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Krill Oil

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But demand is soft, at -22.5% this quarter, so Krill 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
£279K/yr151K searches / yr
90-day growth
-22.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
78%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 27 sellers

Flapen Score

Krill Oil against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Personal Care average. Past it, Krill 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 Krill Oil market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Krill Oil 151K times last year and spent an estimated £279K. The top 5 brands take 81% of clicks. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

10.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 151K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 10.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -22.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £279K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
151K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-22.5%
Conversion, latest week
10.9%
Market size, estimated
£279Ka year
Peak month
November1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
krill oil83K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £16.90.

Listings sell for £16.90 on average, from £5.30 to £28.30. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At £16.90 that is £17K to £21K a year per listing.

Average price
£16.90inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.30–£28.30
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
£17K–£21K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

62% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #58 within Essential Fatty Acids. It carries 704 reviews at 4.51 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
62%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
1.0%
Average rank
#58in Essential Fatty Acids
Average rating
4.51 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
704per listing
Listings tracked
13

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 72 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
72 months

Products

Top Krill 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 78% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£28K£56K£84K£111K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 flat

Sellers

27

Top-5 brand share

81%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

78%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

13%

  • WeightWorld29%
  • Nutri Peak19%
  • Horbäach15%
  • Vitabiotics Ultra12%
  • Nu U Nutrition6%
  • Tamiodfo6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 13%)

Demand

Krill Oil search demand

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

4K3KPrime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Krill Oil search terms shoppers use

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

  • krill oil83K/yr
  • krill oil capsules high strength 2000mg23K/yr
  • krill oil capsules10K/yr
  • krill7K/yr
  • antarctic krill oil15K/yr
  • red krill oil5K/yr
  • krill oil omega 3 capsules high strength2K/yr
  • antartic krill oil4K/yr
  • antartic krill oil capsules high strength 2000mg3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Krill Oil

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

Complain

Smell14%−0.14

Really horrible strong fishy smell

Unpleasant smell

Smells rancid when opening

Value For Money9%−0.05

Poor value for money

its not the cheapest

Expensive

Size-Overall5%+0.22

The capsules are large

Capsules are large

Quite large capsules

Dosage4%

meaning a 120-count bottle provides a two-month supply rather than four

not how many pills we must take to achieve this dose

the recommended serving is TWO per day

Side Effects3%−0.01

unlike some omega-3 supplements don't leave me with an unpleasant aftertaste or cause any fishy burps

I did not expect these kinds of side effects from a supplement

The symptoms began shortly after I started using the product

Love

Quality-Overall21%+1.19

continues the same reliable quality expected from the brand

I have found them to be effective with good quality ingredients at a reasonable price

Excellent product

Ease Of Chewing/Swallowing11%+0.88

They are easily swallowed with water, tasteless and no fishy burps afterwards

Easy to swallow

Performance-wise, I have found these capsules very easy to swallow, and they live up to the promise of having absolutely no fishy aftertaste or unpleasant reflux

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%+0.58

The product does what it says

It seems to work

Does the job

Value For Money7%−0.05

good value pack

Reasonable price

Good Value

Ingredients-Overall6%−0.02

The ingredient list is straightforward and clean

Then ingredients are good quality

the ingredients look good

FAQ

Common Krill Oil questions

Answered from the same tracked data.