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South African Wine

Fail

Demand is soft, at -22.4% this quarter, so South African Wine is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Top 44% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +1 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£60K/yr53K searches / yr
90-day growth
-22.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
59%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 17 sellers

Flapen Score

South African Wine against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, South African Wine is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

47Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The South African Wine market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for South African Wine 53K times last year and spent an estimated £60K. The top 5 brands take 81% of clicks. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

4.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 53K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -22.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £60K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
53K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-22.4%
Conversion, latest week
4.2%
Market size, estimated
£60Ka year
Top search term
chocolate block red wine7K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £26.77.

Listings sell for £26.77 on average, from £5.34 to £136.04. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £26.77 that is £13K to £20K a year per listing.

Average price
£26.77inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.34–£136.04
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
4K–5K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£13K–£20K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

23% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 73% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #320 within Beer, Wine & Spirits. It carries 105 reviews at 4.49 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
23%
Prime listings
73%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#320in Beer, Wine & Spirits
Average rating
4.49 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
105per listing
Listings tracked
22

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 67 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
67 months

Products

Top South African Wine 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 59% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£6K£12K£18K£24K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

10 rising

Sellers

17

Top-5 brand share

81%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

59%

Top 20: 97%

Open market

14%

  • Secret Bottle Shop47%
  • Boekenhoutskloof15%
  • by Amazon9%
  • Boekenhoutsk6%
  • Anthonij Rupert5%
  • Nederburg5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 14%)

Demand

South African Wine search demand

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

5K3KSpike '25Holiday '25Spike '26OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 7.3× · 11 of 12 months tracked

Search terms

Top South African Wine search terms shoppers use

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

  • chocolate block red wine7K/yr
  • south african wine11K/yr
  • south african red wine6K/yr
  • chocolate block8K/yr
  • chocolate block wine15K/yr
  • the chocolate block red wine4K/yr
  • chocolate box wine3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about South African Wine

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

Complain

Value For Money50%−0.21

Very expensive

NOT good value for money at all

Terrible and expensive

Taste-Overall21%−0.30

it doesnt taste same as either of us remembered

Was not keen on the taste of this Chenin blanc

Size-Overall14%−0.10

Small bottle f wine

And the bottle of wine is so small

Love

Value For Money25%−0.21

Great value for money

Good value

well worth it

Quality-Overall20%+2.09

good quality product

the quality is genuinely impressive

a quality item

Taste-Overall14%−0.30

Great taste

Ive enjoyed this wine

Very nice wine

Advertised Vs Actual Product13%+1.24

Exactly as described

As described

it looks exactly as described

Alcohol Flavor9%+0.90

Ive enjoyed this wine

Very nice wine

Wine was delicious

FAQ

Common South African Wine questions

Answered from the same tracked data.