How competitive is the Absinthe niche on Amazon United Kingdom?

8 brands and 14 sellers compete in Absinthe on Amazon United Kingdom. The top 5 Absinthe products take 77% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 95% of demand.

What do buyers complain about in Absinthe?

Absinthe buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Taste-Overall, Value For Money, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.6%.

What does it cost to enter the Absinthe niche?

Absinthe sells for £28.38 on average on Amazon United Kingdom, inside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span £9.95–£44.28. The average incumbent carries 317 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

Absinthe

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 95% of clicks) — Absinthe doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

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This niche Category average

Is Absinthe profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Absinthe is a £103K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (120K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 95% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 40/100.

Absinthe: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -9.7% over the last 90 days and 3.0% of searches end in a purchase.

£103K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr3K

Search volume / yr-9.7%120K

Conversion rate3.0%

Avg price£28.38

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 95% of demand, so 5% of the market is open.

open market share

Brands · sellers8 · 14

Top-5 product click share77%

Open market5%

Avg brand age88 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.7★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 12 products

Top Absinthe products & what they sell for

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

Top sellers

by 90-day click share

La Fée Parisienne Absinthe 70cl 68% ABV | Authentic Classic Verte Green Absinthe

Price: £39.45
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 1,104
Age: 15y ago

GREEN MONKEY SMALL BATCH ABSINTHE AWARD WINNING 70Cl 68% ABV HAND CRAFTED IN UK.

Price: £44.28
Rating: 5.0/5
Reviews: 1
Age: 7mo ago

La Fée Parisienne Absinthe 20cl 68% ABV Authentic Classic Verte Green Absinthe

Price: £12.54
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 1,104
Age: 5y ago

La Fée NV Absinthe 70cl 40% ABV | Fun Modern Party Absinthe | Cocktails Shots & with Mixers

Price: £21.73
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 529
Age: 10y ago

La Fée Bohemian Absinthe 70 cl 70% ABV Authentic Aromatic Balanced Modern Absinthe

Price: £39.51
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 79
Age: 15y ago

Newest

by launch date

IL GUSTO Premium French Absinthe Emanuel Shots Green Fairy 55% ABV

Price: £9.95
Rating: 0.0/5
Reviews: 0
Age: 4mo ago

GREEN MONKEY SMALL BATCH ABSINTHE AWARD WINNING 70Cl 68% ABV HAND CRAFTED IN UK.

Price: £44.28
Rating: 5.0/5
Reviews: 1
Age: 7mo ago

La Fée Parisienne Absinthe 20cl 68% ABV Authentic Classic Verte Green Absinthe

Price: £12.54
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 1,104
Age: 5y ago

Absinthe or Grand Wormwood (Artemisia Absinthium) herb with Flowers Alcohol-Free Mother Tincture Naturalma - Liquid Extract Drops 120 ml - Food Supplement - Vegan

Price: £13.04
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 413
Age: 6y ago

Trenet Absinthe 70 cl

Price: £32.52
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 259
Age: 8y ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 77% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

95%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

La Fee62%
Fanny's Distilling Company Limited15%
Trenet9%
Absente6%
Mr. Jekyll3%
St. George Spirits2%
Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 3%)

Absinthe demand & seasonality

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

Volume120KCVR3.0%Products12Brands8Top 5 Brands95%OOS Rate6.7%Rating4.7★Reviews317Avg BSR#71

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.5×

Top Absinthe search terms shoppers use

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

absinthe84K/yr -2.1%2.5% conv.
absinthe alcohol15K/yr -14.0%2.7% conv.
absynth5K/yr +3.4%2.6% conv.
absent3K/yr -19.6%0.5% conv.
absinth2K/yr -7.3%1.2% conv.
absynth alcohol3K/yr -44.4%1.7% conv.
absente alcohol4K/yr -84.0%1.1% conv.
absinthe 89.93K/yr -74.2%2.9% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Absinthe

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

What buyers love

100% of reviews

Taste-Overall41%

“Taste great”

Alcohol Flavor22%

“A good tasting absinthe that goes down well”

Quality-Overall17%

“Very good quality”

Smell8%

“Lovely smell of aniseed”

Value For Money6%

“I thought it great value for money”

What buyers complain about

100% of reviews

Taste-Overall50%

“Tastes like pernod to me”

Value For Money50%

“Expensive”

Common Absinthe questions

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

Flapen scores Absinthe 40/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £103K/yr across 12 tracked products. 0 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -9.7% over the last 90 days.