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Pass

Wine scores 73 out of 100, a Pass. Shoppers spend $3.6M a year here, demand is soft, at -6.5% this quarter, and returns run at 0.2% of orders.

Flapen Score
73
73 / 100
Top 1% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +27 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£3.6M/yr3.2M searches / yr
90-day growth
-6.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
24%top-5 click share · 42 brands · 68 sellers

Flapen Score

Wine against its category

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

73Pass
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Wine market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Wine 3.2M times last year and spent an estimated £3.6M. The top 5 brands take 65% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 73 out of 100, a Pass.

01 · Demand

9.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 3.2M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 9.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -6.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £3.6M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
3.2M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-6.5%
Conversion, latest week
9.0%
Market size, estimated
£3.6Ma year
Peak month
December3.1× the quietest month
Top search term
wine1.1M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £12.40.

Listings sell for £12.40 on average, from £4.22 to £96.54. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 300K to 400K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At £12.40 that is £37K to £50K a year per listing.

Average price
£12.40under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.22–£96.54
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
300K–400K
Units per listing a year
3,000–4,000
Revenue per listing a year
£37K–£50K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

40% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 99% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #260 within Beer, Wine & Spirits. It carries 363 reviews at 4.41 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
40%
Prime listings
99%
Out of stock, average day
4.0%
Average rank
#260in Beer, Wine & Spirits
Average rating
4.41 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
363per listing
Listings tracked
91

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 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 75 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
75 months

Products

Top 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 only 24% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£71K£142K£213K£284K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

42 falling

Sellers

68

Top-5 brand share

65%

Top 20: 90%

Top-5 click share

24%

Top 20: 56%

Open market

31%

  • Hardys19%
  • Morrisons13%
  • McGuigan12%
  • by Amazon12%
  • 19 Crimes8%
  • Jam Shed3%

Demand

Wine search demand

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

200K150KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.1×

Search terms

Top Wine search terms shoppers use

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

  • wine1.1M/yr
  • red wine1.1M/yr
  • white wine592K/yr
  • 19 crimes red wine69K/yr
  • 19 crimes44K/yr
  • white wines20K/yr
  • wine red25K/yr
  • wine offers23K/yr
  • wine deals16K/yr
  • white wine sauvignon blanc15K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Wine

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

Complain

Taste-Overall23%−0.13

Awful taste

not for by taste buds

with an unpleasant aftertaste

Value For Money11%+2.18

Very expensive

Higher percentage is more expensive than 11%

Overpriced for what it is

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%−0.05

very disappointed with the false advertising

False advertising

Not quite as advertised

Alcohol Content9%−0.07

I dont find the alcohol content overpowering at all

It says t's 14% alcohol

The alcohol value was 12.5% not the 13.5% that it is normally

Quality-Overall8%+0.09

Poor quality wine has no body to it

not as good as previously

Poor quality

Love

Value For Money24%+2.18

Value for money

Good for the price

Quite good for the money

Alcohol Flavor21%+0.56

Easy drink

easy to drink

Nice drink

Taste-Overall14%−0.13

Graet value smooth taste

Great taste

it does have a refreshing fruity taste

Quality-Overall9%+0.09

Brilliant kit

No complaints

Good quality

Flavor6%+0.41

The flavour profile is clean and vibrant, with a nice balance of fruit and acidity that keeps it tasting bright and easy to drink

Nice flavor

Rich flavour

Return

0.2% Return rate 0% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall34%▃█▂▅▄▂
Charging29%▅▁█▅▃█
Durability16%▆▁█▆▁▁

Broke

Stopped working

Lasted a month and broke

Value For Money5%▁▁▁▁▁█

Very expensive

Higher percentage is more expensive than 11%

Overpriced for what it is

Add-Ons/Attachments5%█▁▁▁▁▁

FAQ

Common Wine questions

Answered from the same tracked data.