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Easter Egg

Fail

Demand is soft, at -97.7% this quarter, so Easter Egg is a Fail.

Flapen Score
46
46 / 100
Ranks 1,444 of 2,976 Grocery niches · on the category median
Market size
£3.1M/yr6.4M searches / yr
90-day growth
-97.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
74%top-5 click share · 3 brands · 108 sellers

Flapen Score

Easter Egg against its category

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

46Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Easter Egg market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Easter Egg 6.4M times last year and spent an estimated £3.1M. All 3 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr. Flapen scores it 46 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

3.5% 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, 3.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -97.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £3.1M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
6.4M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-97.7%
Conversion, latest week
3.5%
Market size, estimated
£3.1Ma year
Peak month
April237.1× the quietest month
Top search term
easter eggs3.1M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £13.92.

Listings sell for £13.92 on average, from £3.76 to £24.68. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 300K to 400K a year. The average listing sells 2,500 to 3,000 of them. At £13.92 that is £35K to £42K a year per listing.

Average price
£13.92under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.76–£24.68
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
300K–400K
Units per listing a year
2,500–3,000
Revenue per listing a year
£35K–£42K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

23% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 62% ship with Prime. On an average day, 13.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #330 within Chocolate Candy. It carries 3,524 reviews at 4.34 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
23%
Prime listings
62%
Out of stock, average day
13.2%
Average rank
#330in Chocolate Candy
Average rating
4.34 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,524per listing
Listings tracked
13

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 35 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
35 months

Products

Top Easter Egg 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 74% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£458K£916K£1.4M£1.8M1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

3 falling

Sellers

108

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

74%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Cadbury87%
  • Topline10%
  • Smarties3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Easter Egg search demand

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

2.3M1.8MHoliday '24Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Apr · busiest ÷ quietest = 237.1×

Search terms

Top Easter Egg search terms shoppers use

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

  • easter eggs3.1M/yr
  • creme eggs221K/yr
  • easter egg636K/yr
  • cadbury creme eggs72K/yr
  • chocolate eggs140K/yr
  • easter856K/yr
  • creme egg45K/yr
  • easter chocolate308K/yr
  • cadbury easter egg70K/yr
  • cadburys creme eggs20K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Easter Egg

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

Complain

Value For Money21%+1.35

Waste of money

A bit expensive

Massively overpriced

Size-Overall14%−0.07

it advertised as xxl it was larger than average

Small

Eggs small, one per sitting

Taste-Overall13%+1.87

Taste not good

Strange taste

all tasted of soap

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%−0.03

FALSE ADVERTISING

Inaccurate description

Items not as described

Quality-Overall7%−0.01

Poor quality, smashed eggs

When my package arrived boxes were squashed creme eggs all squashed could not eat them wrappers all stuck had to throw them away will not be buying anymore poor quality

Poor quality

Love

Taste-Overall33%+1.87

Great chocolate

The taste is creamy

Great taste

Value For Money28%+1.35

Excellent value for money

Good price

it was worth every penny

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%−0.03

Does as says

As Expected

Exactly what was ordered

Gifting Purpose8%+0.97

Perfect for Gifting

Brilliant gift

Very nice gift for the family

Quality-Overall6%−0.01

the chocolate is up to the usual high quality of Lindt chocolate

very good quality

Absolutely great

FAQ

Common Easter Egg questions

Answered from the same tracked data.