last 90 days.