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Light Roast Coffee Beans

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 97% of clicks) — Light Roast Coffee Beans doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

46
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Market size 52Growth 16Conversion 57Competition 37Returns 100Price range 67Avg price 94Brand share 9Review moat 46Quality gap 32
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Is Light Roast Coffee Beans profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Light Roast Coffee Beans is a £317K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (293K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 97% of demand. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov. Verdict: Skip it — 46/100.

Light Roast Coffee Beans: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -17.5% over the last 90 days and 4.8% of searches end in a purchase.

£317K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr15K
Search volume / yr-17.5%293K
Conversion rate4.8%
Avg price£22.52

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 97% of demand, so 4% of the market is open.

4%

open market share

Brands · sellers7 · 114
Top-5 product click share63%
Open market4%
Avg brand age66 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 18 products

Sponsored placement56%
New entrants (1y)0· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews1,875

Top Light Roast Coffee Beans products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 63% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£32K£63K£95K£127K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

7 falling

Sellers

114

Top-5 brand share

97%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

63%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

2%

  • STARBUCKS78%
  • by Amazon5%
  • NESCAFÉ5%
  • Schwiizer Schüümli4%
  • NESCAFÉ GOLD4%
  • Grano Milano2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 2%)

Light Roast Coffee Beans demand & seasonality

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

Volume293KCVR4.8%Products18Brands7Top 5 Brands97%OOS Rate6.0%Rating4.6★Reviews1,875Avg BSR#148
8K6KSpike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.3×

Top Light Roast Coffee Beans search terms shoppers use

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

  • starbucks coffee beans145K/yr
  • starbucks blonde roast coffee beans8K/yr
  • coffee beans starbucks20K/yr
  • starbucks blonde roast16K/yr
  • light roast coffee beans14K/yr
  • starbucks coffee beans 1kg7K/yr
  • starbucks beans9K/yr
  • light roast coffee7K/yr
  • blonde roast coffee beans7K/yr
  • nescafe roastery6K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Light Roast Coffee Beans

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

What buyers love

90% of reviews
Taste-Overall31%

Excellent taste

Value For Money17%

Excellent value

Caffeine Content17%

Just a great budget friendly everyday coffee

Flavor12%

Strong flavor

Quality-Overall7%

Good value, stable quality and smooth

What buyers complain about

67% of reviews
Value For Money15%

overpriced

Taste-Overall13%

this is the worst coffee I have tasted I have had to go buy some Costa so I can change it never again will I buy without trying

Quality-Overall11%

poor quality control

Bitter8%

This is bitter with nothing like the true Italian taste

Caffeine Content5%

Worst coffee ever

Light Roast Coffee Beans return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

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

1Blend/Ratio
100%

Common Light Roast Coffee Beans questions

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

Flapen scores Light Roast Coffee Beans 46/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £317K/yr across 18 tracked products. Search demand moved -17.5% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Light Roast Coffee Beans on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Oct–Nov, where the busiest month runs 5.3× the quietest.