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Jollof Rice

Fail

Shoppers spend only $53K a year here, so Jollof Rice is a Fail.

Flapen Score
40
40 / 100
Ranks 2,270 of 2,976 Grocery niches · −6 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£53K/yr62K searches / yr
90-day growth
-10.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
76%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 28 sellers

Flapen Score

Jollof Rice against its category

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

40Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Jollof Rice market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Jollof Rice 62K times last year and spent an estimated £53K. The top 5 brands take 92% of clicks. Flapen scores it 40 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

8.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 62K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 8.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -10.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £53K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
62K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-10.0%
Conversion, latest week
8.0%
Market size, estimated
£53Ka year
Top search term
golden sella basmati rice19K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £10.63.

Listings sell for £10.63 on average, from £2.48 to £25.46. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £10.63 that is £1K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£10.63under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.48–£25.46
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£1K–£3K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

50% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 75% ship with Prime. On an average day, 11.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #87 within Rice, Pasta & Pulses. It carries 139 reviews at 4.53 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
50%
Prime listings
75%
Out of stock, average day
11.1%
Average rank
#87in Rice, Pasta & Pulses
Average rating
4.53 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
139per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 5 launches as successful.

5 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 64 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
64 months

Products

Top Jollof Rice 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 76% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£5K£11K£16K£21K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 flat

Sellers

28

Top-5 brand share

92%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

76%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

5%

  • Tropical Sun59%
  • LAILA20%
  • Meji Foods6%
  • Tilda4%
  • Mammy Market4%
  • Africa's Finest3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 5%)

Search terms

Top Jollof Rice search terms shoppers use

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

  • golden sella basmati rice19K/yr
  • jollof rice13K/yr
  • sella basmati rice10K/yr
  • golden sella3K/yr
  • sella rice6K/yr
  • tropical sun golden sella basmati rice 10kg4K/yr
  • jollof3K/yr
  • golden sella basmati rice 10kg4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Jollof Rice

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

Complain

Taste-Overall26%−0.04

tastes horrible

It tastes more like standard basmati

I'm not keen on the taste

Quality-Overall20%−0.03

Very poor quality rice

Poor Quality

the quality isnt what it used to be

Smell17%−0.09

It doesnt smell like basmati, its par boiled and tastes horrible

rubbish not eatable smell horrible like rotten

can not eat or cook it smell like rotten rally all not eatable

Stale/Rotten/Spoiled11%−0.07

Not fresh

Hard Feel6%−0.01

Could be softer

Love

Quality-Overall34%−0.03

Good quality

Best rice quality

Very good rice

Taste-Overall18%−0.04

Excellent taste

Best rice

A very nice rice

Cooking Instructions16%+2.58

Very nice cooks well

is great for all sorts of cooking

easy to cook

Value For Money14%+0.81

Worth it

Value for money

Value for money

Moist/Dry3%+0.10

Basmatic rice - It doesn't get soggy after cooking

its moist and tasty

Return

0.1% Return rate 0% Fixable by listing

Value For Money67%▁█▁▁▁▁
Gap/Hole33%▁█▁▁▁▁

FAQ

Common Jollof Rice questions

Answered from the same tracked data.