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18 Year Old Single Malt Whisky

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so 18 Year Old Single Malt Whisky is a Fail.

Flapen Score
45
45 / 100
Ranks 1,592 of 2,976 Grocery niches · −1 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£3.6M/yr778K searches / yr
90-day growth
-10.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
65%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 66 sellers

Flapen Score

18 Year Old Single Malt Whisky against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, 18 Year Old Single Malt Whisky is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

45Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The 18 Year Old Single Malt Whisky market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for 18 Year Old Single Malt Whisky 778K times last year and spent an estimated £3.6M. All 4 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 45 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

4.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 778K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -10.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £3.6M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
778K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-10.8%
Conversion, latest week
4.4%
Market size, estimated
£3.6Ma year
Peak month
December5.0× the quietest month
Top search term
glenfiddich whisky260K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £106.29.

Listings sell for £106.29 on average, from £11.17 to £536.18. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At £106.29 that is £106K to £133K a year per listing.

Average price
£106.29above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£11.17–£536.18
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
£106K–£133K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

84% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #245 within Beer, Wine & Spirits. It carries 5,290 reviews at 4.77 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
84%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
2.2%
Average rank
#245in Beer, Wine & Spirits
Average rating
4.77 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
5,290per listing
Listings tracked
19

04 · Newcomers

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

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 90 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top 18 Year Old Single Malt Whisky 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 65% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£361K£723K£1.1M£1.4M1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

4 falling

Sellers

66

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

65%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Glenfiddich44%
  • Macallan39%
  • Dalwhinnie14%
  • The Glenlivet3%

Demand

18 Year Old Single Malt Whisky search demand

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

50K30KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.0×

Search terms

Top 18 Year Old Single Malt Whisky search terms shoppers use

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

  • glenfiddich whisky260K/yr
  • macallan whisky185K/yr
  • macallan52K/yr
  • glenfiddich46K/yr
  • dalwhinnie whisky40K/yr
  • macallan whisky 12 year old32K/yr
  • 18 year old whisky21K/yr
  • glenfiddich whisky 12 year8K/yr
  • macallan whiskey12K/yr
  • whisky 18 year old11K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 18 Year Old Single Malt Whisky

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

Complain

Value For Money18%−0.04

This is an expensive bottle of whisky

Glad I didn't pay full price

Expensive though so you need to be a real whiskey lover

Size-Overall18%−0.03

The bottle is small

Tiny bottle

Flavor5%0.00

My only downside is the flavour finish feels a bit short

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%+0.07

The product details are a bit weird

Ease Of Use4%−0.01

Regretfully all I can say is this is not an easy drinking whiskey

Love

Alcohol Flavor40%+0.19

Drinkablity, colour, quality of the bottle shape, unique taste with a higher than usual alcohol content

Stunning great drink

its earned its spot on the market with its smooth drinkable style

Gifting Purpose17%+3.40

Ideal gift

Great gift

Really nice gift for someone

Value For Money15%−0.04

great value for money

Great Price

Great value at the price

Taste-Overall15%−0.03

Smooth taste

Great taste great presentation

Good taste

Quality-Overall7%+0.94

Excellent quality item

Have great expectations based upon others reviews

Good quality and value arrived quickly nice whiskey

FAQ

Common 18 Year Old Single Malt Whisky questions

Answered from the same tracked data.