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21 Year Old Whisky

Fail

Shoppers spend only $42K a year here, so 21 Year Old Whisky is a Fail.

Flapen Score
44
44 / 100
Ranks 1,743 of 2,976 Grocery niches · −2 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£42K/yr26K searches / yr
90-day growth
+1.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
48%top-5 click share · 22 brands · 38 sellers

Flapen Score

21 Year Old Whisky against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, 21 Year Old Whisky is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

44Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The 21 Year Old Whisky market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for 21 Year Old Whisky 26K times last year and spent an estimated £42K. The top 5 brands take 56% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

1.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 26K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +1.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £42K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
26K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+1.7%
Conversion, latest week
1.6%
Market size, estimated
£42Ka year
Peak month
December2.7× the quietest month
Top search term
21 year old whisky11K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £100.34.

Listings sell for £100.34 on average, from £16.01 to £239.48. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 250 to 500 a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £100.34 that is £0 to £10K a year per listing.

Average price
£100.34above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£16.01–£239.48
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
250–500
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£10K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

59% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 85% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #632 within Beer, Wine & Spirits. It carries 2,264 reviews at 4.70 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
59%
Prime listings
85%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#632in Beer, Wine & Spirits
Average rating
4.70 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,264per listing
Listings tracked
27

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 105 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
105 months

Products

Top 21 Year Old 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 48% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£2K£4K£6K£8K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)2 products missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

22 flat

Sellers

38

Top-5 brand share

56%

Top 20: 97%

Top-5 click share

48%

Top 20: 90%

Open market

39%

  • Glenfiddich23%
  • Glengoyne10%
  • JOHNNIE WALKER9%
  • Glenfarclas7%
  • North British7%
  • English Pewter Company Sheffield, England5%

Demand

21 Year Old Whisky search demand

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

1K750Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.7×

Search terms

Top 21 Year Old Whisky search terms shoppers use

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

  • 21 year old whisky11K/yr
  • 25 year old whisky6K/yr
  • 30 year old whisky4K/yr
  • glenfiddich whisky 21 year old4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 21 Year Old Whisky

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

Complain

Taste-Overall37%−0.05

for me this tasted very immature and sharp, not at all rounded

All I could taste was smoke so acrid it made me gag

Weird taste like contaminated with petrol or something

Alcohol Content20%−0.03

There was a smell of alcohol

Value For Money13%−0.03

Its not the cheapest

what an absolute waste of money

Bitter10%−0.01

The issue for me here was the bitter acrid taste delivered by the smoke

Contamination7%−0.01

Weird taste like contaminated with petrol or something

Love

Alcohol Flavor35%+2.36

An excellent whiskey and most enjoyable

Nice whisky at an excellent price

Smooth whisky

Taste-Overall15%−0.05

Very tasty

this is one hell of a delicious drop

A fine tasting whisky

Quality-Overall15%+0.92

Great quality, good gift for whiskey lovers

Great quality

Brilliant product

Gifting Purpose14%+1.40

Ideal gift

Great gift

Great gift for any occasion

Value For Money12%−0.03

Great value

Worth the money

Great price

Return

0.5% Return rate 0% Fixable by listing

Gifting Purpose100%▁▁█▁▁▁

FAQ

Common 21 Year Old Whisky questions

Answered from the same tracked data.