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Cod Liver Oil

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.0% of orders. But demand is soft, at -15.0% this quarter, so Cod Liver Oil is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
50
50 / 100
Top 41% of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · +2 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£1.6M/yr984K searches / yr
90-day growth
-15.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
70%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 68 sellers

Flapen Score

Cod Liver Oil against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Personal Care average. Past it, Cod Liver Oil is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

50Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Cod Liver Oil market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Cod Liver Oil 984K times last year and spent an estimated £1.6M. The top 5 brands take 78% of clicks. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

17.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 984K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 17.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -15.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.6M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
984K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-15.0%
Conversion, latest week
17.6%
Market size, estimated
£1.6Ma year
Peak month
January1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
cod liver oil capsules high strength365K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.22.

Listings sell for £9.22 on average, from £4.61 to £18.81. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 150K to 200K a year. The average listing sells 8,000 to 10,000 of them. At £9.22 that is £74K to £92K a year per listing.

Average price
£9.22under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.61–£18.81
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
150K–200K
Units per listing a year
8,000–10,000
Revenue per listing a year
£74K–£92K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

87% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 93% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #96 within Diet & Nutrition. It carries 4,478 reviews at 4.68 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
87%
Prime listings
93%
Out of stock, average day
5.9%
Average rank
#96in Diet & Nutrition
Average rating
4.68 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
4,478per listing
Listings tracked
15

04 · Newcomers

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

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 81 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Cod Liver Oil 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 70% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£160K£320K£481K£641K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

68

Top-5 brand share

78%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

17%

  • Natures Aid42%
  • Sevenseas12%
  • Zipvit10%
  • NutriVolv9%
  • SEVEN SEAS5%
  • NEW LEAF PRODUCTS5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 17%)

Demand

Cod Liver Oil search demand

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

23K18KSpike '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Cod Liver Oil search terms shoppers use

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

  • cod liver oil capsules high strength365K/yr
  • cod liver oil309K/yr
  • cod liver oil capsules162K/yr
  • seven seas cod liver oil42K/yr
  • cod liver oil tablets21K/yr
  • codliver oil capsules 1000mg12K/yr
  • cod liver oil gelatine free8K/yr
  • cod liver oil capsules 1000mg14K/yr
  • seven seas cod liver oil capsules9K/yr
  • gelatine free cod liver oil5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cod Liver Oil

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

Complain

Taste-Overall14%−0.05

The aftertaste is awful

Tasteless

totally tasteless

Size-Overall8%

The capsules are a bit large

Capsules are large

Too big

Smell7%−0.05

The container smells, as usual,

Doesnt smell as far as I can tell

It smells very fishy

Dosage6%−0.04

this is NOT per capsule

1000mg, not 2000mg

this is not the case its 2000 mg per serving

Oily/Greasy5%

Cod liver oil

Oil

Use them as dont eat enough with oil in

Love

Value For Money26%+2.00

Good Value

Good value for money

Good value for the money

Quality-Overall24%+1.61

Definitely a solid quality product

Excellent Quality

Good quality capsules

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%

Arrived exactly as described

As advertised

Exactly as described

Joint Pain5%+0.24

Helping with joint pain

Very good for joint

I feel it helps keep joint pain at bay

Ease Of Chewing/Swallowing5%+0.11

The capsules are easy enough to take and, importantly, I havent experienced the unpleasant fishy aftertaste or repeat burps that can sometimes come with fish oil supplements

I have never had a problem swallowing them

Easy to swallow

Return

0.0% Return rate 0% Fixable by listing

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FAQ

Common Cod Liver Oil questions

Answered from the same tracked data.