How competitive is the Indian niche on Amazon United Kingdom?

6 brands and 26 sellers compete in Indian on Amazon United Kingdom. The top 5 Indian products take 75% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 99% of demand.

What do buyers complain about in Indian?

Indian buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Plant Growth, Value For Money, Durability, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.0%.

What does it cost to enter the Indian niche?

Indian sells for £2.36 on average on Amazon United Kingdom, outside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span £0.52–£9.89. The average incumbent carries 998 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

Indian

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($0.52–$9.89) — Indian doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

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This niche Category average

Is Indian profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Indian is a £264K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (410K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 99% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–May. Verdict: Skip it — 42/100.

Indian: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -9.0% over the last 90 days and 27.3% of searches end in a purchase.

£264K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr125K

Search volume / yr-9.0%410K

Conversion rate27.3%

Avg price£2.36

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 99% of demand, so 1% of the market is open.

open market share

Brands · sellers6 · 26

Top-5 product click share75%

Open market1%

Avg brand age61 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 · 15 products

Top Indian 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

Morrisons Fresh Coriander 30g

Price: £0.80
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 795
Age: 6y ago

Morrisons Bunched Coriander 100 g(Pack of 1)

Price: £1.35
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 1,255
Age: 9y ago

by Amazon Coriander 30g

Price: £0.52
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 418
Age: 6y ago

by Amazon Coriander 100g

Price: £1.24
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 299
Age: 3y ago

Morrisons Fresh Chives 20g

Price: £0.92
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 569
Age: 7y ago

Newest

by launch date

Loose Bunched Coriander 100g

Price: £0.96
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 30
Age: 1y ago

by Amazon Coriander 100g

Price: £1.24
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 299
Age: 3y ago

by Amazon Chives 20g

Price: £0.57
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 178
Age: 3y ago

Iceland Chopped Coriander 75g (Frozen)

Price: £1.23
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 43
Age: 3y ago

Pronto Seed Herb Bumper Pack Grow Your Own Kit - 24 Varieties

Price: £9.89
Rating: 4.3/5
Reviews: 596
Age: 3y ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 75% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

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

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

99%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

Morrisons58%
by Amazon35%
pronto seed3%
GreHom2%
Iceland1%
Schwartz1%

Indian demand & seasonality

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

Volume410KCVR27.3%Products15Brands6Top 5 Brands99%OOS Rate4.1%Rating4.5★Reviews998Avg BSR#2

Peak months: Jan, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Top Indian search terms shoppers use

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

coriander152K/yr -12.8%40.3% conv.
herbs115K/yr -4.1%1.6% conv.
chives50K/yr +4.2%25.6% conv.
herb18K/yr -2.1%0.4% conv.
dried herbs18K/yr -21.0%0.7% conv.
cilantro14K/yr -10.0%19.0% conv.
corriander11K/yr -18.3%35.2% conv.
fresh coriander8K/yr +30.3%31.9% conv.
coriander fresh18K/yr -71.0%29.3% conv.
chive3K/yr +6.2%17.3% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Indian

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

What buyers love

90% of reviews

Value For Money20%

“Excellent value”

Freshness18%

“Fresh and aromatic”

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%

“It it as advertised”

Plant Growth11%

“Perfect lots of seeds”

Quality-Overall9%

“Big pack of quality item”

What buyers complain about

92% of reviews

Plant Growth43%

“Some seeds didnt grow”

Value For Money11%

“Waste of money- nothing grew”

Durability10%

“goes off quickly”

Stale/Rotten/Spoiled7%

“Not fresh”

Smell3%

“Fragrance missing”

Indian return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.0%

Return rate

50%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Plant Growth

50%

2Advertised Vs Actual Product

50%

Common Indian questions

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

Flapen scores Indian 42/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £264K/yr across 15 tracked products. Search demand moved -9.0% over the last 90 days.