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Barney Bear Cakes

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.0% of orders. But the top 5 brands take 96% of clicks, so Barney Bear Cakes is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
51
51 / 100
Top 27% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +5 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£123K/yr134K searches / yr
90-day growth
-0.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
34%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 72 sellers

Flapen Score

Barney Bear Cakes against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Barney Bear Cakes is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

51Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Barney Bear Cakes market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Barney Bear Cakes 134K times last year and spent an estimated £123K. The top 5 brands take 96% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Jun. Flapen scores it 51 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

10.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 134K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 10.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -0.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £123K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
134K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-0.4%
Conversion, latest week
10.4%
Market size, estimated
£123Ka year
Peak month
June2.5× the quietest month
Top search term
yoyo bear26K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.84.

Listings sell for £8.84 on average, from £1.52 to £21.03. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £8.84 that is £2K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.84under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.52–£21.03
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£4K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

51% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 96% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #276 within Baby Foods. It carries 251 reviews at 4.51 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
51%
Prime listings
96%
Out of stock, average day
0.5%
Average rank
#276in Baby Foods
Average rating
4.51 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
251per listing
Listings tracked
47

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 56 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
56 months

Products

Top Barney Bear Cakes 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 only 34% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£4K£7K£11K£15K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 flat

Sellers

72

Top-5 brand share

96%

Top 20: 97%

Top-5 click share

34%

Top 20: 75%

Open market

1%

  • BEAR78%
  • Bob Snail Roll9%
  • Freddie's Farm6%
  • --3%
  • TINAYAUE2%
  • Soul Fruit1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1%)

Demand

Barney Bear Cakes search demand

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

4K3KSpike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Mar, Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.5×

Search terms

Top Barney Bear Cakes search terms shoppers use

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

  • yoyo bear26K/yr
  • bear fruit20K/yr
  • bear yoyo14K/yr
  • bob snail13K/yr
  • bear fruit snacks7K/yr
  • bear snacks6K/yr
  • fruit snacks for kids7K/yr
  • kids snacks bulk5K/yr
  • kids fruit snacks5K/yr
  • yo yo bear4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Barney Bear Cakes

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

Complain

Value For Money25%+0.32

expensive

Waste of money

sadly too expensive to keep buying

Taste-Overall18%

Hardly edible

Doesn't taste nice

Personally I found most of these inedible due to taste

Flavor7%−0.04

My children say there isnt much flavour

My only complaint is that the latest delivery was obviously short on blueberry flavour

Poor quality lacked flavour and texture

Quality-Overall6%−0.05

Could be better

Gross

Texture/Consistency-Overall4%−0.06

Texture is a big no

Interesting, strange texture

Love

Taste-Overall30%

Amazing snacks, very delicious and crunchy

Yummy snacks

Great taste

Value For Money13%+0.32

And good value for money

Good value

AMAZING value

Health Benefits-Overall8%+1.53

Love these as a healthy treat

Delicious and healthy

Super great healthy snack, easy and on the go plus tastes great

Flavor8%−0.04

The variety of flavours is great

fabulous flavour good snack

Flavour is lovely

Sweetness7%+1.13

Wonderful sweet treat for everyone

Soft, sweet strawberry bites

Ideal for a sweet snack

FAQ

Common Barney Bear Cakes questions

Answered from the same tracked data.