How competitive is the Peppermint Creams niche on Amazon United Kingdom?

11 brands and 54 sellers compete in Peppermint Creams on Amazon United Kingdom. The top 5 Peppermint Creams products take 64% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 86% of demand.

What does it cost to enter the Peppermint Creams niche?

Peppermint Creams sells for £9.08 on average on Amazon United Kingdom, outside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span £1.31–£19.91. The average incumbent carries 134 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

Peppermint Creams

a small market ($33K/yr) — Peppermint Creams doesn't clear our bar today.

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Flapen Score

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This niche Category average

Is Peppermint Creams profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Peppermint Creams is a £33K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (62K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 86% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 43/100.

Peppermint Creams: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -26.9% over the last 90 days and 5.9% of searches end in a purchase.

£33K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr5K

Search volume / yr-26.9%62K

Conversion rate5.9%

Avg price£9.08

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 86% of demand, so 14% of the market is open.

14%

open market share

Brands · sellers11 · 54

Top-5 product click share64%

Open market14%

Avg brand age53 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 18 products

Top Peppermint Creams products & what they sell for

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

Top sellers

by 90-day click share

Peppermint Cream Fondant Lutti 250g / 8.8 ounces

Price: £7.47
Rating: 4.2/5
Reviews: 205
Age: 15y ago

Buchanans Dark Chocolate Fondant Peppermint Creams 120g (Pack of 3)

Price: £7.68
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 67
Age: 2y ago

Frys Peppermint Cream Bars Rich Dark Chocolate with Smooth Mint Fondant Centre Gifting Treat 3 × 49 g (Pack of 1)

Price: £1.31
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 598
Age: 9y ago

Buchanans Dark Chocolate Fondant Peppermint Creams 120g x1

Price: £1.48
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 55
Age: 2y ago

Whitakers Chocolates Dark Chocolate Creams - Green Foiled Fondant Cremes Plastic Tub (Peppermint 1kg)

Price: £18.47
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 87
Age: 4y ago

Newest

by launch date

Buchanans Chocolate Peppermint Creams 1kg Jar Retro Scottish Chocolate Sweets| Gifting for Birthdays Mothers Day Easter Fathers Day & Special Occasions

Price: £19.91
Rating: 5.0/5
Reviews: 1
Age: 4mo ago

Sweet Bundle With Buchanan Dark Chocolate Fondant Peppermint Creams Bag 120g Mint Crumbles 140g and Natural Toffee Centre Butter Mints 140g (3 Pack)

Price: £9.95
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 13
Age: 6mo ago

by Amazon Dark Chocolate Mint Thins 180g

Price: £1.48
Rating: 4.3/5
Reviews: 267
Age: 6mo ago

Peppermint Creams Bundle with Buchanans Dark Chocolate Peppermint Creams 120g 3 Pack + Brightdale Kitchen Booklet

Price: £8.41
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 7
Age: 10mo ago

Thornton - Classic Peppermint Cream Bag 92g - Christmas Easter Valentines Mothers Day Gift

Price: £7.94
Rating: 2.7/5
Reviews: 9
Age: 10mo ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 64% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 rising

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

64%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

11%

Treasure Island Sweets29%
Buchanan's26%
Whitakers Chocolates14%
Fry's11%
Berrymans5%
Generic4%
Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 11%)

Peppermint Creams demand & seasonality

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

Volume62KCVR5.9%Products18Brands11Top 5 Brands86%OOS Rate0.6%Rating4.3★Reviews134Avg BSR#717

Top Peppermint Creams search terms shoppers use

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

peppermint creams31K/yr -23.7%6.8% conv.
mint creams20K/yr -27.0%5.9% conv.
peppermint creams fondant sweets7K/yr -29.0%4.0% conv.
mint creams fondant4K/yr -47.7%4.7% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Peppermint Creams

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

What buyers love

92% of reviews

Taste-Overall40%

“Good mint taste”

Value For Money18%

“Good value for money”

Sweetness11%

“Gorgeous minty sweets”

Quality-Overall8%

“In my view these are far superior to the branded version”

Thickness7%

“Great value thicker chocolate”

What buyers complain about

70% of reviews

Taste-Overall21%

“Weird after taste”

Value For Money17%

“very expensive”

Size-Overall6%

“Product smaller than advertised”

Quality-Overall5%

“Cheap”

Chunk/Clump/Collection5%

“Terrible, all stuck together favour not great”

Peppermint Creams return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

67%

Fixable by listing

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

1Advertised Vs Actual Product

67%

2Magnetic Strength/Adsorption

33%

Common Peppermint Creams questions

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

Flapen scores Peppermint Creams 43/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £33K/yr across 18 tracked products. 1 of 5 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -26.9% over the last 90 days.

Peppermint Creams buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Taste-Overall, Value For Money, Size-Overall, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.1%.