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Ale

Maybe

An estimated 0.2% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at +10.0% this quarter, so Ale is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
59
59 / 100
Top 7% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +13 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£313K/yr510K searches / yr
90-day growth
+10.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
46%top-5 click share · 26 brands · 53 sellers

Flapen Score

Ale against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Ale is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

59Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Ale market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Ale 510K times last year and spent an estimated £313K. The top 5 brands take 70% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 59 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 4.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 510K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 4.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +10.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £313K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
510K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+10.0%
Conversion, latest week
4.4%
Market size, estimated
£313Ka year
Peak month
December2.6× the quietest month
Top search term
ale238K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £14.04.

Listings sell for £14.04 on average, from £2.38 to £30.09. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £14.04 that is £7K to £11K a year per listing.

Average price
£14.04under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.38–£30.09
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£7K–£11K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

54% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 95% ship with Prime. On an average day, 8.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #222 within Beer, Wine & Spirits. It carries 153 reviews at 4.51 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
54%
Prime listings
95%
Out of stock, average day
8.0%
Average rank
#222in Beer, Wine & Spirits
Average rating
4.51 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
153per listing
Listings tracked
41

04 · Newcomers

2 of last year's 3 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 78 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
78 months

Products

Top Ale products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 23, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 46% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£13K£25K£38K£50K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

26 falling

Sellers

53

Est. top-5 brand share

70%

Top 20: 95%

Est. top-5 click share

46%

Top 20: 81%

Open market

26%

  • Old Speckled Hen30%
  • Greene King17%
  • Badger10%
  • Sharps Brewery8%
  • Camden4%
  • Fullers4%

Demand

Ale search demand

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

23K18KSpike '24Black Friday '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.6×

Search terms

Top Ale search terms shoppers use

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

  • ale238K/yr
  • pale ale30K/yr
  • doom bar25K/yr
  • bitter & ale34K/yr
  • real ale28K/yr
  • old speckled hen17K/yr
  • ales23K/yr
  • real ale gifts for men19K/yr
  • ale beer12K/yr
  • ale gift set14K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Ale

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

25%of positive reviews mention “Alcohol Flavor”
25%of negative reviews mention “Taste-Overall”
0.2%of orders come back
“the taste is lighter than one would get from a stronger beer”
A buyer, on “Taste-Overall”25% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

13 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Ale questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data