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Cod

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($1.88–$7.75) — Cod doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

48
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Market size 23Growth 17Conversion 92Competition 60Returns 100Price range 0Avg price 12Brand share 13Review moat 75Quality gap 80
This niche Category average

Is Cod profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Cod is a £93K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (184K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 95% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 48/100.

Cod: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -16.0% over the last 90 days and 11.2% of searches end in a purchase.

£93K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr25K
Search volume / yr-16.0%184K
Conversion rate11.2%
Avg price£4.49

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 95% of demand, so 5% of the market is open.

5%

open market share

Brands · sellers8 · 37
Top-5 product click share49%
Open market5%
Avg brand age73 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.2★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 31 products

Sponsored placement0%
New entrants (1y)6· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.2★
Avg reviews492

Top Cod 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 49% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£4K£7K£11K£15K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

8 flat

Sellers

37

Top-5 brand share

95%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

49%

Top 20: 87%

Open market

3%

  • Morrisons52%
  • by Amazon19%
  • BIRDS EYE11%
  • Young's7%
  • Iceland5%
  • Youngs2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 3%)

Cod demand & seasonality

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

Volume184KCVR11.2%Products31Brands8Top 5 Brands95%OOS Rate7.1%Rating4.2★Reviews492Avg BSR#514
5K3KSpike '24Black Friday '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Top Cod search terms shoppers use

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

  • cod156K/yr
  • cod fish8K/yr
  • cod fillets6K/yr
  • frozen cod8K/yr
  • cod fillet6K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cod

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

What buyers love

93% of reviews
Taste-Overall48%

tastes yummy

Quality-Overall11%

Consistently good quality piece of fish

Value For Money9%

Excellent value for money

Crispiness8%

a nice crisp batter

Freshness6%

arrived fresh

What buyers complain about

77% of reviews
Taste-Overall19%

Very little taste

Value For Money18%

Expensive

Size-Overall12%

Reduced in size

Stale/Rotten/Spoiled7%

Vile

Quality-Overall4%

not the best

Common Cod questions

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

Flapen scores Cod 48/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £93K/yr across 31 tracked products. 1 of 6 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -16.0% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Cod on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.5× the quietest.