How competitive is the Dried Apricots niche on Amazon United Kingdom?

7 brands and 34 sellers compete in Dried Apricots on Amazon United Kingdom. The top 5 Dried Apricots products take 77% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 93% of demand.

What do buyers complain about in Dried Apricots?

Dried Apricots buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Hard Feel, Moist/Dry, Taste-Overall, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.0%.

What does it cost to enter the Dried Apricots niche?

Dried Apricots sells for £7.61 on average on Amazon United Kingdom, outside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span £1.75–£17.18. The average incumbent carries 468 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

Dried Apricots

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($1.75–$17.18) — Dried Apricots doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

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This niche Category average

Is Dried Apricots profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Dried Apricots is a £174K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (110K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 93% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 46/100.

Dried Apricots: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -6.8% over the last 90 days and 20.8% of searches end in a purchase.

£174K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr25K

Search volume / yr-6.8%110K

Conversion rate20.8%

Avg price£7.61

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 93% of demand, so 7% of the market is open.

open market share

Brands · sellers7 · 34

Top-5 product click share77%

Open market7%

Avg brand age65 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 · 11 products

Top Dried Apricots products & what they sell for

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

Top sellers

by 90-day click share

by Amazon Dried Apricot 200g 1 pack

Price: £2.24
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 1,052
Age: 1y ago

Morrisons Soft Apricots 250g

Price: £2.78
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 562
Age: 7y ago

by Amazon Dried Apricot 200g 7 pack

Price: £13.70
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 1,052
Age: 1y ago

Apricots Punnet 325g

Price: £2.01
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 168
Age: 9y ago

Whitworths Snack on Golden Malatya Apricots 140g

Price: £1.91
Rating: 4.2/5
Reviews: 157
Age: 10y ago

Newest

by launch date

by Amazon Dried Apricot 200g 1 pack

Price: £2.24
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 1,052
Age: 1y ago

by Amazon Dried Apricot 200g 7 pack

Price: £13.70
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 1,052
Age: 1y ago

Eastanbul Dried Apricots 410g Apricots Dried Fruits Snacks No Sugar Added Turkish Fruit Yet Moist & Plump Halal Natural Whole Pitted Vegan

Price: £8.90
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 279
Age: 1y ago

by Amazon Apricots Ripen at Home 320g

Price: £1.75
Rating: 3.9/5
Reviews: 61
Age: 3y ago

Grape Tree (1kg) New Season Dried Apricot. Sweet and Chewy Dried Fruit Snacks Perfect for Vegan and Healthy Snacking High in Fibre Low in Fat. Ideal Lunchbox Snacking. No Added Sugar.

Price: £13.72
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 99
Age: 6y ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 77% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

7 falling

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

93%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

by Amazon59%
Morrisons20%
Whitworths5%
Biopocket4%
Eastanbul4%
Grape Tree4%
Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 3%)

Dried Apricots demand & seasonality

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

Volume110KCVR20.8%Products11Brands7Top 5 Brands93%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.3★Reviews468Avg BSR#535

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2×

Top Dried Apricots search terms shoppers use

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

dried apricots58K/yr -15.0%15.9% conv.
apricots29K/yr +11.1%18.1% conv.
apricot10K/yr -3.3%8.2% conv.
dried apricots 1kg7K/yr -1.7%9.5% conv.
dried apricot3K/yr -15.4%13.6% conv.
dry apricot3K/yr -23.8%10.8% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Dried Apricots

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

What buyers love

85% of reviews

Taste-Overall21%

“These apricots are soft and absolutely delicious”

Quality-Overall19%

“Excellent quality”

Moist/Dry9%

“Good and healthy little bit dry its good”

Nutritional Content8%

“Ideal apricot for eating with breakfast”

Value For Money8%

“These were cheaper”

What buyers complain about

76% of reviews

Hard Feel25%

“Mine were tough as old boots”

Moist/Dry16%

“Dried Apricots”

Taste-Overall10%

“These apricots taste absolutely awful”

Ease Of Chewing/Swallowing6%

“Chewy, not overly sweet and filling”

Value For Money5%

“Not cheap so hoped for better”

Common Dried Apricots questions

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

Flapen scores Dried Apricots 46/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £174K/yr across 11 tracked products. Search demand moved -6.8% over the last 90 days.