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Hip Flask

soft demand (-10.4% this quarter) — Hip Flask doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

45
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Ranks 4,022 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −6 vs the category median of 51

Market size 52Growth 20Conversion 67Competition 29Returns 95Price range 25Avg price 28Brand share 48Review moat 70Quality gap 30
This niche Category average · 5,777 niches

Is Hip Flask profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Hip Flask is a £324K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (567K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 76% of demand. Demand peaks in Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 45/100.

Hip Flask: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -10.4% over the last 90 days and 6.1% of searches end in a purchase.

£324K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr40K
Search volume / yr-10.4%567K
Conversion rate6.1%
Avg price£9.40

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 76% of demand, so 24% of the market is open.

24%

open market share

Brands · sellers15 · 45
Top-5 product click share68%
Open market24%
Avg brand age46 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 17 products

Sponsored placement82%
New entrants (1y)6· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews696

Top Hip Flask products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 68% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£32K£65K£97K£129K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 falling

Sellers

45

Top-5 brand share

76%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

68%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

20%

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  • STANLEY14%
  • Yizerel12%
  • Yikki9%
  • Dishaur7%
  • ILLUVA4%

Hip Flask demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume567KCVR6.1%Products17Brands15Top 5 Brands76%OOS Rate16.0%Rating4.6★Reviews696Avg BSR#47
25K15KHoliday '24Spike '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.6×

Top Hip Flask search terms shoppers use

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

  • hip flask311K/yr
  • hip flasks for men79K/yr
  • flask alcohol34K/yr
  • hip flasks27K/yr
  • hip flasks for women29K/yr
  • alcohol flask17K/yr
  • whisky flask9K/yr
  • whiskey flask10K/yr
  • hip flask 12oz6K/yr
  • hipflask for man4K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hip Flask

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

91% of reviews
Value For Money26%

great price

Quality-Overall22%

Excellent quality used it on a ski trip and was great

Size-Overall12%

good size

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%

just what I was looking for

Leak-Proof7%

dont leak

What buyers complain about

80% of reviews
Quality-Overall18%

was cheep feels cheap looks cheap

Size-Overall14%

The only downside is you cant fit a lot of your drink in it

Leak-Proof9%

I have found it very easy to cross-thread the stopper resulting in leaks

Durability9%

breaking off in the near future

Value For Money9%

buy a more expensive one

Hip Flask return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.9%

Return rate

48%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall
42%
2Quality-Overall
13%
3Leak-Proof
12%
4Defective Material/Parts
5%
5Material Quality
3%

Common Hip Flask questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Hip Flask 45/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £324K/yr across 17 tracked products. 0 of 6 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -10.4% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Hip Flask on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Dec, where the busiest month runs 2.6× the quietest.