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Lychee

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But shoppers spend only $48K a year here, so Lychee is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
57
57 / 100
Top 10% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +11 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£48K/yr58K searches / yr
90-day growth
-1.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
43%top-5 click share · 24 brands · 88 sellers

Flapen Score

Lychee against its category

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

57Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Lychee market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Lychee 58K times last year and spent an estimated £48K. The top 5 brands take 58% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

7.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 58K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 7.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -1.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £48K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
58K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-1.0%
Conversion, latest week
7.5%
Market size, estimated
£48Ka year
Peak month
December2.0× the quietest month
Top search term
lychee41K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £10.90.

Listings sell for £10.90 on average, from £0.89 to £49.44. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £10.90 that is £1K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£10.90under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£0.89–£49.44
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
5K–6K
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.

29% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 74% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #393 within Fizzy Drinks. It carries 184 reviews at 4.39 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
29%
Prime listings
74%
Out of stock, average day
6.9%
Average rank
#393in Fizzy Drinks
Average rating
4.39 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
184per listing
Listings tracked
34

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 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 58 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
58 months

Products

Top Lychee 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 43% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£1K£3K£4K£6K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

24 falling

Sellers

88

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%

Demand

Lychee search demand

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

4K3KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Search terms

Top Lychee search terms shoppers use

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

  • lychee41K/yr
  • lychees6K/yr
  • lychees tinned5K/yr
  • tinned lychee3K/yr
  • canned lychee3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Lychee

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

Complain

Advertised Vs Actual Product15%−0.07

Not same as picture

they look nothing like in the picture

Size-Overall12%−0.08

Very small

Very small and no so juicy as expected

Sour8%−0.02

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%−0.06

The fruit was very poor

Ease Of Use8%−0.05

some I could not open

Love

Taste-Overall36%+1.55

Great taste

Awesome tasting drink as usual

The taste is subtle

Sweetness13%+0.97

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

It is sweet and tangy and contains only natural sugars

juicy and sweet

Flavor10%+0.47

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

Incredible flavour

Really good Lychee juice

Quality-Overall9%+0.44

The quality of the juice comes across well made

Excellent product

great quality

Freshness8%+0.56

Fresh

works well as a refreshing drink

I would agree as it is far more refreshing

FAQ

Common Lychee questions

Answered from the same tracked data.