How competitive is the Star Anise niche on Amazon United Kingdom?

7 brands and 38 sellers compete in Star Anise on Amazon United Kingdom. The top 5 Star Anise products take 86% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 94% of demand.

What do buyers complain about in Star Anise?

Star Anise buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Advertised Vs Actual Product, Quality-Overall, Smell, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.0%.

What does it cost to enter the Star Anise niche?

Star Anise sells for £5.31 on average on Amazon United Kingdom, outside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span £2.03–£11.12. The average incumbent carries 585 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

Star Anise

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($2.03–$11.12) — Star Anise doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

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This niche Category average

Is Star Anise profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Star Anise is a £79K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (97K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 94% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 34/100.

Star Anise: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -31.0% over the last 90 days and 15.3% of searches end in a purchase.

£79K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr20K

Search volume / yr-31.0%97K

Conversion rate15.3%

Avg price£5.31

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 94% of demand, so 6% of the market is open.

open market share

Brands · sellers7 · 38

Top-5 product click share86%

Open market6%

Avg brand age69 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 8 products

Top Star Anise 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

Star Anise (Badiyan) Whole Star Anise 50g (1.76 oz) - Premium Quality Natural Vegan Non-GMO - No Additives & No Preservatives

Price: £4.31
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 297
Age: 2y ago

Alpi Nature Star Anise Whole 125g 4.4 oz Whole Star Anise Pods for Cooking and Mulled Wine

Price: £5.91
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 2,737
Age: 5y ago

Star Aniseed (Badian)

Price: £3.93
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 727
Age: 14y ago

Schwartz Star Anise Whole 10g

Price: £2.03
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 85
Age: 5y ago

Old India Star Anise 500g

Price: £11.12
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 252
Age: 5y ago

Newest

by launch date

Somra - Star Aniseed 125g - Premium Whole Star Anise Pods Ideal Spice for Cooking Baking Chai Tea & Herbal Tea - Resealable Bag

Price: £5.97
Rating: 5.0/5
Reviews: 5
Age: 4mo ago

Star Anise (Badiyan) Whole Star Anise 50g (1.76 oz) - Premium Quality Natural Vegan Non-GMO - No Additives & No Preservatives

Price: £4.31
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 297
Age: 2y ago

Star Anise (Badiyan) Whole Star Anise 100g - Premium Quality Natural Vegan Non-GMO - No Additives & No Preservatives

Price: £5.77
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 511
Age: 4y ago

Star Anise Whole | Badiyan | Badiya | Premium Quality Free P&P UK (50g)

Price: £3.41
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 64
Age: 4y ago

Schwartz Star Anise Whole 10g

Price: £2.03
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 85
Age: 5y ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 86% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

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

Brands

7 falling

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

94%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

The Worldwide Mint49%
Alpi Nature21%
TRS9%
Schwartz7%
Old India7%
Somra4%
Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 3%)

Star Anise demand & seasonality

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

Volume97KCVR15.3%Products8Brands7Top 5 Brands94%OOS Rate6.2%Rating4.6★Reviews585Avg BSR#15

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.4×

Top Star Anise search terms shoppers use

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

star anise61K/yr -32.6%15.4% conv.
star anise whole26K/yr -24.3%15.1% conv.
anise6K/yr -42.8%5.1% conv.
anis3K/yr -21.3%1.7% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Star Anise

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

What buyers love

99% of reviews

Quality-Overall33%

“Good quality”

Smell17%

“The aroma is sweet”

Value For Money12%

“Fair price I would say as well”

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%

“As described”

Taste-Overall8%

“Love the taste of these whilst cooking curry or rice even”

What buyers complain about

100% of reviews

Advertised Vs Actual Product50%

“Title absolutely rubbish”

Quality-Overall25%

“Poor quality”

Smell25%

“these are terrible quality they smell and taste overpoweringly of dirty wood and bark and not the clean aniseed taste and smell it should be which is either down to poor product or poor storage or both”

Common Star Anise questions

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

Flapen scores Star Anise 34/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £79K/yr across 8 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -31.0% over the last 90 days.