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Bourbon

Maybe

Shoppers spend an estimated $5.2M a year here. But the products selling today already average 4.8★, so Bourbon is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
60
60 / 100
Top 6% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +14 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£5.2M/yr3.1M searches / yr
90-day growth
+5.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
53%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 69 sellers

Flapen Score

Bourbon against its category

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

60Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Bourbon market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Bourbon 3.1M times last year and spent an estimated £5.2M. The top 5 brands take 86% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 60 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 7.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 3.1M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 7.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +5.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £5.2M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
3.1M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+5.6%
Conversion, latest week
7.5%
Market size, estimated
£5.2Ma year
Peak month
December5.9× the quietest month
Top search term
jack daniels1.0M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £21.88.

Listings sell for £21.88 on average, from £13.49 to £52.61. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 200K to 250K a year. The average listing sells 6,000 to 8,000 of them. At £21.88 that is £131K to £175K a year per listing.

Average price
£21.88inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£13.49–£52.61
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
200K–250K
Units per listing a year
6,000–8,000
Revenue per listing a year
£131K–£175K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

86% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #66 within Beer, Wine & Spirits. It carries 4,570 reviews at 4.77 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
86%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#66in Beer, Wine & Spirits
Average rating
4.77 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
4,570per listing
Listings tracked
22

04 · Newcomers

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

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 67 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
67 months

Products

Top Bourbon 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 53% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£515K£1.0M£1.5M£2.1M1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 falling

Sellers

69

Est. top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

53%

Top 20: 98%

Open market

7%

  • JACKDANIEL'S55%
  • Jim Beam9%
  • Buffalo Trace8%
  • Woodford Reserve7%
  • Bulleit7%
  • Maker's Mark6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 7%)

Demand

Bourbon search demand

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

175K125KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.9×

Search terms

Top Bourbon search terms shoppers use

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

  • jack daniels1.0M/yr
  • bourbon499K/yr
  • bourbon whiskey348K/yr
  • jack daniels 1l207K/yr
  • bourbon whiskey deal of the day110K/yr
  • jim beam120K/yr
  • jack daniels gift set191K/yr
  • buffalo trace65K/yr
  • gentleman jack whiskey73K/yr
  • makers mark53K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Bourbon

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

26%of positive reviews mention “Alcohol Flavor”
24%of negative reviews mention “Taste-Overall”
0.4%of orders come back
“tasted chemically to be honest”
A buyer, on “Taste-Overall”24% 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.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Bourbon 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