parsley
Skip itBrand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Conversion
Incredible38.0%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Returns
Incredible0.0%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Review moat
Great384.9avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Quality gap
Bad4.6★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Growth
Bad-5.3%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Market size
Bad£84K£84K/yr · 136K searches
Competition
Bad84%top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf
Avg price
Bad£1.63avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Brand share
Bad100%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
Price range
Bad£0.53–£4.47cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, parsley is a £84K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (136K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 35/100.
Data updated Jul 24, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
parsley market data
- Units sold / yr
- 50K–60K
- avg 4,000–5,000/product
- Revenue / yr
- £82K–£98K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 38.0%
- Avg BSR
- #11
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 100%
- Sponsored
- 0%
- Out of stock
- 0.0%
- Avg brand age
- 75 months
- Avg seller age
- 173 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products capture 84% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.Brands
3 falling
Sellers
43
Top-5 brand share
100%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
84%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
0%
- Morrisons55%
- by Amazon36%
- Schwartz8%
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -5.3% search growth over the last 90 days.No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×
Top parsley search terms
- parsley126K/yr
- fresh parsley7K/yr
- flat leaf parsley2K/yr
Top parsley 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.
All 10 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Newest
by launch date
Trending
90-day click momentum
What buyers say about parsley
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Fresh and tasty”
“Great for soup”
“Good quality”
“As described”
“Great value”
“Good size”
“Leaves were bright, fresh looking and smelled properly herby rather than the faint, slightly tired smell that supermarket bunches sometimes have by the time they've sat in the chiller for a few days”
“Flat leaf parsley is one of those ingredients that appears in enough recipes to warrant having around regularly”
What buyers complain about
“Not edible, too old”
“Poor quality”
“dies before it's been properly used”
Common questions
- Is parsley profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?
- The niche generates £84K/yr across 10 tracked products. 90-day search growth is -5.3%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (35/100).
- How competitive is the parsley niche?
- 3 brands and 43 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 84% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 100% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in parsley?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Stale/Rotten/Spoiled, Quality-Overall, Durability. The return rate is 0.0%.
- When does demand for parsley peak?
- Demand is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.3× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the parsley niche?
- Listings span £0.53–£4.47; the average listing price is £1.63 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 385 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.