How competitive is the Costa Hot Chocolate niche on Amazon United Kingdom?

5 brands and 27 sellers compete in Costa Hot Chocolate on Amazon United Kingdom. The top 5 Costa Hot Chocolate products take 100% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 100% of demand.

What does it cost to enter the Costa Hot Chocolate niche?

Costa Hot Chocolate sells for £9.01 on average on Amazon United Kingdom, outside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span £3.33–£14.99. The average incumbent carries 311 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

Costa Hot Chocolate

a concentrated shelf (top 5 take 100% of clicks) — Costa Hot Chocolate doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

Skip it

This niche Category average

Is Costa Hot Chocolate profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Costa Hot Chocolate is a £18K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (57K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 31/100.

Costa Hot Chocolate: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -15.1% over the last 90 days and 3.4% of searches end in a purchase.

£18K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr6K

Search volume / yr-15.1%57K

Conversion rate3.4%

Avg price£9.01

Who owns the niche?

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

open market share

Brands · sellers5 · 27

Top-5 product click share100%

Open market0%

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 · 5 products

Top Costa Hot Chocolate 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

Starbucks Signature Chocolate Hot Chocolate 42 Percent Cocoa Powder Brown 330 g

Price: £4.43
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 1,000
Age: 4y ago

STARBUCKS Premium Instant Hot Chocolate Sachets - 20 x 35g

Price: £11.12
Rating: 4.3/5
Reviews: 44
Age: 9mo ago

Costa Hot Chocolate 300g

Price: £3.33
Rating: 4.3/5
Reviews: 293
Age: 4y ago

Costa Hot Chocolate Rich & Creamy Smooth With Chocolate Sprinkles Perfect Wooden Coffee Spoon The Perfect Pour 2 Tin Bundle

Price: £11.18
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 206
Age: 5y ago

Hot Chocolate Bundle with Costa Rich & Creamy Hot Chocolate 300g 2 Pack + Brightdale Kitchen Booklet

Price: £14.99
Rating: 3.9/5
Reviews: 11
Age: 11mo ago

Newest

by launch date

STARBUCKS Premium Instant Hot Chocolate Sachets - 20 x 35g

Price: £11.12
Rating: 4.3/5
Reviews: 44
Age: 9mo ago

Hot Chocolate Bundle with Costa Rich & Creamy Hot Chocolate 300g 2 Pack + Brightdale Kitchen Booklet

Price: £14.99
Rating: 3.9/5
Reviews: 11
Age: 11mo ago

Starbucks Signature Chocolate Hot Chocolate 42 Percent Cocoa Powder Brown 330 g

Price: £4.43
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 1,000
Age: 4y ago

Costa Hot Chocolate 300g

Price: £3.33
Rating: 4.3/5
Reviews: 293
Age: 4y ago

Costa Hot Chocolate Rich & Creamy Smooth With Chocolate Sprinkles Perfect Wooden Coffee Spoon The Perfect Pour 2 Tin Bundle

Price: £11.18
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 206
Age: 5y ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 100% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

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

Brands

5 rising

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

NESCAFÉ46%
STARBUCKS24%
Costa Coffee15%
Sweet Things10%
Brightdale6%

Costa Hot Chocolate demand & seasonality

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

Volume57KCVR3.4%Products5Brands5Top 5 Brands100%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.3★Reviews311Avg BSR#194

Top Costa Hot Chocolate search terms shoppers use

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

starbucks hot chocolate22K/yr +0.8%1.5% conv.
starbucks hot chocolate powder7K/yr +18.9%1.8% conv.
costa hot chocolate20K/yr -46.4%2.8% conv.
costa hot chocolate powder7K/yr -49.1%2.4% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Costa Hot Chocolate

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

What buyers love

93% of reviews

Taste-Overall45%

“Personal taste”

Value For Money17%

“Good value for money”

Sweetness11%

“Lovely chocolate”

Quality-Overall8%

“But the quality of the cocoa is top notch”

Flavor4%

“Flavoursome and very tasty”

What buyers complain about

75% of reviews

Artificial Sweeteners20%

“contain a lot of sugar”

Value For Money18%

“it got so expensive”

Sweetness12%

“Not as sweet as others”

Flavor10%

“Dont like the flavour of this”

Taste-Overall10%

“it didn't taste very different from other cheaper hot cocoa powders due to the high sugar content”

Common Costa Hot Chocolate questions

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

Flapen scores Costa Hot Chocolate 31/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £18K/yr across 5 tracked products. 0 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -15.1% over the last 90 days.

Costa Hot Chocolate buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Artificial Sweeteners, Value For Money, Sweetness, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.0%.