How competitive is the Sodium Carbonate niche on Amazon United Kingdom?

9 brands and 41 sellers compete in Sodium Carbonate on Amazon United Kingdom. The top 5 Sodium Carbonate products take 66% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 83% of demand.

What does it cost to enter the Sodium Carbonate niche?

Sodium Carbonate sells for £10.01 on average on Amazon United Kingdom, outside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span £3.30–£30.10. The average incumbent carries 4,121 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

Sodium Carbonate

a small market ($51K/yr) — Sodium Carbonate doesn't clear our bar today.

Signals Low Review Barrier

Flapen Score

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Is Sodium Carbonate profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Sodium Carbonate is a £51K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (52K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 83% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 43/100.

Sodium Carbonate: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved +6.7% over the last 90 days and 9.7% of searches end in a purchase.

£51K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr6K

Search volume / yr+6.7%52K

Conversion rate9.7%

Avg price£10.01

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 83% of demand, so 17% of the market is open.

17%

open market share

Brands · sellers9 · 41

Top-5 product click share66%

Open market17%

Avg brand age66 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 15 products

Top Sodium Carbonate 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

Intralabs - Sodium Carbonate Light Fine Powder 1kg - Soda Ash Light

Price: £6.55
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 117
Age: 3y ago

BlueBay Aquatics 2KG - Sodium Carbonate Anhydrous Granular TATA Soda Ash pH Dye 99.7% Na2CO3

Price: £7.19
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 211
Age: 7y ago

Dri Pak Soda Crystal 1kg (Pack of 2)

Price: £5.69
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 3,524
Age: 8y ago

Soda Crystals Multi-Purpose Cleaner and Laundry Aid 1 kg 1 Pack

Price: £3.30
Rating: 4.2/5
Reviews: 25
Age: 1mo ago

Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda 1.55kg (55oz) - Pack of 2

Price: £10.77
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 53
Age: 2y ago

Newest

by launch date

Soda Crystals Multi-Purpose Cleaner and Laundry Aid 1 kg 1 Pack

Price: £3.30
Rating: 4.2/5
Reviews: 25
Age: 1mo ago

Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda 1.55kg (55oz) - Pack of 2

Price: £10.77
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 53
Age: 2y ago

Intralabs - Sodium Carbonate Light Fine Powder 1kg - Soda Ash Light

Price: £6.55
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 117
Age: 3y ago

Intralabs - Sodium Carbonate Light Fine Powder 100g - Soda Ash Light

Price: £3.53
Rating: 4.2/5
Reviews: 25
Age: 3y ago

Sodium Carbonate 1KG Premium Soda Ash 100% Natural Resealable Pouch Cleaning Cosmetics No additives and Synthetics

Price: £6.69
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 268
Age: 5y ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 66% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

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

Brands

9 falling

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

83%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

66%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

11%

Intralabs32%
BlueBay Aquatics28%
DP8%
DIRECTCHEMS8%
EMBO7%
A American Food Mart6%
Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 11%)

Sodium Carbonate demand & seasonality

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

Volume52KCVR9.7%Products15Brands9Top 5 Brands83%OOS Rate3.5%Rating4.5★Reviews4,121Avg BSR#373

Top Sodium Carbonate search terms shoppers use

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

sodium carbonate31K/yr +3.3%8.5% conv.
sodium carbonate washing soda14K/yr -7.2%6.3% conv.
soda ash8K/yr +52.5%4.7% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Sodium Carbonate

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

What buyers love

88% of reviews

Ease Of Cleaning23%

“Great cleaning product”

Value For Money17%

“Best value”

Quality-Overall16%

“Excellent product”

Washability9%

“Great in laundry”

Ease Of Use6%

“Easy to use, effective, and far more versatile than I expected”

What buyers complain about

85% of reviews

Ease Of Use13%

“No use”

Solubility13%

“it doesnt dissolve”

Quality-Overall13%

“Absolute rip off”

Dispensing Mechanism13%

“It clogs in the dispenser drawer abd I see no difference to our clothes”

Advertised Vs Actual Product13%

“Reading the product information it says baking soda and nothing else”

Sodium Carbonate return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.1%

Return rate

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Stain Resistance

40%

2Compatibility-Overall

20%

3Functionality-Overall

20%

4Minerals

20%

Common Sodium Carbonate questions

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

Flapen scores Sodium Carbonate 43/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £51K/yr across 15 tracked products. 1 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +6.7% over the last 90 days.

Sodium Carbonate buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Ease Of Use, Solubility, Quality-Overall, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.1%.