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Locusts Live Food

Fail

The top 5 brands take 99% of clicks, so Locusts Live Food is a Fail.

Flapen Score
44
44 / 100
Ranks 630 of 875 Pet Supplies niches · −6 vs the category median of 50
Market size
£81K/yr75K searches / yr
90-day growth
+8.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
69%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 10 sellers

Flapen Score

Locusts Live Food against its category

The dotted line is the Pet Supplies average. Past it, Locusts Live Food is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

44Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Locusts Live Food market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Locusts Live Food 75K times last year and spent an estimated £81K. The top 5 brands take 99% of clicks. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

10.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 75K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 10.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +8.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £81K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
75K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+8.1%
Conversion, latest week
10.0%
Market size, estimated
£81Ka year
Peak month
September1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
locusts live food26K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £10.78.

Listings sell for £10.78 on average, from £4.55 to £17.42. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £10.78 that is £3K to £5K a year per listing.

Average price
£10.78under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.55–£17.42
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£5K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

13% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 6% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #47 within Reptiles & Amphibians. It carries 304 reviews at 4.42 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
13%
Prime listings
6%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#47in Reptiles & Amphibians
Average rating
4.42 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
304per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 63 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
63 months

Products

Top Locusts Live Food 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 69% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£8K£16K£24K£32K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

10

Top-5 brand share

99%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

69%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Livefood UK56%
  • Generic30%
  • livefoods4u7%
  • Peregrine3%
  • UINCLU3%
  • Komodo1%

Demand

Locusts Live Food search demand

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

2K2KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Locusts Live Food search terms shoppers use

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

  • locusts live food26K/yr
  • live food for reptiles10K/yr
  • live locusts for reptiles8K/yr
  • locusts8K/yr
  • live food7K/yr
  • locust4K/yr
  • reptile food4K/yr
  • live reptile food4K/yr
  • live locusts3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Locusts Live Food

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

Complain

Size-Overall36%+0.29

28 out off 100 dead size also not much not happy att all

Bigger than normal large locusts

Certainly not large

Value For Money29%−0.18

Avoid at all cost absolutely terrible payed for 100 xl bugs got sent 60 and most are absolutely tiny wast of time and money

Expensive to buy in this size

WASTE OF MONEY

Durability14%−0.05

So disappointed, got these Locust on the 27th and over a week later they were ALL dead not just a few

the others didn't last very long

Quality-Overall7%+1.16

Not as good as before

Stale/Rotten/Spoiled7%−0.09

Mostly dead

Love

Size-Overall26%+0.29

Good amount great size

they were big enough size for my bearded dragon he was happy will order more in future

Good size healthy

Value For Money23%−0.18

Fair price

Great value

quantity and price

Quality-Overall23%+1.16

Good quality

Very decent

Lizard loves them good quality

Freshness17%+2.56

Alive and fresh

they get fresh veg every few days

Freshly packed locusts

Ease Of Use5%+0.67

Quick and efficient

FAQ

Common Locusts Live Food questions

Answered from the same tracked data.