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Root Beer

Fail

The top 5 brands take 93% of clicks, so Root Beer is a Fail.

Flapen Score
48
48 / 100
Top 40% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +2 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£203K/yr187K searches / yr
90-day growth
+5.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
69%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 35 sellers

Flapen Score

Root Beer against its category

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

48Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Root Beer market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Root Beer 187K times last year and spent an estimated £203K. The top 5 brands take 93% of clicks. Demand peaks in Sep. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

6.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 187K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +5.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £203K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
187K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+5.1%
Conversion, latest week
6.1%
Market size, estimated
£203Ka year
Peak month
September2.7× the quietest month
Top search term
root beer163K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £17.74.

Listings sell for £17.74 on average, from £5.68 to £33.76. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £17.74 that is £9K to £13K a year per listing.

Average price
£17.74inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.68–£33.76
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£9K–£13K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

31% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 69% ship with Prime. On an average day, 23.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #107 within Fizzy Drinks. It carries 737 reviews at 4.52 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
31%
Prime listings
69%
Out of stock, average day
23.9%
Average rank
#107in Fizzy Drinks
Average rating
4.52 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
737per listing
Listings tracked
13

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 55 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
55 months

Products

Top Root Beer 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 69% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£20K£41K£61K£81K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

35

Top-5 brand share

93%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

69%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

4%

  • A & W52%
  • Tropical Sun22%
  • Soda Folk8%
  • Puregro6%
  • FIZZYBERRIES5%
  • Hartridges3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 4%)

Demand

Root Beer search demand

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

5K3KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.7×

Search terms

Top Root Beer search terms shoppers use

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

  • root beer163K/yr
  • a&w root beer14K/yr
  • aw root beer5K/yr
  • root beer cans3K/yr
  • a&w2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Root Beer

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

Complain

Taste-Overall39%−0.24

leaves a horible after taste

it tastes awfull

not real tasting

Value For Money11%+1.00

It's a shame it's so expensive but

I wish it was a little cheaper

a little expensive

Sweetness9%−0.07

no sweeteners that leave a bad after taste

Is it sugar free? Absolutely not

Too sweet for me

Flavor6%−0.02

the maple syrup flavour is barely noticeable

It doesn't have the depth of flavour that A

Chilling it or serving it with ice will really make its flavour less strong

Artificial Sweeteners6%+0.86

no sweeteners that leave a bad after taste

which has a terrible sweetener aftertaste

Love

Taste-Overall34%−0.24

Tastes fine, very easy to do

Great Tasting

It tastes absolutely delicious

Flavor13%−0.02

Always great flavour

had a slightly more vanilla flavour to it

It used to be rich with flavour

Quality-Overall10%+0.60

Good quality

Great product

Quality Root beer

Alcohol Flavor9%+1.00

A&W root beer is a true class beverage

if your a lover of ROOT BEER this is the best one out there

One of my favourite drinks

Sweetness5%−0.07

The use of maple syrup as the sweetener is absolutely brilliant

sweet

Thankfully, these are sweet, crisp, and properly fizzy

Return

0.0% Return rate 0% Fixable by listing

Defective Material/Parts100%▁▁▁█▁▁

FAQ

Common Root Beer questions

Answered from the same tracked data.