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Oil

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

Flapen Score

66
Worth a look

Top 5% of 419 Grocery niches · +14 vs the category median of 52

Market size 86Growth 20Conversion 78Competition 62Returns 100Price range 82Avg price 95Brand share 54Review moat 86Quality gap 43
This niche Category average · 419 niches

Is Oil profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Arab Emirates niche tracking, Oil is a $1.5M/yr Amazon United Arab Emirates market (794K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 72% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 66/100.

Oil: 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 -10.5% over the last 90 days and 7.7% of searches end in a purchase.

$1.5M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr80K
Search volume / yr-10.5%794K
Conversion rate7.7%
Avg price$24.17

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 72% of demand, so 28% of the market is open.

28%

open market share

Brands · sellers16 · 21
Top-5 product click share48%
Open market28%
Avg brand age56 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 33 products

Sponsored placement0%
New entrants (1y)2· 2 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews284

Top Oil products & what they sell for

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

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 48% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

$0$74K$148K$221K$295K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

16 rising

Sellers

21

Top-5 brand share

72%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

48%

Top 20: 83%

Open market

22%

  • Noor46%
  • Generic9%
  • Heart Light6%
  • FORTUNE6%
  • NOOR5%
  • Sun Vita5%

Oil demand & seasonality

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

Volume794KCVR7.7%Products33Brands16Top 5 Brands72%OOS Rate6.2%Rating4.5★Reviews284Avg BSR#17
20K15KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Top Oil search terms shoppers use

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

  • oil192K/yr
  • cooking oil176K/yr
  • sunflower oil123K/yr
  • canola oil53K/yr
  • noor sunflower oil50K/yr
  • oil cooking26K/yr
  • زيت طعام21K/yr
  • noor oil20K/yr
  • زيت19K/yr
  • زيت عباد الشمس16K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Oil

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

What buyers love

100% of reviews
الفوائد الصحية الشاملة25%

Good for health

الجودة الشاملة18%

Excellent product

الذوق العام14%

It has good taste

القيمة مقابل المال14%

Worth for the price

نباتي/عضوي7%

Pure sunflower oil

What buyers complain about

100% of reviews
تعليمات الطبخ42%

Smell is very bad when cooking

الذوق العام25%

All food which we cooked regularly tasted weird and horrible

يشم17%

Smell is very bad when cooking

الجودة الشاملة17%

Poor quality

Common Oil questions

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

Flapen scores Oil 66/100 on Amazon United Arab Emirates — Worth a look. The niche generates $1.5M/yr across 33 tracked products. 2 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -10.5% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Oil on Amazon United Arab Emirates is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.6× the quietest.