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Black Fondant Icing

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — Black Fondant Icing doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

33
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Market size 18Growth 24Conversion 100Competition 5Returns 99Price range 0Avg price 14Brand share 0Review moat 24Quality gap 37
This niche Category average

Is Black Fondant Icing profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Black Fondant Icing is a £73K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (76K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Demand peaks in Oct. Verdict: Skip it — 33/100.

Black Fondant Icing: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -1.1% over the last 90 days and 19.8% of searches end in a purchase.

£73K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr25K
Search volume / yr-1.1%76K
Conversion rate19.8%
Avg price£4.89

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand, so 0% of the market is open.

0%

open market share

Brands · sellers3 · 11
Top-5 product click share95%
Open market0%
Avg brand age56 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 · 6 products

Sponsored placement83%
New entrants (1y)0· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews6,589

Top Black Fondant Icing 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 capture 95% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£11K£22K£33K£44K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

3 falling

Sellers

11

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

95%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Renshaw78%
  • Create A Cake16%
  • PME5%

Black Fondant Icing demand & seasonality

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

Volume76KCVR19.8%Products6Brands3Top 5 Brands100%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.5★Reviews6,589Avg BSR#5
3K2KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Top Black Fondant Icing search terms shoppers use

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

  • black fondant icing27K/yr
  • black icing23K/yr
  • black fondant12K/yr
  • black icing ready to roll7K/yr
  • black fondant icing ready to roll5K/yr
  • black sugarpaste2K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Black Fondant Icing

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

What buyers love

96% of reviews
Taste-Overall19%

Great taste

Color13%

Good colour saturation

Baking13%

Looked very nice on the cake

Value For Money11%

Good price and quick delivery

Quality-Overall10%

Excellent product

What buyers complain about

50% of reviews
Color25%

These colours are very hard to achieve yourself without using huge quantities of food colouring

Artificial Colors25%

These colours are very hard to achieve yourself without using huge quantities of food colouring

Black Fondant Icing return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.1%

Return rate

100%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall
100%

Common Black Fondant Icing questions

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

Flapen scores Black Fondant Icing 33/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £73K/yr across 6 tracked products. Search demand moved -1.1% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Black Fondant Icing on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Oct, where the busiest month runs 1.9× the quietest.