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Black Pepper

Maybe

An estimated 0.0% of orders come back. But prices span $1.26–$12.66, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Black Pepper is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
50
50 / 100
Top 31% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +4 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£175K/yr198K searches / yr
90-day growth
-14.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
44%top-5 click share · 14 brands · 58 sellers

Flapen Score

Black Pepper against its category

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

50Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Black Pepper market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Black Pepper 198K times last year and spent an estimated £175K. The top 5 brands take 75% of clicks. Demand peaks in Sep–Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 17.7% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 198K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 17.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -14.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £175K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
198K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-14.6%
Conversion, latest week
17.7%
Market size, estimated
£175Ka year
Peak month
November1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
black pepper132K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £4.97.

Listings sell for £4.97 on average, from £1.26 to £12.66. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £4.97 that is £4K to £5K a year per listing.

Average price
£4.97under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.26–£12.66
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£4K–£5K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

34% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #142 within Herbs, Spices & Seasonings. It carries 450 reviews at 4.60 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
34%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.2%
Average rank
#142in Herbs, Spices & Seasonings
Average rating
4.60 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
450per listing
Listings tracked
29

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 1 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 59 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Black Pepper 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 24, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 44% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£9K£17K£26K£35K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

14 falling

Sellers

58

Est. top-5 brand share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

44%

Top 20: 89%

Open market

18%

  • Morrisons22%
  • Saxa17%
  • Schwartz15%
  • Old India15%
  • Masala Cottage7%
  • The Worldwide Mint6%

Demand

Black Pepper search demand

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

7K5KSpike '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Sep, Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Black Pepper search terms shoppers use

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

  • black pepper132K/yr
  • ground black pepper27K/yr
  • black pepper powder15K/yr
  • ground pepper12K/yr
  • black pepper ground9K/yr
  • pepper powder3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Black Pepper

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

29%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
12%of negative reviews mention “Value For Money”
<0.1%of orders come back, a rate Amazon rounds to zero
“One star off as its expensive”
A buyer, on “Value For Money”12% 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.

20 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Black Pepper 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