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Crisps

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.0% of orders. But prices span $1.03–$15.08, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Crisps is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
56
56 / 100
Top 12% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +10 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£2.8M/yr6.4M searches / yr
90-day growth
+2.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
48%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 96 sellers

Flapen Score

Crisps against its category

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

56Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Crisps market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Crisps 6.4M times last year and spent an estimated £2.8M. The top 5 brands take 86% of clicks. Flapen scores it 56 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

17.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 6.4M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 17.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +2.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £2.8M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
6.4M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+2.9%
Conversion, latest week
17.1%
Market size, estimated
£2.8Ma year
Peak month
November1.2× the quietest month
Top search term
crisps4.0M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £2.56.

Listings sell for £2.56 on average, from £1.03 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 25,000 to 30,000 of them. At £2.56 that is £64K to £77K a year per listing.

Average price
£2.56under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.03–£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
25,000–30,000
Revenue per listing a year
£64K–£77K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

10% 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 #123 within Snack Foods. It carries 1,880 reviews at 4.65 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
10%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.2%
Average rank
#123in Snack Foods
Average rating
4.65 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,880per listing
Listings tracked
30

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 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 48% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£140K£280K£420K£560K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

96

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

48%

Top 20: 88%

Open market

11%

  • Walkers69%
  • McCoys7%
  • JACOB'S4%
  • Pom Bear4%
  • Cheetos3%
  • Smiths3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 11%)

Demand

Crisps search demand

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

150K100KSepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2×

Search terms

Top 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
  • multipack crisps179K/yr
  • multi pack crisps43K/yr
  • multipack47K/yr
  • crisps and snacks18K/yr
  • crisp and snacks14K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Crisps

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

Complain

Crispiness13%

Poor quality crisps were open

Barely any crisps per packet

Crisp tasted off

Stale/Rotten/Spoiled12%−0.09

Not Fresh

Stale

Taste stale

Taste-Overall11%+1.02

Lack of taste

Taste stale

Funny taste

Value For Money10%+2.51

wasted money

Cheap

Price is a lot higher than I normally pay for

Salt Content7%−0.02

To salty

too salty ready salted

not very salty flavoured

Love

Crispiness27%

Lovely crunchy the best

Tasty Crisps

Crunch is lovely

Value For Money25%+2.51

Good value for money

Great buy

Good value for money

Taste-Overall20%+1.02

Great taste

Tastes amazing as usual

Delicious as usual

Quality-Overall7%+0.65

great quality came in good condition

Excellent Quality

Great value for satisfying quality

Flavor6%−0.02

rich flavour balance

The flavour is consistent throughout

Great flavour

Return

0.0% Return rate 0% Fixable by listing

Crispiness100%▁▁▁█▁▁

Poor quality crisps were open

Barely any crisps per packet

Crisp tasted off

FAQ

Common Crisps questions

Answered from the same tracked data.