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Penguin Gifts

Fail

Demand is soft, at -20.0% this quarter, so Penguin Gifts is a Fail.

Flapen Score
41
41 / 100
Ranks 1,878 of 2,461 Fashion niches · −7 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£210K/yr600K searches / yr
90-day growth
-20.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
64%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 48 sellers

Flapen Score

Penguin Gifts against its category

The dotted line is the Fashion average. Past it, Penguin Gifts is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

41Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Penguin Gifts market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Penguin Gifts 600K times last year and spent an estimated £210K. The top 5 brands take 85% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 41 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

4.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 600K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -20.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £210K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
600K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-20.0%
Conversion, latest week
4.8%
Market size, estimated
£210Ka year
Peak month
December5.6× the quietest month
Top search term
penguin222K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.30.

Listings sell for £7.30 on average, from £0.94 to £23.15. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £7.30 that is £5K to £7K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.30under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£0.94–£23.15
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£5K–£7K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

79% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 95% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #301 within Socks & Tights. It carries 1,085 reviews at 4.61 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
79%
Prime listings
95%
Out of stock, average day
5.5%
Average rank
#301in Socks & Tights
Average rating
4.61 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,085per listing
Listings tracked
19

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 10 launches as successful.

10 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 35 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
10
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
35 months

Products

Top Penguin Gifts 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 64% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£21K£42K£63K£84K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)3 products missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

48

Top-5 brand share

85%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

64%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

10%

  • McVitie's33%
  • Shoppawhile25%
  • LSVGSAK14%
  • Jeasona8%
  • Snuggz5%
  • STARKET5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 10%)

Demand

Penguin Gifts search demand

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

40K30KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.6×

Search terms

Top Penguin Gifts search terms shoppers use

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

  • penguin222K/yr
  • penguin gifts202K/yr
  • penguin biscuits39K/yr
  • penguins43K/yr
  • penguin gifts for women34K/yr
  • pengui14K/yr
  • penguin gift13K/yr
  • penguin gifts for kids11K/yr
  • penguin gifts for men11K/yr
  • penguin bars4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Penguin Gifts

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

Complain

Size-Overall41%−0.11

Too small

bars get smaller

bit smaller size than expected

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%−0.03

Nothing like what is advertised

Nothing like whats shown in the advert

Strength8%−0.05

The stand is a bit flimsy too

Quality-Overall8%+0.96

Cheap looking

Bad quality

Durability4%−0.02

Fell apart completely

Love

Taste-Overall24%+0.12

the biscuit is nice

Best Chocolate ever

Great taste

Quality-Overall18%+0.96

Very nice, cute handmade crotchet, excellent for gift

Good quality and long shelf life

Excellent quality

Value For Money13%+1.24

Great price

Good value for money

Great sale

Baking10%+0.54

still a great biscuit

had a lovely real chocolate coating

Biscuits

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%−0.03

Great product as advertised

As described

Looks just like the image

Return

0.1% Return rate 59% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall50%▁█▅▆█▇

Too small

bars get smaller

bit smaller size than expected

Quality-Overall15%▄▄█▄▄▁

Cheap looking

Bad quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%█▃▁▆▁▃

Nothing like what is advertised

Nothing like whats shown in the advert

Value For Money8%▄▂█▁▄▃

definitely over priced for the size

Strength5%▁▅▁█▅▁

The stand is a bit flimsy too

FAQ

Common Penguin Gifts questions

Answered from the same tracked data.