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Pass

Rum scores 65 out of 100, a Pass. Shoppers spend $4.3M a year here, search demand grew +11.2% this quarter, and returns run at 0.3% of orders.

Flapen Score
65
65 / 100
Top 2% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +19 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£4.3M/yr3.5M searches / yr
90-day growth
+11.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
45%top-5 click share · 20 brands · 80 sellers

Flapen Score

Rum against its category

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

65Pass
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Rum market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Rum 3.5M times last year and spent an estimated £4.3M. The top 5 brands take 66% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 65 out of 100, a Pass.

01 · Demand

6.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 3.5M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +11.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £4.3M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
3.5M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+11.2%
Conversion, latest week
6.6%
Market size, estimated
£4.3Ma year
Peak month
December4.2× the quietest month
Top search term
rum1.6M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £18.58.

Listings sell for £18.58 on average, from £9.86 to £33.98. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 200K to 250K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At £18.58 that is £56K to £74K a year per listing.

Average price
£18.58inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£9.86–£33.98
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
200K–250K
Units per listing a year
3,000–4,000
Revenue per listing a year
£56K–£74K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

58% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #49 within Beer, Wine & Spirits. It carries 3,771 reviews at 4.73 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
58%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.4%
Average rank
#49in Beer, Wine & Spirits
Average rating
4.73 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,771per listing
Listings tracked
38

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 78 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
78 months

Products

Top Rum 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 45% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£217K£434K£652K£869K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

20 falling

Sellers

80

Top-5 brand share

66%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

45%

Top 20: 80%

Open market

29%

  • Captain Morgan20%
  • DEAD MAN'S FINGERS20%
  • Bumbu12%
  • Kraken8%
  • Diplomático6%
  • Lambs6%

Demand

Rum search demand

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

225K175KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.2×

Search terms

Top Rum search terms shoppers use

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

  • rum1.6M/yr
  • spiced rum502K/yr
  • rum deals of the day221K/yr
  • dead mans fingers rum201K/yr
  • dark rum170K/yr
  • captain morgan spiced rum140K/yr
  • bumbu rum147K/yr
  • spiced rum deals of the day93K/yr
  • dead mans fingers72K/yr
  • mount gay rum46K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Rum

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

Complain

Taste-Overall18%−0.02

taste is all wrong

Tastes awful

Awfully chemical taste

Flavor12%−0.02

It is certainly an unusual flavour

The spice flavours are borderline offensive

not that much flavour

Sweetness10%−0.03

Way too sweet

it was too sugary / syrupy

not as sweet

Value For Money6%+1.49

expensive

The price fluctuates on here as the supermarket

overpriced

Ease Of Use4%0.00

Goes down too easy

therefore not usable

Only downside not easy to get the stopper out

Love

Alcohol Flavor25%+2.51

It is genuinely a lovely drink

Smooth to drink

Smooth drink

Taste-Overall23%−0.02

Lovely smooth great taste

Very tasty

Very nice tasting & smooth

Value For Money18%+1.49

Good value

cheaper

good value

Flavor8%−0.02

Very nice tasting & smooth

Great flavours

love the spiced flavour on this

Quality-Overall6%+0.16

Its well made

Excellent product

The quality is solid

FAQ

Common Rum questions

Answered from the same tracked data.