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Stout

Stout shows low returns (0.3%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

56
Worth a look
Market size 82Growth 24Conversion 65Competition 69Returns 98Price range 64Avg price 68Brand share 9Review moat 72Quality gap 23
This niche Category average

Is Stout profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Stout is a £1.2M/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (1.5M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 96% of demand. Demand peaks in Jun–Nov–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 56/100.

Stout: 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 -1.5% over the last 90 days and 5.8% of searches end in a purchase.

£1.2M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr100K
Search volume / yr-1.5%1.5M
Conversion rate5.8%
Avg price£14.19

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 96% of demand, so 4% of the market is open.

4%

open market share

Brands · sellers8 · 77
Top-5 product click share44%
Open market4%
Avg brand age51 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 34 products

Sponsored placement68%
New entrants (1y)11· 2 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews628

Top Stout 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 44% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond 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%)

Stout demand & seasonality

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

Volume1.5MCVR5.8%Products34Brands8Top 5 Brands96%OOS Rate7.4%Rating4.6★Reviews628Avg BSR#172
90K70KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

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

Top Stout search terms shoppers use

The exact queries 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

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Stout

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

What buyers love

83% of reviews
Quality-Overall20%

Good quality bag

Gifting Purpose19%

Christmas gift

Taste-Overall13%

Really tasty coffee

Value For Money8%

good value

Alcohol Flavor6%

Alcohol free

What buyers complain about

77% of reviews
Value For Money27%

expensive

Functionality-Overall8%

It doesnt work

Taste-Overall7%

the beer didn't taste great

Leak-Proof7%

Leaks

Quality-Overall7%

Really poor

Stout return rate & reasons

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

0.3%

Return rate

33%

Fixable by listing

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

1Gifting Purpose
35%
2Size-Overall
26%
3Product Condition
6%
4Weight Heavy
6%
5Advertised Vs Actual Product
6%

Common Stout questions

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

Flapen scores Stout 56/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £1.2M/yr across 34 tracked products. 2 of 11 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -1.5% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Stout on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Jun–Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 6.7× the quietest.