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Locusts Live Food

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 99% of clicks) — Locusts Live Food doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

44
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Market size 20Growth 35Conversion 87Competition 27Returns 100Price range 19Avg price 40Brand share 3Review moat 85Quality gap 55
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Is Locusts Live Food profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Locusts Live Food is a £81K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (75K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 99% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 44/100.

Locusts Live Food: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved +8.1% over the last 90 days and 10.0% of searches end in a purchase.

£81K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr10K
Search volume / yr+8.1%75K
Conversion rate10.0%
Avg price£10.78

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 99% of demand, so 1% of the market is open.

1%

open market share

Brands · sellers6 · 10
Top-5 product click share69%
Open market1%
Avg brand age63 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 16 products

Sponsored placement13%
New entrants (1y)0· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews304

Top Locusts Live Food 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 69% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond 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%

Locusts Live Food demand & seasonality

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

Volume75KCVR10.0%Products16Brands6Top 5 Brands99%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.4★Reviews304Avg BSR#47
2K2KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Top Locusts Live Food search terms shoppers use

The exact queries 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

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Locusts Live Food

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

What buyers love

98% of reviews
Size-Overall26%

Good amount great size

Value For Money23%

Fair price

Quality-Overall23%

Good quality

Freshness17%

Alive and fresh

Ease Of Use5%

Quick and efficient

What buyers complain about

93% of reviews
Size-Overall36%

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

Value For Money29%

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

Durability14%

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

Quality-Overall7%

Not as good as before

Stale/Rotten/Spoiled7%

Mostly dead

Common Locusts Live Food questions

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

Flapen scores Locusts Live Food 44/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £81K/yr across 16 tracked products. Search demand moved +8.1% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Locusts Live Food on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.5× the quietest.