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Sherbet

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.0% of orders. But shoppers spend only $46K a year here, so Sherbet is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
50
50 / 100
Top 31% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +4 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£46K/yr101K searches / yr
90-day growth
-2.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
48%top-5 click share · 19 brands · 53 sellers

Flapen Score

Sherbet against its category

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

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

Market

The Sherbet market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Sherbet 101K times last year and spent an estimated £46K. The top 5 brands take 71% of clicks. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

5.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 101K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 5.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -2.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £46K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
101K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-2.8%
Conversion, latest week
5.1%
Market size, estimated
£46Ka year
Peak month
December1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
sherbet43K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.87.

Listings sell for £8.87 on average, from £0.98 to £21.21. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £8.87 that is £887 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.87under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£0.98–£21.21
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
5K–6K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£887–£2K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

44% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 78% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #4 within Confectionery. It carries 306 reviews at 4.31 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
44%
Prime listings
78%
Out of stock, average day
2.3%
Average rank
#4in Confectionery
Average rating
4.31 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
306per listing
Listings tracked
32

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 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 57 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
57 months

Products

Top Sherbet 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 48% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£5K£9K£14K£18K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

19 flat

Sellers

53

Top-5 brand share

71%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

48%

Top 20: 85%

Open market

26%

  • Barratt44%
  • Just Treats12%
  • BBB BAKING BEAUTY & BEYOND7%
  • Berrymans4%
  • Retro Sweet Kings4%
  • Krazy Kandi4%

Demand

Sherbet search demand

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

3K2KSpike '25Holiday '25DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Sherbet search terms shoppers use

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

  • sherbet43K/yr
  • sherbert16K/yr
  • sherbet fountain16K/yr
  • sherbet sweets13K/yr
  • sherbert fountain sweets5K/yr
  • sherbet sticks5K/yr
  • sherbet fountains3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Sherbet

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

Complain

Taste-Overall23%−0.11

Hard, tasteless

Not much of a sherbet taste

no taste

Value For Money17%−0.17

Bit more expensive

Not worth the price

Cost. A bit expensive for what you get

Sweetness8%+2.87

Wors sherbet sweets I have ever had

fizzy sweetes

Terrible sweets, the boiled sweet part is far too thick and its not crisp

Stale/Rotten/Spoiled6%−0.15

Sadly they were quite stale

Rubbish

Size-Overall6%−0.08

A lot smaller than they used to be

Smaller than i thouvhg ghe jar would be

they seem smaller than when I was a kid

Love

Sweetness26%+2.87

Sweet tooth

Nice flavourful sweets

Love sweets

Taste-Overall22%−0.11

Taste exactly as they used to, perfect treat

A delicious childhood treat

It's delicious

Quality-Overall12%+0.04

The sherbet lemons very good quality

Excellent product

Good quality and value, as described

Flavor12%+0.82

Nice flavours

Fruit flavours were also very good

Nice flavourful sweets

Value For Money10%−0.17

Decent value for the price

Good value

Great value for your money

FAQ

Common Sherbet questions

Answered from the same tracked data.