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Pear Drops

Fail

Prices span $3.32–$12.40, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Pear Drops is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Top 44% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +1 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£54K/yr73K searches / yr
90-day growth
-5.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
63%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 15 sellers

Flapen Score

Pear Drops against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Pear Drops is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

47Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Pear Drops market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Pear Drops 73K times last year and spent an estimated £54K. The top 5 brands take 82% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

9.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 73K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 9.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -5.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £54K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
73K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-5.0%
Conversion, latest week
9.0%
Market size, estimated
£54Ka year
Peak month
December1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
pear drops47K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.20.

Listings sell for £8.20 on average, from £3.32 to £12.40. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £8.20 that is £820 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.20under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.32–£12.40
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£820–£2K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

36% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 82% ship with Prime. On an average day, 12.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #35 within Confectionery. It carries 131 reviews at 4.17 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
36%
Prime listings
82%
Out of stock, average day
12.7%
Average rank
#35in Confectionery
Average rating
4.17 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
131per listing
Listings tracked
22

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 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 57 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
57 months

Products

Top Pear Drops 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 63% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£3K£5K£8K£11K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)2 products missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

15 rising

Sellers

15

Top-5 brand share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

63%

Top 20: 98%

Open market

14%

  • Berrymans49%
  • Joseph Dobson & Sons13%
  • Bentley & Ackerman11%
  • Bonds of London6%
  • Caribou Candy4%
  • Natural Candy Shop3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (9 brands, 14%)

Demand

Pear Drops search demand

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

2K2KHoliday '24Spike '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Pear Drops search terms shoppers use

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

  • pear drops47K/yr
  • pear drops sweets19K/yr
  • pear drops sweets 1kg4K/yr
  • pear drop sweets3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Pear Drops

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

Complain

Taste-Overall30%+2.25

Tasteless balls of nothingness

not a nice taste

absolutely no oear drop taste

Size-Overall9%+0.21

Sorry, not for me - I find them too large and too acidic

The new version is noticeably smaller

the jar is smaller than expected

Quality-Overall7%−0.10

Really poor quality control

Pear drops ruined – not the same at all

quality wasnt so great as the vast majority were soft on some parts

Hard Feel7%−0.13

very difficult please swoop theyre faulty

Pretty rough and loads of wrappers missing which made those soft on top

Flavor7%−0.08

this doesn't change any flavour. so why do it

Worst of all is the flavour

I was disappointed that there was no striking flavor; they were very pleasant and enjoyable,

Love

Taste-Overall36%+2.25

These sweets are lovely and tart and taste great

Absolutely delicious

Taste like the old school ones

Sweetness21%+1.09

Excellent service, beautiful sweets

Lovely sweets

Good sweeties

Flavor10%−0.08

Real authentic flavour

with a wonderful strong flavour

Literally proper pear drops with unmistakable flavour from my childhood

Quality-Overall9%−0.10

Excellent product

Great quality

They are decent

Value For Money6%+0.84

Great bulk buy

Value for money

Good value

FAQ

Common Pear Drops questions

Answered from the same tracked data.