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Carte Noire Coffee

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Carte Noire Coffee is a Fail.

Flapen Score
46
46 / 100
Ranks 1,444 of 2,976 Grocery niches · on the category median
Market size
£300K/yr147K searches / yr
90-day growth
-23.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
75%top-5 click share · 3 brands · 118 sellers

Flapen Score

Carte Noire Coffee against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Carte Noire Coffee is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

46Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Carte Noire Coffee market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Carte Noire Coffee 147K times last year and spent an estimated £300K. All 3 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 46 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

11.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 147K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 11.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -23.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £300K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
147K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-23.7%
Conversion, latest week
11.8%
Market size, estimated
£300Ka year
Peak month
October1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
lor coffee71K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £17.27.

Listings sell for £17.27 on average, from £4.88 to £39.74. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £17.27 that is £13K to £17K a year per listing.

Average price
£17.27inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.88–£39.74
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£13K–£17K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

42% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #151 within Coffee. It carries 576 reviews at 4.63 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
42%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
5.6%
Average rank
#151in Coffee
Average rating
4.63 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
576per listing
Listings tracked
12

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 60 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Carte Noire Coffee products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 75% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£45K£90K£135K£180K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

3 falling

Sellers

118

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • L'OR94%
  • L'Or Espresso3%
  • Carte Noire3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Carte Noire Coffee search demand

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

5K3KSpike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26MarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Carte Noire Coffee search terms shoppers use

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

  • lor coffee71K/yr
  • lor coffee jar23K/yr
  • carte noire coffee14K/yr
  • coffee lor8K/yr
  • lor instant coffee10K/yr
  • lor intense instant coffee9K/yr
  • l or coffee6K/yr
  • carte noire2K/yr
  • carte noire instant coffee4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Carte Noire Coffee

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Value For Money15%+1.96

Too pricey

This coffee is not cheap

Expensive

Flavor13%+0.42

Poor flavour, bland

has nothing like the strength and depth of flavour of even a Starbucks 10

I cannot notice a huge difference between the four flavours

Bitter12%−0.05

Bitter

Most instant coffee has a very sharp and bitter taste,

Some of these are very bitter

Quality-Overall10%−0.02

Not good enough

the same brand bought in a supermarket is fine - clearly a quality issue

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%−0.01

Misrepresentation of item

Love

Value For Money29%+1.96

Amazing value

Excellent value for money

Money well spent

Taste-Overall18%+1.82

Delicious coffee

Great taste

Tasty coffee

Caffeine Content17%−0.04

As nice as caffeinated pods

Comfort coffee

Very good coffee

Flavor12%+0.42

Pleasant smooth flavour

Great flavour

Rich in flavour

Quality-Overall10%−0.02

Good quality

good quality for a coffee pod

I am equally as pleased with the quality of these pods

FAQ

Common Carte Noire Coffee questions

Answered from the same tracked data.