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Korean Snacks

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.0% of orders. But shoppers spend only $29K a year here, so Korean Snacks is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
50
50 / 100
Top 31% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +4 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£29K/yr136K searches / yr
90-day growth
-17.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
43%top-5 click share · 28 brands · 68 sellers

Flapen Score

Korean Snacks against its category

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

50Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Korean Snacks market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Korean Snacks 136K times last year and spent an estimated £29K. The top 5 brands take 66% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

1.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 136K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -17.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £29K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
136K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-17.0%
Conversion, latest week
1.5%
Market size, estimated
£29Ka year
Peak month
December2.6× the quietest month
Top search term
asian snacks37K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £14.67.

Listings sell for £14.67 on average, from £3.20 to £39.46. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £14.67 that is £0 to £1K a year per listing.

Average price
£14.67under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.20–£39.46
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
2K–3K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£1K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

58% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 63% ship with Prime. On an average day, 13.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #199 within Confectionery. It carries 1,241 reviews at 4.31 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
58%
Prime listings
63%
Out of stock, average day
13.1%
Average rank
#199in Confectionery
Average rating
4.31 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,241per listing
Listings tracked
43

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 10 launches as successful.

10 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 40 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
10
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
40 months

Products

Top Korean Snacks 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 43% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£1K£2K£3K£5K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

28 rising

Sellers

68

Top-5 brand share

66%

Top 20: 93%

Top-5 click share

43%

Top 20: 77%

Open market

31%

  • SUSHICANDY The Sweet taste of Japan20%
  • Sakura Box20%
  • Snacks11%
  • wasailuo8%
  • Starry Mart7%
  • Xihaha4%

Demand

Korean Snacks search demand

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

7K5KSpike '25Holiday '25JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.6×

Search terms

Top Korean Snacks search terms shoppers use

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

  • asian snacks37K/yr
  • chinese snacks34K/yr
  • korean sweets18K/yr
  • korean snack box14K/yr
  • chinese sweets13K/yr
  • asian snack box7K/yr
  • korean candy5K/yr
  • asian sweets5K/yr
  • korean box3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Korean Snacks

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

Complain

Value For Money25%−0.10

Extremely Overpriced

Quite expensive for what it is

Expensive

Size-Overall22%−0.24

Bag is tiny

Small packets

Small

Taste-Overall7%+1.70

the chocolate ones were the worst ones

tastes were not great

however the taste of sakura is not exact

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%−0.05

Don't be fooled by the misleading photos

so they are not as described

Not As Shown

Sweetness3%−0.05

the chocolate ones were the worst ones

Ok. The dates are to sweet for me

Love

Taste-Overall25%+1.70

A lovely treat

Absolutely delicious

Nice variety and interesting snacks

Gifting Purpose15%+1.27

A unique gift

Perfect Gift

Cool gift

Value For Money11%−0.10

Great value

Good value

Worth every penny

Sweetness9%−0.05

Absolutely amazing sweets

Fabulous treat box with a wide selection of sweets and savoury snacks

Sweety bag

Quality-Overall9%+0.89

the quality seems consistent

High quality

Good variety

FAQ

Common Korean Snacks questions

Answered from the same tracked data.