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Soft Mints

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 98% of clicks) — Soft Mints doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

38
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Market size 33Growth 23Conversion 97Competition 19Returns 100Price range 4Avg price 18Brand share 4Review moat 65Quality gap 21
This niche Category average

Is Soft Mints profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Soft Mints is a £156K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (151K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 98% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 38/100.

Soft Mints: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -4.2% over the last 90 days and 15.5% of searches end in a purchase.

£156K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr25K
Search volume / yr-4.2%151K
Conversion rate15.5%
Avg price£6.63

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 98% of demand, so 2% of the market is open.

2%

open market share

Brands · sellers6 · 62
Top-5 product click share77%
Open market2%
Avg brand age52 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.7★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 14 products

Sponsored placement21%
New entrants (1y)2· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.7★
Avg reviews910

Top Soft Mints 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 77% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£16K£31K£47K£62K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

62

Top-5 brand share

98%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • MENTOS86%
  • Trebor5%
  • KYNZA3%
  • Krishna Stores Limited3%
  • Generic2%
  • Espresso Yourself2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Soft Mints demand & seasonality

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

Volume151KCVR15.5%Products14Brands6Top 5 Brands98%OOS Rate1.9%Rating4.7★Reviews910Avg BSR#98
4K3KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Top Soft Mints search terms shoppers use

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

  • mentos88K/yr
  • soft mints17K/yr
  • mentos mints18K/yr
  • trebor softmints10K/yr
  • softmints6K/yr
  • mentos sweets5K/yr
  • soft mints trebor4K/yr
  • trebor softmints spearmint5K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Soft Mints

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

What buyers love

93% of reviews
Taste-Overall22%

just as chewy and tasty, a great pack to have in your coat pocket or bag when you need to freshen your breath or clear nasal passages and being chewy they last longer than most other mints

Sweetness17%

Classic sweets with a nice mix of chewy and crunchy

Value For Money16%

very good value for money

Flavor11%

Great flavours

Ease Of Chewing/Swallowing11%

I use them to combat a gag reflex resulting from GERD - the chewing alleviates the need to gag

What buyers complain about

67% of reviews
Value For Money42%

Half the price in shops

Sweetness8%

Very sugar heavy though

Stale/Rotten/Spoiled8%

Not as fresh as other mentos

Durability8%

Didn't last long

Common Soft Mints questions

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

Flapen scores Soft Mints 38/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £156K/yr across 14 tracked products. 0 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -4.2% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Soft Mints on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.3× the quietest.