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Chinese Leaf

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — Chinese Leaf doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

30
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Market size 7Growth 15Conversion 100Competition 7Returns 100Price range 0Avg price 4Brand share 0Review moat 53Quality gap 32
This niche Category average

Is Chinese Leaf profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Chinese Leaf is a £30K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (84K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 30/100.

Chinese Leaf: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -19.9% over the last 90 days and 24.7% of searches end in a purchase.

£30K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr40K
Search volume / yr-19.9%84K
Conversion rate24.7%
Avg price£1.42

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand, so 0% of the market is open.

0%

open market share

Brands · sellers3 · 6
Top-5 product click share92%
Open market0%
Avg brand age67 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 8 products

Sponsored placement0%
New entrants (1y)0· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews1,371

Top Chinese Leaf products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 92% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£3K£6K£9K£12K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

3 flat

Sellers

6

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

92%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Morrisons64%
  • by Amazon33%
  • Curious2%

Chinese Leaf demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume84KCVR24.7%Products8Brands3Top 5 Brands100%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.6★Reviews1,371Avg BSR#1
2K1KFeb '26Mar '26Apr '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26Jun '26

Top Chinese Leaf search terms shoppers use

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

  • pak choi31K/yr
  • pak16K/yr
  • chinese leaf11K/yr
  • chinese cabbage7K/yr
  • bok5K/yr
  • choi7K/yr
  • bok choy4K/yr
  • bok choi2K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Chinese Leaf

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

95% of reviews
Freshness48%

Arrived beautifully fresh and green

Taste-Overall13%

Tasty when they are fresh

Crispiness11%

Nice and fresh, crispy perfect

Flavor10%

Nice flavour

Quality-Overall4%

happy to recommend due to good quality

What buyers complain about

68% of reviews
Quality-Overall31%

good not great

Taste-Overall17%

This was not pleasant to eat as it was mostly woody stalks and some leafs

Stale/Rotten/Spoiled8%

out of season tend to be bland

Color8%

At first glance these looked so pale

Size-Overall4%

the portion size is quite small

Common Chinese Leaf questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Chinese Leaf 30/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £30K/yr across 8 tracked products. Search demand moved -19.9% over the last 90 days.
Chinese Leaf buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Quality-Overall, Taste-Overall, Stale/Rotten/Spoiled, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.0%.