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Custard Creams

Fail

The top 5 products take 100% of clicks, so Custard Creams is a Fail.

Flapen Score
34
34 / 100
Ranks 2,777 of 2,976 Grocery niches · −12 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£136K/yr108K searches / yr
90-day growth
-3.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
100%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 11 sellers

Flapen Score

Custard Creams against its category

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

34Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Custard Creams market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Custard Creams 108K times last year and spent an estimated £136K. All 4 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 34 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

25.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 108K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 25.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -3.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £136K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
108K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-3.4%
Conversion, latest week
25.8%
Market size, estimated
£136Ka year
Peak month
December1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
custard creams76K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £4.88.

Listings sell for £4.88 on average, from £0.73 to £11.03. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 8,000 to 10,000 of them. At £4.88 that is £39K to £49K a year per listing.

Average price
£4.88under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£0.73–£11.03
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
8,000–10,000
Revenue per listing a year
£39K–£49K
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. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #35 within Bakery. It carries 1,484 reviews at 4.58 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
20%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#35in Bakery
Average rating
4.58 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,484per listing
Listings tracked
5

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 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 50 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
50 months

Products

Top Custard Creams 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 100% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£20K£41K£61K£82K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

4 flat

Sellers

11

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Morrisons46%
  • McVitie's44%
  • The Silver Crane co.8%
  • Oerich3%

Demand

Custard Creams search demand

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

3K2KSpike '25JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Custard Creams search terms shoppers use

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

  • custard creams76K/yr
  • custard cream9K/yr
  • custard creams biscuits8K/yr
  • tasties4K/yr
  • tasties biscuits4K/yr
  • biscuits custard cream3K/yr
  • custard cream biscuits4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Custard Creams

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

Complain

Moist/Dry21%−0.15

biscuits dry & powdery

so after a while biscuits go soggy

Made biscuits soggy so has gone in the bin

Quality-Overall13%+0.53

Cheap

1 Type no variety

Value For Money13%+0.48

Waste of money

Bit expensive for what it is

Expensive

Stale/Rotten/Spoiled11%−0.08

Not giant and biscuits stale

recipient said they tasted stale

tasted stale even though they were sealed

Taste-Overall7%+1.05

Biscuits don't taste like custard creams

tasted stale even though they were sealed

Love

Gifting Purpose27%+0.64

Lovely gift idea

Lovely gift

Excellent item, great Christmas present

Taste-Overall16%+1.05

Very tasty

the biscuits are yummy too

Good quality biscuits, great value and tasty

Baking15%+1.14

Decent biscuit

Good biscuits all the family loves these

Really nice custard creams that don't fall apart when dipped into a tea

Quality-Overall12%+0.53

Better than shop own brand

Excellent product

Quality

Value For Money11%+0.48

Cheap

Good value for money

Good value

FAQ

Common Custard Creams questions

Answered from the same tracked data.