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Water

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.0% of orders. But prices span $1.21–$12.02, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Water is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
60
60 / 100
Top 6% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +14 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£3.1M/yr5.9M searches / yr
90-day growth
+57.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
62%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 87 sellers

Flapen Score

Water against its category

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

60Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Water market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Water 5.9M times last year and spent an estimated £3.1M. The top 5 brands take 78% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul. Flapen scores it 60 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

13.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 5.9M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 13.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +57.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £3.1M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
5.9M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+57.9%
Conversion, latest week
13.4%
Market size, estimated
£3.1Ma year
Peak month
July1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
water3.7M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £3.91.

Listings sell for £3.91 on average, from £1.21 to £12.02. Amazon reports units sold in ranges, and this niche reaches the top one: 1,000,000 units or more a year. The average listing sells 80,000 to 100,000 of them. At £3.91 that is £313K to £391K a year per listing.

Average price
£3.91under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.21–£12.02
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
1,000,000 or moreAmazon's top range
Units per listing a year
80,000–100,000
Revenue per listing a year
£313K–£391K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

53% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #241 within Water. It carries 3,107 reviews at 4.60 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
53%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#241in Water
Average rating
4.60 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,107per listing
Listings tracked
17

04 · Newcomers

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

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 59 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Water 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 62% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£307K£614K£921K£1.2M1001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

87

Top-5 brand share

78%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

62%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

16%

  • by Amazon43%
  • Highland Spring11%
  • White Leaf Provisions8%
  • Nestlé Pure Life8%
  • Aqua Carpatica8%
  • Senshi Japan6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 16%)

Demand

Water search demand

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

250K150KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Water search terms shoppers use

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

  • water3.7M/yr
  • bottled water592K/yr
  • still water319K/yr
  • water multipack280K/yr
  • spring water152K/yr
  • mineral water147K/yr
  • bottled water multipack 24110K/yr
  • still water multipack86K/yr
  • amazon water55K/yr
  • bottle water65K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Water

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

Complain

Taste-Overall24%−0.06

Strange taste

It has a chemical taste

Bad taste

Value For Money12%+3.05

overpriced

more expensive

overpriced

Quality-Overall9%−0.02

the quality of the bottles is appalling

Terrible bottle quality

Poor Quality

Dilute/Watery8%

It is water not sonthingelse

watery as other brands

It is wet

Strength5%−0.02

bottles are very thin and flimsy

Flimsy

the bottles are very flimsy

Love

Value For Money39%+3.05

Excellent value

Excellent value

Best deal

Taste-Overall21%−0.06

really refreshing taste

Clean taste

Excellent taste

Quality-Overall14%−0.02

Excellent product

Reasonable price for quality

the bottles are good quality

Freshness4%+0.34

Fresh

Tasty Fresh Water

Lovely fresh tasting water

Size-Overall3%+0.42

The bottles are a convenient size

Good size

Perfect bottle size

FAQ

Common Water questions

Answered from the same tracked data.