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Box of Crisps

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.0% of orders. But prices span $1.04–$15.08, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Box of Crisps is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
55
55 / 100
Top 14% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +9 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£3.0M/yr6.7M searches / yr
90-day growth
+4.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
52%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 96 sellers

Flapen Score

Box of Crisps against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Box of Crisps is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

55Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Box of Crisps market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Box of Crisps 6.7M times last year and spent an estimated £3.0M. The top 5 brands take 89% of clicks. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

16.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 6.7M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 16.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +4.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £3.0M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
6.7M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+4.2%
Conversion, latest week
16.4%
Market size, estimated
£3.0Ma year
Peak month
November2.0× the quietest month
Top search term
crisps4.0M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £2.73.

Listings sell for £2.73 on average, from £1.04 to £15.08. Amazon reports units sold in ranges, and this niche reaches the top one: 1,000,000 units or more a year. The average listing sells 30,000 to 40,000 of them. At £2.73 that is £82K to £109K a year per listing.

Average price
£2.73under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.04–£15.08
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
1,000,000 or moreAmazon's top range
Units per listing a year
30,000–40,000
Revenue per listing a year
£82K–£109K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

4% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #134 within Snack Foods. It carries 2,067 reviews at 4.65 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
4%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.2%
Average rank
#134in Snack Foods
Average rating
4.65 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,067per listing
Listings tracked
26

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 52 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Box of Crisps 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 52% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£302K£603K£905K£1.2M101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

96

Top-5 brand share

89%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

52%

Top 20: 93%

Open market

9%

  • Walkers71%
  • McCoys7%
  • JACOB'S4%
  • Pom Bear4%
  • Smiths3%
  • Kandy Collection3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 9%)

Demand

Box of Crisps search demand

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

150K100KSpike '24Holiday '24SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Search terms

Top Box of Crisps search terms shoppers use

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

  • crisps4.0M/yr
  • crisps multipack990K/yr
  • walkers crisps470K/yr
  • crisp293K/yr
  • walkers221K/yr
  • walkers crisps box186K/yr
  • multipack crisps179K/yr
  • crisps box57K/yr
  • box of crisps59K/yr
  • multi pack crisps43K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Box of Crisps

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

Complain

Crispiness16%−0.04

Poor quality crisps were open

Barely any crisps per packet

Crisp tasted off

Stale/Rotten/Spoiled12%−0.08

Taste stale

Stale

some of the packets are a little stale

Value For Money11%+2.62

wasted money

Cheap

Price is a lot higher than I normally pay for

Taste-Overall11%+0.95

Not a nice taste

Funny taste

Taste stale

Salt Content5%0.00

too salty ready salted

not very salty flavoured

Far too salty they need to reduce the amount of salt by half

Love

Value For Money27%+2.62

Good value for money

Good value for money

Great buy

Crispiness26%−0.04

Lovely crunchy the best

Tasty Crisps

Crunch is lovely

Taste-Overall20%+0.95

Great taste

Tastes amazing as usual

Great tasting snack

Quality-Overall7%+0.57

great quality came in good condition

Excellent Quality

Good variety

Flavor6%+0.07

Great flavour

Excellent box of crisps, all fresh, flavours great

The flavour is consistent throughout

FAQ

Common Box of Crisps questions

Answered from the same tracked data.