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Cardamom Pods

Fail

Demand is soft, at -14.5% this quarter, so Cardamom Pods is a Fail.

Flapen Score
49
49 / 100
Top 36% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +3 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£143K/yr140K searches / yr
90-day growth
-14.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
59%top-5 click share · 14 brands · 54 sellers

Flapen Score

Cardamom Pods against its category

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

49Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Cardamom Pods market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Cardamom Pods 140K times last year and spent an estimated £143K. The top 5 brands take 81% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 49 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 13.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 140K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 13.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -14.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £143K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
140K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-14.5%
Conversion, latest week
13.2%
Market size, estimated
£143Ka year
Peak month
October1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
cardamom pods62K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.70.

Listings sell for £7.70 on average, from £1.99 to £33.72. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £7.70 that is £4K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.70under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.99–£33.72
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£4K–£6K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

76% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 81% ship with Prime. On an average day, 12.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #29 within Herbs, Spices & Seasonings. It carries 162 reviews at 4.54 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
76%
Prime listings
81%
Out of stock, average day
12.1%
Average rank
#29in Herbs, Spices & Seasonings
Average rating
4.54 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
162per listing
Listings tracked
21

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 78 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
78 months

Products

Top Cardamom Pods 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 59% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£14K£29K£43K£57K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

14 rising

Sellers

54

Est. top-5 brand share

81%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

59%

Top 20: 99%

Open market

16%

  • The Worldwide Mint29%
  • Old India25%
  • TRS15%
  • Schwartz7%
  • anamaya5%
  • Natco3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 16%)

Demand

Cardamom Pods search demand

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

4K3KSpike '25DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Cardamom Pods search terms shoppers use

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

  • cardamom pods62K/yr
  • cardamom44K/yr
  • green cardamom pods19K/yr
  • green cardamom8K/yr
  • cardamon4K/yr
  • elaichi3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cardamom Pods

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

41%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
28%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
0.1%of orders come back
“Worst quality black cardamom”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”28% 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.

12 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Cardamom Pods 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