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Wakame Seaweed

Fail

The top 5 brands take 98% of clicks, so Wakame Seaweed is a Fail.

Flapen Score
33
33 / 100
Ranks 2,822 of 2,976 Grocery niches · −13 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£47K/yr57K searches / yr
90-day growth
-24.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
81%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 35 sellers

Flapen Score

Wakame Seaweed against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Wakame Seaweed is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

33Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Wakame Seaweed market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Wakame Seaweed 57K times last year and spent an estimated £47K. The top 5 brands take 98% of clicks. Flapen scores it 33 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

10.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 57K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 10.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -24.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £47K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
57K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-24.2%
Conversion, latest week
10.4%
Market size, estimated
£47Ka year
Top search term
wakame seaweed22K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.93.

Listings sell for £7.93 on average, from £2.75 to £17.56. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £7.93 that is £4K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.93under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.75–£17.56
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£4K–£6K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

82% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 91% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #186 within Cooking Ingredients. It carries 984 reviews at 4.62 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
82%
Prime listings
91%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#186in Cooking Ingredients
Average rating
4.62 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
984per listing
Listings tracked
11

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 57 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Wakame Seaweed 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 81% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£5K£9K£14K£19K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

35

Top-5 brand share

98%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

81%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Emma Basic49%
  • Yutaka26%
  • Wel-Pac18%
  • Numami3%
  • CAPACITEA3%
  • Clearspring2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Wakame Seaweed search demand

Weekly searches over the year. Pick a range.

1K800Apr '26Apr '26May '26May '26May '26Jun '26Jun '26Jul '26

Search terms

Top Wakame Seaweed search terms shoppers use

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

  • wakame seaweed22K/yr
  • wakame15K/yr
  • dried seaweed15K/yr
  • wakame dried seaweed3K/yr
  • dried seaweed for soup2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Wakame Seaweed

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

Complain

Value For Money14%+0.22

costly

Wasting money

Bit pricey

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%−0.07

False advertising

Thickness9%−0.07

The first time I bought it I expected the flakes to be bigger and thicker

Contamination9%−0.07

Well known hygiene issues

Ease Of Chewing/Swallowing9%−0.07

Too chewy and rubbery

Love

Quality-Overall32%+1.52

Good contents

perfect for making nori rolls, good quality and good price

Excellent product

Value For Money19%+0.22

Great value

Great value

good price

Taste-Overall16%+1.00

Good taste

Tastes great

Delicious

Freshness4%+0.46

Very fresh

Small packets keeps it fresh

fresher too

Ease Of Use4%+0.39

convenient to use

easy to use dried seaweed

Easy to use and very nutritional

FAQ

Common Wakame Seaweed questions

Answered from the same tracked data.