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Maltesers Chocolate Gift Box

Fail

Shoppers spend only $34K a year here, so Maltesers Chocolate Gift Box is a Fail.

Flapen Score
43
43 / 100
Ranks 1,718 of 2,461 Fashion niches · −5 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£34K/yr247K searches / yr
90-day growth
-10.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
50%top-5 click share · 21 brands · 77 sellers

Flapen Score

Maltesers Chocolate Gift Box against its category

The dotted line is the Fashion average. Past it, Maltesers Chocolate Gift Box is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

43Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Maltesers Chocolate Gift Box market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Maltesers Chocolate Gift Box 247K times last year and spent an estimated £34K. The top 5 brands take 57% of clicks. Demand peaks in Feb–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 43 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

2.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 247K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -10.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £34K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
247K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-10.5%
Conversion, latest week
2.9%
Market size, estimated
£34Ka year
Peak month
December7.8× the quietest month
Top search term
gifts under 5 pounds205K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £4.80.

Listings sell for £4.80 on average, from £1.56 to £19.50. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £4.80 that is £0 to £480 a year per listing.

Average price
£4.80under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.56–£19.50
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£480
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

72% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 12.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #45 within Novelty & Special Use Clothing. It carries 1,825 reviews at 4.48 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
72%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
12.2%
Average rank
#45in Novelty & Special Use Clothing
Average rating
4.48 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,825per listing
Listings tracked
25

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 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 38 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
38 months

Products

Top Maltesers Chocolate Gift Box 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 50% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£3K£7K£10K£14K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

21 falling

Sellers

77

Top-5 brand share

57%

Top 20: 99%

Top-5 click share

50%

Top 20: 93%

Open market

37%

  • Niorasen21%
  • bring me socks15%
  • Twinings8%
  • YISCOKO6%
  • Swizzels6%
  • Jeasona6%

Demand

Maltesers Chocolate Gift Box search demand

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

60K40KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Feb, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 7.8×

Search terms

Top Maltesers Chocolate Gift Box search terms shoppers use

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

  • gifts under 5 pounds205K/yr
  • gifts under 539K/yr
  • giftd2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Maltesers Chocolate Gift Box

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

Complain

Size-Overall22%−0.12

A very small box

Its a tiny box

Not large

Value For Money16%−0.05

Look more expensive than they were

Waste of money

not worth it

Quality-Overall13%

Rubbish quality

Poor quality

looks cheap

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%−0.04

Misleading

Not as described

Product description misleading

Smell3%

the last batch have had a perfumed smell which definitely wasn't there before

No smell at all

Certain ones smell awful

Love

Gifting Purpose23%+2.87

Cute gift

Funny gift

Fun gift

Quality-Overall14%

Good variety

Amazing quality

Good Quality and Great Customer Service

Value For Money12%−0.05

Excellent value for money

Good price

Great value

Taste-Overall10%

a refreshing taste which ever you choose

Good taste

Delicious teas

Smell6%

Nice selection of fragrances

Great set smells great

Lovely smell

Return

0.2% Return rate 67% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall54%▅▄█▇██

A very small box

Its a tiny box

Not large

Quality-Overall11%▇██▂▃▃

Rubbish quality

Poor quality

looks cheap

Defective Material/Parts5%▁▁▅██▇
Product Condition3%█▆▁▁▆▃
Strength2%▁▁▇█▁▃

FAQ

Common Maltesers Chocolate Gift Box questions

Answered from the same tracked data.