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Rum

Pass

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

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

An estimated 6.6% of those searches ended in a purchase.

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. An estimated 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

2 of last year's 4 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. 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

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 23, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 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

Est. top-5 brand share

66%

Top 20: 100%

Est. 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 estimated 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

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

25%of positive reviews mention “Alcohol Flavor”
18%of negative reviews mention “Taste-Overall”
0.3%of orders come back
“taste is all wrong”
A buyer, on “Taste-Overall”18% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

12 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Rum questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data