How competitive is the Pickled Onions niche on Amazon United Kingdom?

11 brands and 31 sellers compete in Pickled Onions on Amazon United Kingdom. The top 5 Pickled Onions products take 71% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 86% of demand.

What do buyers complain about in Pickled Onions?

Pickled Onions buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Taste-Overall, Value For Money, Quality-Overall, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.0%.

What does it cost to enter the Pickled Onions niche?

Pickled Onions sells for £4.78 on average on Amazon United Kingdom, outside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span £1.28–£16.92. The average incumbent carries 248 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

Pickled Onions

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($1.28–$16.92) — Pickled Onions doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

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This niche Category average

Is Pickled Onions profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Pickled Onions is a £101K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (119K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 86% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 47/100.

Pickled Onions: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved +3.2% over the last 90 days and 17.8% of searches end in a purchase.

£101K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr20K

Search volume / yr+3.2%119K

Conversion rate17.8%

Avg price£4.78

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 86% of demand, so 14% of the market is open.

14%

open market share

Brands · sellers11 · 31

Top-5 product click share71%

Open market14%

Avg brand age57 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 · 15 products

Top Pickled Onions 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

Morrisons Silverskin Onions 440g

Price: £1.28
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 642
Age: 6y ago

Morrisons Classic Pickled Onions 440g

Price: £1.35
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 491
Age: 6y ago

Morrisons Sweet Onions 440g

Price: £1.31
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 586
Age: 7y ago

Morrisons Red Pickled Onions 340g

Price: £1.81
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 25
Age: 8mo ago

Garners Original Pickled Onions 454g

Price: £3.73
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 302
Age: 11y ago

Newest

by launch date

Pickled Onions 2.25kg Extra Crunchy Chip Shop Style

Price: £9.99
Rating: 3.9/5
Reviews: 24
Age: 5mo ago

Morrisons Red Pickled Onions 340g

Price: £1.81
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 25
Age: 8mo ago

Sarsons Silverskin Onions 460g

Price: £2.14
Rating: 4.3/5
Reviews: 18
Age: 1y ago

Drivers Pickled Onions Traditional Pub Style Jar 2.25kg

Price: £16.92
Rating: 3.7/5
Reviews: 47
Age: 1y ago

Baxters Silverskin Onions 440g

Price: £2.16
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 37
Age: 2y ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 71% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

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

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

71%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

11%

Morrisons64%
GARNER'S7%
Sarson's6%
Opies5%
Pantry Basket5%
Country Range3%
Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 11%)

Pickled Onions demand & seasonality

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

Volume119KCVR17.8%Products15Brands11Top 5 Brands86%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.4★Reviews248Avg BSR#325

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.6×

Top Pickled Onions search terms shoppers use

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

pickled onions103K/yr +5.2%16.7% conv.
pickled onion8K/yr -2.9%9.8% conv.
garners pickled onions5K/yr -16.6%3.5% conv.
silverskin onions3K/yr -12.6%9.8% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Pickled Onions

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

What buyers love

85% of reviews

Taste-Overall32%

“Exceptional taste”

Crispiness17%

“Tasty crisps”

Flavor12%

“Great flavor, love it”

Sweetness7%

“Beautiful crisp sweet excellent in salad”

Freshness4%

“freshness”

What buyers complain about

78% of reviews

Taste-Overall20%

“Horrible taste”

Value For Money11%

“Poor value for money”

Quality-Overall10%

“I guess I should've realised quality would be a issue with such a low price”

Hard Feel10%

“A bit disappointed really as they seem soft”

Flavor10%

“Didn't like the flavour”

Common Pickled Onions questions

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

Flapen scores Pickled Onions 47/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £101K/yr across 15 tracked products. 1 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +3.2% over the last 90 days.