How competitive is the Aniseed Balls niche on Amazon United Kingdom?

10 brands and 19 sellers compete in Aniseed Balls on Amazon United Kingdom. The top 5 Aniseed Balls products take 71% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 87% of demand.

What do buyers complain about in Aniseed Balls?

Aniseed Balls buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Taste-Overall, Advertised Vs Actual Product, Flavor, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.0%.

What does it cost to enter the Aniseed Balls niche?

Aniseed Balls sells for £9.32 on average on Amazon United Kingdom, outside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span £2.69–£20.99. The average incumbent carries 280 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

Aniseed Balls

a small market ($60K/yr) — Aniseed Balls doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

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This niche Category average

Is Aniseed Balls profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Aniseed Balls is a £60K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (59K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 87% of demand. Demand peaks in Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 41/100.

Aniseed Balls: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -14.5% over the last 90 days and 10.9% of searches end in a purchase.

£60K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr8K

Search volume / yr-14.5%59K

Conversion rate10.9%

Avg price£9.32

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 87% of demand, so 13% of the market is open.

13%

open market share

Brands · sellers10 · 19

Top-5 product click share71%

Open market13%

Avg brand age52 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 14 products

Top Aniseed Balls products & what they sell for

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

Top sellers

by 90-day click share

Aniseed Balls 1 Kilo Bag

Price: £8.44
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 1,159
Age: 16y ago

Berrymans Aniseed Balls Sweets - 1 Kilo Bulk Bag - 1KG - Assorted Sweet Pick and Mix for Parties Gifts and Sharing.

Price: £10.41
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 136
Age: 3y ago

Original Aniseed balls Retro Sweets Gift Jar By Berrymans Sweet Shop - Classic Sweets Traditional Taste.

Price: £12.43
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 1,037
Age: 7y ago

Kingsway Aniseed Balls Sweets Pack 100 g

Price: £4.47
Rating: 4.0/5
Reviews: 185
Age: 13y ago

250g Pick n Mix Sweets (1/2lb) (Aniseed Balls 250g)

Price: £5.17
Rating: 5.0/5
Reviews: 2
Age: 5mo ago

Newest

by launch date

Krazy Kandi Aniseed Balls 1kg Bulk Bag | Traditional Hard Boiled Sweets | Intense Aromatic Flavour | Retro Pick and Mix for Sharing Party Bags and Gifting

Price: £8.02
Rating: 5.0/5
Reviews: 3
Age: 5mo ago

250g Pick n Mix Sweets (1/2lb) (Aniseed Balls 250g)

Price: £5.17
Rating: 5.0/5
Reviews: 2
Age: 5mo ago

Aniseed Balls Sweets - 500g Bulk Pouch - Retro Sweet Pick and Mix for Parties Gifts and Sharing By Sweetish

Price: £7.24
Rating: 4.9/5
Reviews: 11
Age: 1y ago

$Liquorice Sweets Gift Box | Liquorice Torpedoes Pontefract Cakes Aniseed Balls Jelly Spogs Cream Rock Licorice & Aniseed Sweets Toffees & Bar | Pick n Mix Bags$

Liquorice Sweets Gift Box | Liquorice Torpedoes Pontefract Cakes Aniseed Balls Jelly Spogs Cream Rock Licorice & Aniseed Sweets Toffees & Bar | Pick n Mix Bags

Price: £9.95
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 174
Age: 1y ago

Aniseed Balls - (755g) Original Retro Aniseed Balls Sweets Gift Jar By Bentley & Ackermans Sweet Shop.

Price: £12.43
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 27
Age: 2y ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 71% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 rising

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

87%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

71%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

Berrymans40%
Kingsway32%
Dolci Di Lechlade7%
Krazy Kandi5%
Strawberry Ledge4%
The Gourmet Sweet Company3%
Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 9%)

Aniseed Balls demand & seasonality

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

Volume59KCVR10.9%Products14Brands10Top 5 Brands87%OOS Rate19.4%Rating4.5★Reviews280Avg BSR#73

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Top Aniseed Balls search terms shoppers use

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

aniseed balls49K/yr -15.9%9.6% conv.
aniseed balls sweets6K/yr -5.5%9.7% conv.
anaseeds balls5K/yr -10.6%9.7% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Aniseed Balls

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

What buyers love

93% of reviews

Taste-Overall25%

“Simply the best - tastes great and long-lasting”

Sweetness21%

“Lovely sweets”

Quality-Overall15%

“Fabulous product”

Value For Money9%

“Worth every penny”

Flavor9%

“Fantastic flavours”

What buyers complain about

82% of reviews

Taste-Overall23%

“Not much aniseed taste to them bit disappointed”

Advertised Vs Actual Product20%

“VERY MISLEADING”

Flavor13%

“Disappointing flavour”

Size-Overall10%

“Smaller than expected”

Quality-Overall7%

“Poor quality”

Common Aniseed Balls questions

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

Flapen scores Aniseed Balls 41/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £60K/yr across 14 tracked products. 0 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -14.5% over the last 90 days.