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Dark Roast Coffee Beans

Dark Roast Coffee Beans shows low returns (0.1%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

58
Worth a look
Market size 32Growth 14Conversion 78Competition 77Returns 100Price range 82Avg price 83Brand share 67Review moat 44Quality gap 43
This niche Category average

Is Dark Roast Coffee Beans profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Dark Roast Coffee Beans is a £151K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (106K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 65% of demand. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov. Verdict: Worth a look — 58/100.

Dark Roast Coffee Beans: 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 -22.6% over the last 90 days and 7.8% of searches end in a purchase.

£151K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr8K
Search volume / yr-22.6%106K
Conversion rate7.8%
Avg price£18.22

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 65% of demand, so 35% of the market is open.

35%

open market share

Brands · sellers22 · 165
Top-5 product click share38%
Open market35%
Avg brand age75 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 48 products

Sponsored placement75%
New entrants (1y)8· 4 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews2,084

Top Dark Roast Coffee Beans 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

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (38% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£5K£9K£14K£18K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

22 rising

Sellers

165

Top-5 brand share

65%

Top 20: 99%

Top-5 click share

38%

Top 20: 78%

Open market

29%

  • Black Donkey17%
  • by Amazon16%
  • Lavazza14%
  • LAVAZZA9%
  • Grano Milano8%
  • Skull Crusher Coffee6%

Dark Roast Coffee Beans demand & seasonality

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

Volume106KCVR7.8%Products48Brands22Top 5 Brands65%OOS Rate0.5%Rating4.5★Reviews2,084Avg BSR#131
4K3KSpike '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Top Dark Roast Coffee Beans search terms shoppers use

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

  • strong coffee beans25K/yr
  • dark roast coffee beans19K/yr
  • robusta coffee beans12K/yr
  • coffee beans dark roast11K/yr
  • lavazza espresso ground coffee8K/yr
  • coffee beans strong7K/yr
  • lavazza espresso8K/yr
  • robusta coffee4K/yr
  • lavazza espresso beans5K/yr
  • dark roast coffee beans 1kg4K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Dark Roast Coffee Beans

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

What buyers love

91% of reviews
Taste-Overall29%

delicious coffee

Caffeine Content16%

a hight caffeine content

Flavor13%

good strong flavour

Value For Money11%

Excellent value

Quality-Overall11%

the quality is reliable

What buyers complain about

78% of reviews
Taste-Overall21%

Horrible taste

Bitter10%

Too bitter

Smell9%

absolutely no fragrance

Quality-Overall8%

quality is fairly low

Flavor7%

The beans have absolutely no flavour, very disappointed

Common Dark Roast Coffee Beans questions

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

Flapen scores Dark Roast Coffee Beans 58/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £151K/yr across 48 tracked products. 4 of 8 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -22.6% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Dark Roast Coffee Beans on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Oct–Nov, where the busiest month runs 2.0× the quietest.