How competitive is the Lychee niche on Amazon United Kingdom?

24 brands and 88 sellers compete in Lychee on Amazon United Kingdom. The top 5 Lychee products take 43% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 58% of demand.

What do buyers complain about in Lychee?

Lychee buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Advertised Vs Actual Product, Size-Overall, Sour, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.1%.

What does it cost to enter the Lychee niche?

Lychee sells for £10.90 on average on Amazon United Kingdom, outside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span £0.89–£49.44. The average incumbent carries 184 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

Lychee

Lychee shows low returns (0.1%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Signals No Dominant Brand

Flapen Score

Worth a look

This niche Category average

Is Lychee profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Lychee is a £48K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (58K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 58% of demand. Demand peaks in Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 57/100.

Lychee: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -1.0% over the last 90 days and 7.5% of searches end in a purchase.

£48K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr6K

Search volume / yr-1.0%58K

Conversion rate7.5%

Avg price£10.90

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 58% of demand, so 42% of the market is open.

42%

open market share

Brands · sellers24 · 88

Top-5 product click share43%

Open market42%

Avg brand age58 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 34 products

Top Lychee 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

Double Phoenix Lychees in Syrup 567g x 2 cans

Price: £10.04
Rating: 4.3/5
Reviews: 67
Age: 2y ago

MORRISONS LYCHEE 200G

Price: £2.07
Rating: 4.3/5
Reviews: 100
Age: 4y ago

Besti Whole Peeled Lychees in Syrup Premium Quality Fruit Ideal for Desserts Smoothies Snacking Pack of 2 567 gram each

Price: £9.99
Rating: 4.9/5
Reviews: 13
Age: 10mo ago

Tiger Tiger Lychees in Syrup 567g

Price: £6.58
Rating: 4.2/5
Reviews: 43
Age: 10y ago

MONIN Premium Lychee Syrup 700ml for Cocktails and Mocktails. Vegan-Friendly Allergen-Free 100% Natural Flavours and Colourings. Perfect for Lychee Martinis

Price: £9.20
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 699
Age: 15y ago

Newest

by launch date

The Whale Tea Premium Lychees in Light Syrup 565g - Authentic Tropical Taste (Pack Of 12)

Price: £42.64
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 2
Age: 9mo ago

Besti Whole Peeled Lychees in Syrup Premium Quality Fruit Ideal for Desserts Smoothies Snacking Pack of 2 567 gram each

Price: £9.99
Rating: 4.9/5
Reviews: 13
Age: 10mo ago

Tiger Tiger Thai Whole Lychees in Syrup in Tin for Dessert Cocktails Drink Topping 567g (Pack of 2)

Price: £9.99
Rating: 5.0/5
Reviews: 3
Age: 1y ago

Golden Swan Lychee 567 g (Pack of 6)

Price: £19.63
Rating: 4.9/5
Reviews: 9
Age: 1y ago

Sailing Boat Whole Lychee in Light Syrup in Tin for Cocktails Desserts Topping 567g (Pack of 2)

Price: £12.82
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 11
Age: 1y ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 43% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

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

Brands

24 falling

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

58%

Top 20: 97%

Top-5 click share

43%

Top 20: 87%

Open market

37%

Rubicon18%
Bowltiful12%
Morrisons11%
Besti9%
Tiger Tiger8%
Monin5%

Lychee demand & seasonality

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

Volume58KCVR7.5%Products34Brands24Top 5 Brands58%OOS Rate6.9%Rating4.4★Reviews184Avg BSR#393

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Top Lychee search terms shoppers use

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

lychee41K/yr +1.5%5.5% conv.
lychees6K/yr -19.1%9.9% conv.
lychees tinned5K/yr +4.4%10.9% conv.
tinned lychee3K/yr -2.8%6.9% conv.
canned lychee3K/yr -2.2%6.0% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Lychee

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

What buyers love

90% of reviews

Taste-Overall36%

“Great taste”

Sweetness13%

“If you like lychee this is perfect for adding to drinks to add extra sweetness and flavour”

Flavor10%

“The flavour is smooth and natural, and it tastes exactly how I remember lychees from when my nan used to give them to me and my sister as kids”

Quality-Overall9%

“The quality of the juice comes across well made”

Freshness8%

“Fresh”

What buyers complain about

74% of reviews

Advertised Vs Actual Product15%

“Not same as picture”

Size-Overall12%

“Very small”

Sour8%

“Not in season so was small and some were sour like lemon so not enjoyed as much as when they are juicy and sweet”

Stale/Rotten/Spoiled8%

“The fruit was very poor”

Ease Of Use8%

“some I could not open”

Common Lychee questions

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

Flapen scores Lychee 57/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £48K/yr across 34 tracked products. 0 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -1.0% over the last 90 days.