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Cartwright and Butler

pricing outside the sweet spot ($5.43 avg) — Cartwright and Butler doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

48
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Market size 24Growth 21Conversion 96Competition 31Returns 100Price range 27Avg price 15Brand share 39Review moat 77Quality gap 76
This niche Category average

Is Cartwright and Butler profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Cartwright and Butler is a £96K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (125K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 82% of demand. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 48/100.

Cartwright and Butler: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -8.8% over the last 90 days and 14.2% of searches end in a purchase.

£96K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr25K
Search volume / yr-8.8%125K
Conversion rate14.2%
Avg price£5.43

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 82% of demand, so 18% of the market is open.

18%

open market share

Brands · sellers13 · 55
Top-5 product click share67%
Open market18%
Avg brand age53 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 20 products

Sponsored placement30%
New entrants (1y)4· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews468

Top Cartwright and Butler 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 take 67% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£10K£19K£29K£38K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 rising

Sellers

55

Top-5 brand share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

67%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

15%

  • McVitie's48%
  • Cartwright & Butler14%
  • Lottie Shaw's9%
  • Bothams6%
  • Border5%
  • Zamfoods4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 15%)

Cartwright and Butler demand & seasonality

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

Volume125KCVR14.2%Products20Brands13Top 5 Brands82%OOS Rate2.8%Rating4.3★Reviews468Avg BSR#98
8K6KSpike '24Black Friday '24Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.9×

Top Cartwright and Butler search terms shoppers use

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

  • ginger biscuits100K/yr
  • stem ginger biscuits9K/yr
  • ginger nuts biscuits9K/yr
  • ginger nut biscuits4K/yr
  • ginger biscuit3K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cartwright and Butler

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

What buyers love

92% of reviews
Taste-Overall39%

Absolutely delicious

Baking14%

Very crisp biscuits

Sweetness8%

The chocolate is also delicious

Crispiness8%

Lovely biscuits with a nice crunch

Quality-Overall6%

The biscuits are top quality

What buyers complain about

61% of reviews
Crispiness11%

They should be crisp

Value For Money11%

A little expensive

Stale/Rotten/Spoiled11%

The four pack of gingernuts were stale

Strength7%

Inedible

Texture/Consistency-Overall4%

Hard, horrible texture

Common Cartwright and Butler questions

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

Flapen scores Cartwright and Butler 48/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £96K/yr across 20 tracked products. 1 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -8.8% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Cartwright and Butler on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 2.9× the quietest.