Costa Hot Chocolate
FailThe top 5 products take 100% of clicks, so Costa Hot Chocolate is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 31 / 100Ranks 2,887 of 2,976 Grocery niches · −15 vs the category median of 4631
- Market size
- £18K/yr57K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -15.1%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 100%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 27 sellers
Flapen Score
Costa Hot Chocolate against its category
The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Costa Hot Chocolate is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Costa Hot Chocolate market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Costa Hot Chocolate 57K times last year and spent an estimated £18K. All 5 brands take every click. Flapen scores it 31 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
3.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.
Shoppers searched for this 57K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -15.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £18K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 57K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -15.1%
- Conversion, latest week
- 3.4%
- Market size, estimated
- £18Ka year
- Top search term
- starbucks hot chocolate22K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth £9.01.
Listings sell for £9.01 on average, from £3.33 to £14.99. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £9.01 that is £5K to £7K a year per listing.
- Average price
- £9.01under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- £3.33–£14.99
- Amazon United Kingdom median price
- £12.12across 27,606 niches
- Units sold a year
- 5K–6K
- Units per listing a year
- 500–750
- Revenue per listing a year
- £5K–£7K
- Returns
- 0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is low.
20% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 80% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #194 within Drink Mixes & Flavourings. It carries 311 reviews at 4.30 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 20%
- Prime listings
- 80%
- Out of stock, average day
- 0.0%
- Average rank
- #194in Drink Mixes & Flavourings
- Average rating
- 4.30 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
- Average reviews
- 311per listing
- Listings tracked
- 5
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 53 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
- 53 months
Products
Top Costa Hot Chocolate products & what they sell for
Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.
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
Trending
90-day click momentum
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

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

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

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
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
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 100% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.
Brands
5 rising
Sellers
27
Top-5 brand share
100%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
100%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
0%
- NESCAFÉ46%
- STARBUCKS24%
- Costa Coffee15%
- Sweet Things10%
- Brightdale6%
Demand
Costa Hot Chocolate search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 6.5× · 8 of 12 months tracked
Search terms
Top Costa Hot Chocolate search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- starbucks hot chocolate22K/yr
- starbucks hot chocolate powder7K/yr
- costa hot chocolate20K/yr
- costa hot chocolate powder7K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Costa Hot Chocolate
What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.
Complain
contain a lot of sugar
Tastes like artificially sweetened soil
it got so expensive
Not worth it
.bit pricey
Not as sweet as others
Add your own sugar if its not sweet enough
It's not too sweet like Cadburys hot chocolate
Dont like the flavour of this
I personally dont like the flavour of this one
it didn't taste very different from other cheaper hot cocoa powders due to the high sugar content
Love
Personal taste
Tastes good
Lovely creamy taste
Good value for money
Good value for money
Also good value for the price
Lovely chocolate
The Starbucks Signature Chocolate Hot Chocolate is rich, smooth, and has that perfect balance of sweetness and cocoa
its not too sweet
But the quality of the cocoa is top notch
Excellent product
Better than all other makes
Flavoursome and very tasty
Best tasting hot chocolate
The flavor is distinctly starbucks
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