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Tequila

Tequila clears our launch bar: a $1.1M/yr market growing +25.6% this quarter with returns at 0.4%.

Flapen Score

57
Launch it
Market size 79Growth 54Conversion 69Competition 34Returns 98Price range 79Avg price 87Brand share 30Review moat 57Quality gap 16
This niche Category average

Is Tequila profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Tequila is a £1.1M/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (850K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 87% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Launch it — 57/100.

Tequila: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Yes. Search demand moved +25.6% over the last 90 days and 6.3% of searches end in a purchase.

£1.1M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr60K
Search volume / yr+25.6%850K
Conversion rate6.3%
Avg price£19.84

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 87% of demand, so 13% of the market is open.

13%

open market share

Brands · sellers12 · 59
Top-5 product click share65%
Open market13%
Avg brand age80 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.7★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 19 products

Sponsored placement68%
New entrants (1y)2· 2 succeeded
Avg rating4.7★
Avg reviews1,236

Top Tequila products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 65% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£107K£214K£320K£427K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

59

Top-5 brand share

87%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

65%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

10%

  • Olmeca30%
  • El Jimador25%
  • Sierra15%
  • Jose Cuervo12%
  • Casamigos4%
  • Patrón3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 10%)

Tequila demand & seasonality

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

Volume850KCVR6.3%Products19Brands12Top 5 Brands87%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.7★Reviews1,236Avg BSR#6
45K35KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.6×

Top Tequila search terms shoppers use

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

  • tequila706K/yr
  • tequila blanco39K/yr
  • tequila 1l14K/yr
  • altos tequila12K/yr
  • tequilla14K/yr
  • blanco tequila6K/yr
  • olmeca altos tequila7K/yr
  • altos5K/yr
  • 100% agave tequila5K/yr
  • lalo tequila3K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Tequila

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

What buyers love

95% of reviews
Alcohol Flavor40%

Amazing drink

Value For Money18%

Worth buying

Taste-Overall17%

Taste great

Quality-Overall7%

its good quality and smooth

Flavor4%

Good flavour

What buyers complain about

81% of reviews
Taste-Overall31%

Tastes very different now it is definitely a different product now

Alcohol Flavor18%

Awful tequila, Bought for someone else as they specifically asked for it

Alcohol Content13%

At one point I actually checked the bottle to confirm it was alcoholic

Ingredients-Overall5%

It doesn't taste like tequila at all, it's full of additives and sugars, extraction by chemicals

Size-Overall5%

Very small bottle

Common Tequila questions

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

Flapen scores Tequila 57/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Launch it. The niche generates £1.1M/yr across 19 tracked products. 2 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +25.6% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Tequila on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 2.6× the quietest.