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Macaroons

soft demand (-21.3% this quarter) — Macaroons doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

48
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Market size 15Growth 14Conversion 70Competition 58Returns 100Price range 46Avg price 36Brand share 23Review moat 82Quality gap 79
This niche Category average

Is Macaroons profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Macaroons is a £60K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (91K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 91% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 48/100.

Macaroons: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -21.3% over the last 90 days and 6.4% of searches end in a purchase.

£60K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr8K
Search volume / yr-21.3%91K
Conversion rate6.4%
Avg price£10.33

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 91% of demand, so 9% of the market is open.

9%

open market share

Brands · sellers11 · 59
Top-5 product click share50%
Open market9%
Avg brand age39 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.2★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 28 products

Sponsored placement32%
New entrants (1y)2· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.2★
Avg reviews353

Top Macaroons products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 50% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£2K£5K£7K£10K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

59

Top-5 brand share

91%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

50%

Top 20: 93%

Open market

6%

  • Mrs Crimbles63%
  • Macarons9%
  • AHG Investment7%
  • Patisserie Valerie6%
  • PVL Trade5%
  • Laurraine3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 6%)

Macaroons demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume91KCVR6.4%Products28Brands11Top 5 Brands91%OOS Rate13.4%Rating4.2★Reviews353Avg BSR#84
5K4KSpike '26Dec '25Jan '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26

Top Macaroons search terms shoppers use

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

  • macaroons41K/yr
  • coconut macaroons9K/yr
  • mrs crimbles9K/yr
  • crimbles6K/yr
  • mrs crimbles gluten free6K/yr
  • macaroon6K/yr
  • macaroons gift box7K/yr
  • macarons gift box6K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Macaroons

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

91% of reviews
Taste-Overall45%

Great taste

Nutritional Content11%

Gluten free and tasty

Quality-Overall7%

That said, the boxes themselves are good quality, made of solid card stock with clear scoring on them so you can theoretically easily fold them into shape

Sweetness6%

Tasty sweet treats ideal for a party

Vegan/Organic6%

These are really tasty, especially for a gluten-free and vegan treat

What buyers complain about

65% of reviews
Taste-Overall11%

The macaroons tasted very different from the ones I previously bought at ASDA

Value For Money10%

however, for the cost. theyre expensive

Moist/Dry9%

The coconut wasnt moist at all

Ingredients-Overall6%

Absolutely disgusting,cheap ingredients tastes nothing like macarons don't waste your money

Chunk/Clump/Collection6%

It seemed as if there was only just enough chocolate to hold the mass of coconut bits together

Macaroons return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.1%

Return rate

88%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall
50%
2Advertised Vs Actual Product
38%
3Assembly/Installation
13%

Common Macaroons questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Macaroons 48/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £60K/yr across 28 tracked products. 0 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -21.3% over the last 90 days.
Macaroons buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Taste-Overall, Value For Money, Moist/Dry, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.1%.