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Stout

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.3% of orders. But the top 5 brands take 96% of clicks, so Stout is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
56
56 / 100
Top 21% of 2,461 Fashion niches · +8 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£1.2M/yr1.5M searches / yr
90-day growth
-1.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
44%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 77 sellers

Flapen Score

Stout against its category

The dotted line is the Fashion average. Past it, Stout is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

56Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Stout market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Stout 1.5M times last year and spent an estimated £1.2M. The top 5 brands take 96% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jun–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 56 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

5.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.5M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 5.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -1.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.2M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.5M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-1.5%
Conversion, latest week
5.8%
Market size, estimated
£1.2Ma year
Peak month
December6.7× the quietest month
Top search term
guinness594K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £14.19.

Listings sell for £14.19 on average, from £4.70 to £33.30. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 80K to 100K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At £14.19 that is £21K to £28K a year per listing.

Average price
£14.19under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.70–£33.30
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
80K–100K
Units per listing a year
1,500–2,000
Revenue per listing a year
£21K–£28K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

68% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 88% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #172 within Luggage & Travel Gear. It carries 628 reviews at 4.63 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
68%
Prime listings
88%
Out of stock, average day
7.4%
Average rank
#172in Luggage & Travel Gear
Average rating
4.63 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
628per listing
Listings tracked
34

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 11 launches as successful.

11 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 51 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
11
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
51 months

Products

Top Stout 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 44% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£61K£123K£184K£245K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)4 products missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

8 flat

Sellers

77

Top-5 brand share

96%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

44%

Top 20: 85%

Open market

2%

  • GUINNESS THE 175981%
  • BEAMS INTERNATIONAL9%
  • QWERTY Beer Box2%
  • SERIOUS PIG2%
  • All Things Personalised2%
  • Murphy's1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 2%)

Demand

Stout search demand

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

90K70KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jun, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 6.7×

Search terms

Top Stout search terms shoppers use

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

  • guinness594K/yr
  • guinness gifts for men352K/yr
  • guiness158K/yr
  • guinness gifts104K/yr
  • stout54K/yr
  • guinness gift36K/yr
  • guinness draught cans18K/yr
  • guinness gift set40K/yr
  • guinness merchandise26K/yr
  • stout beer20K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Stout

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Value For Money27%−0.08

expensive

A waste of money

Expensive

Functionality-Overall8%−0.04

It doesnt work

This product doesn't work

Mine just didnt work

Taste-Overall7%+0.30

the beer didn't taste great

Doesn't taste like Guiness

quite a watery taste

Leak-Proof7%

Leaks

One of the cans leaked

This product started to leak after afew months

Quality-Overall7%+0.50

Really poor

Feel cheap

These seem cheaply made, not quality, despite being £10 per glass so not worth the money

Love

Quality-Overall20%+0.50

Good quality bag

good quality socks

Excellent product

Gifting Purpose19%+1.91

Christmas gift

Great gift

Worthy gift

Taste-Overall13%+0.30

Really tasty coffee

Great taste

This is delicious coffee

Value For Money8%−0.08

good value

Good value

cheaper than in Stores

Alcohol Flavor6%+0.65

Alcohol free

Really tasty alternative alcohol free

Perfect Drink

Return

0.3% Return rate 33% Fixable by listing

Gifting Purpose35%▁█▆▆█▅
Size-Overall26%▁▁█▆█▅
Product Condition6%▁▆█▁▁▁
Weight Heavy6%▁▁▁▅▁█
Advertised Vs Actual Product6%▁█▁█▁▁

Another marketing gimmick

Not what is soecified

FAQ

Common Stout questions

Answered from the same tracked data.