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Milk Tray

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — Milk Tray doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

34
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Market size 17Growth 5Conversion 87Competition 2Returns 100Price range 0Avg price 13Brand share 0Review moat 73Quality gap 80
This niche Category average

Is Milk Tray profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Milk Tray is a £68K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (149K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Demand peaks in Mar–Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 34/100.

Milk Tray: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -40.6% over the last 90 days and 10.0% of searches end in a purchase.

£68K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr20K
Search volume / yr-40.6%149K
Conversion rate10.0%
Avg price£4.59

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand, so 0% of the market is open.

0%

open market share

Brands · sellers2 · 84
Top-5 product click share97%
Open market0%
Avg brand age30 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 · 6 products

Sponsored placement17%
New entrants (1y)0· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.2★
Avg reviews594

Top Milk Tray 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 capture 97% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£10K£20K£31K£41K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

2 flat

Sellers

84

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

97%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Cadbury97%
  • Chocohugs3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Milk Tray demand & seasonality

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

Volume149KCVR10.0%Products6Brands2Top 5 Brands100%OOS Rate4.6%Rating4.2★Reviews594Avg BSR#156
13K8KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 6.2×

Top Milk Tray search terms shoppers use

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

  • milk tray80K/yr
  • milk tray chocolates28K/yr
  • cadbury milk tray9K/yr
  • box of chocolates cadbury5K/yr
  • cadbury box8K/yr
  • dairy milk gift6K/yr
  • dairy milk tray4K/yr
  • cadburys milk tray3K/yr
  • dairy milk selection box4K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Milk Tray

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

What buyers love

96% of reviews
Taste-Overall36%

Delicious has always

Value For Money29%

Its cheap

Gifting Purpose13%

Good for gifting

Quality-Overall9%

Overall, good value for money, with great variety and appearance

Sweetness3%

Nice chocolate

What buyers complain about

89% of reviews
Value For Money26%

Waste of money

Size-Overall20%

was disappointed with the size

Taste-Overall16%

These tasted odd/ off

Quality-Overall13%

Sub quality

Sweetness3%

not lots of chocolate in there

Milk Tray return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

80%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
80%
2Value For Money
20%

Common Milk Tray questions

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

Flapen scores Milk Tray 34/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £68K/yr across 6 tracked products. Search demand moved -40.6% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Milk Tray on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Mar–Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 6.2× the quietest.