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Flaxseed Oil

Fail

Prices span $5.66–$15.18, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Flaxseed Oil is a Fail.

Flapen Score
45
45 / 100
Ranks 1,592 of 2,976 Grocery niches · −1 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£121K/yr98K searches / yr
90-day growth
-24.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
73%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 25 sellers

Flapen Score

Flaxseed Oil against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Flaxseed Oil is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

45Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Flaxseed Oil market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Flaxseed Oil 98K times last year and spent an estimated £121K. The top 5 brands take 78% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan. Flapen scores it 45 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

11.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 98K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 11.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -24.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £121K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
98K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-24.0%
Conversion, latest week
11.8%
Market size, estimated
£121Ka year
Peak month
January1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
flaxseed oil72K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £10.47.

Listings sell for £10.47 on average, from £5.66 to £15.18. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £10.47 that is £8K to £10K a year per listing.

Average price
£10.47under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.66–£15.18
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£8K–£10K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

85% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 92% ship with Prime. On an average day, 9.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #70 within Oils, Vinegars & Salad Dressings. It carries 540 reviews at 4.42 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
85%
Prime listings
92%
Out of stock, average day
9.3%
Average rank
#70in Oils, Vinegars & Salad Dressings
Average rating
4.42 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
540per listing
Listings tracked
13

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 71 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
71 months

Products

Top Flaxseed Oil 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 73% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£12K£24K£36K£48K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

25

Top-5 brand share

78%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

73%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

16%

  • Biona37%
  • Eat Wholesome13%
  • ALPHA0112%
  • Fushi9%
  • Horbäach7%
  • Biopurus6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 16%)

Demand

Flaxseed Oil search demand

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

5K4KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Flaxseed Oil search terms shoppers use

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

  • flaxseed oil72K/yr
  • flax seed oil10K/yr
  • organic flaxseed oil6K/yr
  • flax oil5K/yr
  • flax seed oil organic cold pressed3K/yr
  • flaxseed oil organic3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Flaxseed Oil

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

Complain

Bitter27%−0.18

bitter

Oil has bitter taste

Bitter taste

Leak-Proof13%

in both cases a number of capsules had leaked

Leaking capsules make them all sticky

Recently Have Had Leaking Capsules

Ease Of Use8%−0.05

Really awful to open

very difficult to separate

Taste-Overall6%0.00

The worst flaxseed oil weve ever tasted

Taste is horrible, rancid and bitter

Tasted toxic

Burnt/Roasted/Overbaked5%−0.03

Unfortunately does taste a little rancid

Love

Quality-Overall27%+1.40

Excellent quality flaxseed

Good quality

Very happy with the quality of these

Value For Money14%+0.82

Value for money

Great value

Good for the price

Taste-Overall11%0.00

After having multiple bad experiences with the Biona one Amazon kept delivering, which resulted in diarrhoea, I am happy to say that this one has a very far off BB date and I have just tasted it and it tastes very fresh and not rancid

Value for money taste is fine as well my kids is happy to cut the capsule

Tasty

Freshness5%+0.37

Very fresh, not rancid like biona

Nice oil must be kept in the fridge so should stay fresh for 6-8 weeks

Ingredients-Overall5%+0.19

An excellent product containing Omega 3,6,9 in easy to swallow, quite large, capsules

Excellent bottle, ingredients are super smooth and healthy

FAQ

Common Flaxseed Oil questions

Answered from the same tracked data.