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Ipa

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.3% of orders. But the top 5 brands take 86% of clicks, so Ipa is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
58
58 / 100
Top 8% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +12 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£180K/yr140K searches / yr
90-day growth
+21.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
56%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 42 sellers

Flapen Score

Ipa against its category

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

58Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Ipa market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Ipa 140K times last year and spent an estimated £180K. The top 5 brands take 86% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 58 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

8.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 140K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 8.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +21.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £180K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
140K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+21.4%
Conversion, latest week
8.4%
Market size, estimated
£180Ka year
Peak month
December5.1× the quietest month
Top search term
ipa beer67K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £15.20.

Listings sell for £15.20 on average, from £4.62 to £35.56. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £15.20 that is £2K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£15.20inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.62–£35.56
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£4K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

22% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 87% ship with Prime. On an average day, 13.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #368 within Beer, Wine & Spirits. It carries 71 reviews at 4.50 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
22%
Prime listings
87%
Out of stock, average day
13.3%
Average rank
#368in Beer, Wine & Spirits
Average rating
4.50 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
71per listing
Listings tracked
23

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 69 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
69 months

Products

Top Ipa 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 56% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£18K£36K£54K£72K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

42

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

56%

Top 20: 96%

Open market

11%

  • Camden39%
  • Vocation Brewery17%
  • BrewDog17%
  • Greene King8%
  • Beavertown6%
  • Brooklyn Brewery3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 11%)

Demand

Ipa search demand

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

25K15KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.1×

Search terms

Top Ipa search terms shoppers use

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

  • ipa beer67K/yr
  • hazy jane11K/yr
  • vocation brewery11K/yr
  • camden pale ale11K/yr
  • camden7K/yr
  • beer ipa5K/yr
  • ipas7K/yr
  • vocation beer7K/yr
  • hazy jane brewdog5K/yr
  • vocation5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Ipa

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

Complain

Bitter17%−0.09

Disappointed and very bitter. almost sour

First couple pints poured were very cloudy, and slightly bitter, which i didn't expect

Value For Money17%+2.23

Not the best value for money

Taste-Overall17%−0.14

First couple pints poured were very cloudy, and slightly bitter, which i didn't expect

Gifting Purpose11%−0.15

there was a bottle missing making it unsuitable for gifting

Love

Alcohol Flavor29%+1.71

great valiue nice beer

Very drinkable

Really wonderful ale

Value For Money16%+2.23

value for money

Good value lager

Great price

Taste-Overall14%−0.14

This is a superb German-style lager

Good taste

The taste is exactly as they describe: less shouty

Gifting Purpose14%−0.15

it was nice to gift something different

Very nice gift

Great birthday gift

Flavor8%−0.04

Full of flavor

Beers are very tasty, lots of flavour and variety

wow what a flavoursome IPA

FAQ

Common Ipa questions

Answered from the same tracked data.