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irish coffee

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Brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.

Market size 21Growth 51Conversion 96Competition 10Returns 100Price range 39Avg price 57Brand share 0Review moat 90Quality gap 40

Returns

Incredible0.1%

return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate

Conversion

Incredible13.8%

search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale

Review moat

Great205.6

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Avg price

Good£12.87

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Growth

Good+21.3%

90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch

Quality gap

Okay4.5★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Price range

Okay£1.77–£23.56

cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100

Market size

Bad£84K

£84K/yr · 47K searches

Competition

Bad88%

top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf

Brand share

Bad100%

top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, irish coffee is a £84K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (47K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 45/100.

Data updated Jul 23, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches

irish coffee market data

Units sold / yr
10K–13K
avg 1,000–1,250/product
Revenue / yr
£129K–£161K
units × avg price
Conversion rate
13.8%
Avg BSR
#226
Page quality
0%
Prime
60%
Sponsored
50%
Out of stock
1.4%
Avg brand age
44 months
Avg seller age
167 days

Competition & brand share

The top 5 products capture 88% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

4 falling

Sellers

49

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

88%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • NESCAFÉ89%
  • Mokate6%
  • NY Coffee3%
  • Premium Fine Foods2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 25 weeks — +21.3% search growth over the last 90 days.
1K600Spike '26Feb '26Mar '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26

Top irish coffee search terms

  • nescafe irish latte coffee sachets11K/yr
  • irish coffee15K/yr
  • irish latte coffee sachets5K/yr
  • irish latte4K/yr
  • nescafe irish latte5K/yr
  • irish coffee sachets4K/yr
  • irish cream coffee4K/yr
All search terms

Top irish coffee products on Amazon

Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.

0%10%£8K20%£17K30%£25K40%£34K1101001K10K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 10 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

What buyers say about irish coffee

What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.

What buyers love

Taste-Overall28%

“Tasty coffee”

Value For Money26%

“Fantastic price”

Quality-Overall13%

“The quality of the coffee is surprisingly good”

Flavor9%

“good flavor”

Caffeine Content6%

“just as good as the Nescafe version”

Advertised Vs Actual Product3%

“as described”

Sweetness3%

“Tasty and creamy”

Ease Of Use2%

“ease of use”

Soft Feel2%

“Its creamy and soft”

Correct Contents1%

“great number of sachets”

What buyers complain about

Value For Money18%

“cheaper else where”

Taste-Overall16%

“It doesn't taste quite the same as I remember from several years ago”

Quality-Overall10%

“was cheap”

Sweetness7%

“Way too sweet for me”

Caffeine Content5%

“I don't like this dark roast coffee”

Flavor3%

“this flavour seems hard to find for some reason”

Smell3%

“Smell the Coffee”

Color2%

“sometimes quite dark”

Artificial Colors2%

“Sometimes the coffee is very light in colour”

Dilute/Watery2%

“Watery and what little taste there is, is truly unpleasant”

Common questions

Is irish coffee profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?
The niche generates £84K/yr across 10 tracked products. 3 of 5 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is +21.3%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (45/100).
How competitive is the irish coffee niche?
4 brands and 49 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 88% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 100% of demand.
What do buyers complain about in irish coffee?
Top complaints mined from reviews: Value For Money, Taste-Overall, Quality-Overall. The return rate is 0.1%.
What does it cost to enter the irish coffee niche?
Listings span £1.77–£23.56; the average listing price is £12.87 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 206 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.