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Cider Making Kit

Cider Making Kit shows low returns (0.3%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

58
Worth a look
Market size 10Growth 68Conversion 32Competition 48Returns 99Price range 82Avg price 95Brand share 54Review moat 96Quality gap 68
This niche Category average

Is Cider Making Kit profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Cider Making Kit is a £40K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (54K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 73% of demand. Demand peaks in Aug–Sep–Oct–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 58/100.

Cider Making Kit: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved +49.1% over the last 90 days and 2.6% of searches end in a purchase.

£40K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr1K
Search volume / yr+49.1%54K
Conversion rate2.6%
Avg price£29.05

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 73% of demand, so 27% of the market is open.

27%

open market share

Brands · sellers13 · 17
Top-5 product click share56%
Open market27%
Avg brand age74 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 22 products

Sponsored placement77%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews79

Top Cider Making Kit 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 take 56% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£4K£8K£12K£16K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

13 rising

Sellers

17

Top-5 brand share

73%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

56%

Top 20: 99%

Open market

20%

  • Almost Off Grid35%
  • Festival11%
  • SQUEEZE master11%
  • DIAH DO IT AT HOME9%
  • On the Rocks7%
  • 247Homebrew7%

Cider Making Kit demand & seasonality

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

Volume54KCVR2.6%Products22Brands13Top 5 Brands73%OOS Rate5.2%Rating4.3★Reviews79Avg BSR#124
3K2KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Aug, Sep, Oct, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 6.4×

Top Cider Making Kit search terms shoppers use

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

  • cider making kit39K/yr
  • cider making kits home brew6K/yr
  • cider brewing kit4K/yr
  • cider kit4K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cider Making Kit

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

What buyers love

86% of reviews
Taste-Overall43%

Super taste easy to make

Strength14%

Sturdy bucket,

Quality-Overall14%

Glass bottles itself are fine product

Design-Overall7%

Great design on bubble

Ease Of Use7%

tap easy to fit - its great

What buyers complain about

75% of reviews
Value For Money50%

Slightly more expensive

Leak-Proof13%

Leaky tap

Size-Overall13%

Bungs don't fit well

Cider Making Kit return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.3%

Return rate

25%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Leak-Proof
44%
2Size-Overall
25%
3Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting
13%
4Ease Of Use
13%
5Maintenance And Repair
6%

Common Cider Making Kit questions

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

Flapen scores Cider Making Kit 58/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £40K/yr across 22 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +49.1% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Cider Making Kit on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Aug–Sep–Oct–Dec, where the busiest month runs 6.4× the quietest.