travel sweets in a tin
Skip itBrand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 93% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Returns
Incredible0.0%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Review moat
Great170.35avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Conversion
Great7.1%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Competition
Good41%top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
Quality gap
Okay4.5★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Avg price
Okay£9.55avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Price range
Okay£2.74–£19.59cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Market size
Okay£101K£101K/yr · 149K searches
Growth
Bad-4.3%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Brand share
Bad93%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, travel sweets in a tin is a £101K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (149K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 93% of demand. Demand peaks in Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 48/100.
Data updated Jul 24, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
travel sweets in a tin market data
- Units sold / yr
- 10K–13K
- avg 250–500/product
- Revenue / yr
- £96K–£119K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 7.1%
- Avg BSR
- #4
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 74%
- Sponsored
- 19%
- Out of stock
- 2.3%
- Avg brand age
- 47 months
- Avg seller age
- 169 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products take 41% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.Brands
8 falling
Sellers
35
Top-5 brand share
93%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
41%
Top 20: 85%
Open market
3%
- Simpkins57%
- mysmartbuy.com13%
- Nipits11%
- Berrymans7%
- Swizzels5%
- The Boiled Sweet Company3%
- Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 3%)
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -4.3% search growth over the last 90 days.Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×
Top travel sweets in a tin search terms
- travel sweets41K/yr
- travel sweets in a tin30K/yr
- simpkins travel sweets25K/yr
- barley sugar sweets25K/yr
- simpkins travel sweets in a tin12K/yr
- simpkins sweets7K/yr
- simpkins6K/yr
- barley sugar4K/yr
Top travel sweets in a tin products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 24 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Simpkins Mixed Fruit Travel Sweets 200g Tin (Pack of 3)
Simpkins£9.974.6★994 rev
Simpkins Mixed Fruit Drops Travel Sweets 200g
Simpkins£4.744.6★850 rev
Pack of 3 Cavendish & Harvey Mixed Fruit Drops in Tin Premium Fruity Travel Sweets made with Real Fruit Juice Vegan Friendly Confectionery Hard-Boiled Candies Each H4 x 9.7cm Diameter 200g
mysmartbuy.com£12.454.6★100 rev
Simpkins Forest Fruit Travel Sweets 200g Tin
Simpkins£3.794.6★178 rev
Original Barley Sugar Retro Boiled Sweets Gift Jar by Berrymans Sweet Shop - Classic Sweets Traditional Taste.
Berrymans£10.054.5★304 rev
Newest
by launch date
Swizzels Retro Individually Wrapped Barley Sugar Sweets x 40 - Pick & Mix
Swizzels£4.7114 rev
Pack of 3 Cavendish & Harvey Mixed Fruit Drops in Tin Premium Fruity Travel Sweets made with Real Fruit Juice Vegan Friendly Confectionery Hard-Boiled Candies Each H4 x 9.7cm Diameter 200g
mysmartbuy.com£12.45100 rev
Pack of 3 Cavendish & Harvey Tropical Fruit Drops in Tin Premium Fruity Travel Sweets made with Real Fruit Juice Vegan Friendly Confectionery Hard-Boiled Candies Each H4 x 9.7cm Diameter 200g
mysmartbuy.com£12.2667 rev
Pack of 3 Cavendish & Harvey Sugar-Free Mixed Fruit Drops in Tin Premium Travel Sweets made with Real Fruit Juice Vegan Friendly Confectionery Hard-Boiled Candies Each H4 x 9.7cm Diameter 175g
mysmartbuy.com£13.7391 rev
Barley Sugar Sweets - 500 Gram Bulk Bag - 500g - Assorted Sweet Pick and Mix for Parties Gifts and Sharing.
Berrymans£9.5021 rev
Trending
90-day click momentum
Simpkins Barley Sugar Travel Sweets 200g (2 Pack)
Simpkins£7.914.3★
Pack of 3 Cavendish & Harvey Mixed Fruit Drops in Tin Premium Fruity Travel Sweets made with Real Fruit Juice Vegan Friendly Confectionery Hard-Boiled Candies Each H4 x 9.7cm Diameter 200g
mysmartbuy.com£12.454.6★
Simpkins T/Sweet Barly Sugar
Nipits£3.354.3★
Pack of 3 Cavendish & Harvey Sugar-Free Mixed Fruit Drops in Tin Premium Travel Sweets made with Real Fruit Juice Vegan Friendly Confectionery Hard-Boiled Candies Each H4 x 9.7cm Diameter 175g
mysmartbuy.com£13.734.4★
Swizzels Retro Individually Wrapped Barley Sugar Sweets x 40 - Pick & Mix
Swizzels£4.714.1★
What buyers say about travel sweets in a tin
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Sweet and fruity”
“Amazing taste”
“Great flavours”
“Just like you remember”
“Good value for money”
“A good size”
“Good quality sweets”
“maybe a little better then the mixed fruit”
“Bit soft”
“Handy”
What buyers complain about
“It is about 200 times sweeter than sugar”
“I must seek out the berry flavoured ones as I don't like orange”
“Why so expensive”
“Nothing like barley sugar hardly any taste at all”
“95% orange so not exactly mixed fruit”
“I have no idea if any of the others tasted different”
“They brought on diarrhoea”
“Have no idea why the description ASSORTED is shown because my bag appeared to be all the same colour”
“if they were ASSORTED I would have expected to have least seen slightly differing colours”
Common questions
- Is travel sweets in a tin profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?
- The niche generates £101K/yr across 31 tracked products. 90-day search growth is -4.3%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (48/100).
- How competitive is the travel sweets in a tin niche?
- 8 brands and 35 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 41% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 93% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in travel sweets in a tin?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Sweetness, Flavor, Value For Money. The return rate is 0.0%.
- When does demand for travel sweets in a tin peak?
- Demand peaks in Dec; the busiest month runs 2.0× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the travel sweets in a tin niche?
- Listings span £2.74–£19.59; the average listing price is £9.55 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 170 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.