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Cumin Seeds

Fail

Prices span $1.19–$12.86, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Cumin Seeds is a Fail.

Flapen Score
44
44 / 100
Ranks 1,743 of 2,976 Grocery niches · −2 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£73K/yr77K searches / yr
90-day growth
-13.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
61%top-5 click share · 14 brands · 49 sellers

Flapen Score

Cumin Seeds against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Cumin Seeds is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

44Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Cumin Seeds market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Cumin Seeds 77K times last year and spent an estimated £73K. The top 5 brands take 75% of clicks. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

18.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 77K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 18.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -13.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £73K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
77K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-13.5%
Conversion, latest week
18.4%
Market size, estimated
£73Ka year
Peak month
January1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
cumin seeds60K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.12.

Listings sell for £5.12 on average, from £1.19 to £12.86. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £5.12 that is £3K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.12under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.19–£12.86
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£4K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

56% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 78% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #140 within Herbs, Spices & Seasonings. It carries 191 reviews at 4.68 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
56%
Prime listings
78%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#140in Herbs, Spices & Seasonings
Average rating
4.68 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
191per listing
Listings tracked
18

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 72 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
72 months

Products

Top Cumin Seeds 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 61% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£7K£15K£22K£29K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

14 flat

Sellers

49

Top-5 brand share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

61%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

21%

  • Old India53%
  • Hatton Hill6%
  • Natco6%
  • indus5%
  • Morrisons5%
  • Masala Cottage4%

Demand

Cumin Seeds search demand

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

2K2KSpike '25Spike '26JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Cumin Seeds search terms shoppers use

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

  • cumin seeds60K/yr
  • jeera cumin seeds7K/yr
  • jeera6K/yr
  • cumin seeds for cooking5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cumin Seeds

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

Love

Quality-Overall24%+1.92

A good brand of zeera to buy

Excellent quality cumin seeds

Good quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product17%+1.28

Sa advertised

As described

Worked as expected

Flavor14%−0.07

Tastewise, they have a strong and authentic flavour that comes through really nicely in cooking

it always adds another lovely flavour

nice appearance good Cumin taste

Value For Money10%−0.05

good value for money

Good value

reasonable price

Cooking Instructions8%+0.51

The flavour comes through nicely in cooking

Really good nice to use in cooking

they especially toasted very well before being pounded to a powder

FAQ

Common Cumin Seeds questions

Answered from the same tracked data.