How competitive is the Travel Sweets in a Tin niche on Amazon United Kingdom?

8 brands and 35 sellers compete in Travel Sweets in a Tin on Amazon United Kingdom. The top 5 Travel Sweets in a Tin products take 41% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 93% of demand.

What do buyers complain about in Travel Sweets in a Tin?

Travel Sweets in a Tin buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Sweetness, Flavor, Value For Money, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.0%.

What does it cost to enter the Travel Sweets in a Tin niche?

Travel Sweets in a Tin sells for £9.55 on average on Amazon United Kingdom, outside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span £2.74–£19.59. The average incumbent carries 170 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

Travel Sweets in a Tin

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 93% of clicks) — Travel Sweets in a Tin doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

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This niche Category average

Is Travel Sweets in a Tin profitable on Amazon?

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.

Travel Sweets in a Tin: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -4.3% over the last 90 days and 7.1% of searches end in a purchase.

£101K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr13K

Search volume / yr-4.3%149K

Conversion rate7.1%

Avg price£9.55

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 93% of demand, so 7% of the market is open.

open market share

Brands · sellers8 · 35

Top-5 product click share41%

Open market7%

Avg brand age47 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 31 products

Top Travel Sweets in a Tin 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

Simpkins Mixed Fruit Travel Sweets 200g Tin (Pack of 3)

Price: £9.97
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 994
Age: 8y ago

Simpkins Mixed Fruit Drops Travel Sweets 200g

Price: £4.74
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 850
Age: 9y ago

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

Price: £12.45
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 100
Age: 1y ago

Simpkins Forest Fruit Travel Sweets 200g Tin

Price: £3.79
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 178
Age: 15y ago

Original Barley Sugar Retro Boiled Sweets Gift Jar by Berrymans Sweet Shop - Classic Sweets Traditional Taste.

Price: £10.05
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 304
Age: 7y ago

Newest

by launch date

Swizzels Retro Individually Wrapped Barley Sugar Sweets x 40 - Pick & Mix

Price: £4.71
Rating: 4.1/5
Reviews: 14
Age: 1y ago

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

Price: £12.45
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 100
Age: 1y ago

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

Price: £12.26
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 67
Age: 1y ago

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

Price: £13.73
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 91
Age: 1y ago

Barley Sugar Sweets - 500 Gram Bulk Bag - 500g - Assorted Sweet Pick and Mix for Parties Gifts and Sharing.

Price: £9.50
Rating: 4.2/5
Reviews: 21
Age: 2y ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 41% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

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

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

93%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

41%

Top 20: 85%

Open market

Simpkins57%
mysmartbuy.com13%
Nipits11%
Berrymans7%
Swizzels5%
The Boiled Sweet Company3%
Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 3%)

Travel Sweets in a Tin demand & seasonality

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

Volume149KCVR7.1%Products31Brands8Top 5 Brands93%OOS Rate2.3%Rating4.5★Reviews170Avg BSR#4

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Top Travel Sweets in a Tin search terms shoppers use

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

travel sweets41K/yr +9.9%3.7% conv.
travel sweets in a tin30K/yr -3.8%5.7% conv.
simpkins travel sweets25K/yr +3.0%4.8% conv.
barley sugar sweets25K/yr -13.3%7.8% conv.
simpkins travel sweets in a tin12K/yr -28.2%5.9% conv.
simpkins sweets7K/yr -19.6%4.7% conv.
simpkins6K/yr -24.8%4.0% conv.
barley sugar4K/yr +0.5%5.8% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Travel Sweets in a Tin

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

What buyers love

95% of reviews

Sweetness46%

“Sweet and fruity”

Taste-Overall21%

“Amazing taste”

Flavor11%

“Great flavours”

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%

“Just like you remember”

Value For Money5%

“Good value for money”

What buyers complain about

86% of reviews

Sweetness29%

“It is about 200 times sweeter than sugar”

Flavor16%

“I must seek out the berry flavoured ones as I don't like orange”

Value For Money13%

“Why so expensive”

Artificial Sweeteners9%

“Nothing like barley sugar hardly any taste at all”

Blend/Ratio7%

“95% orange so not exactly mixed fruit”

Common Travel Sweets in a Tin questions

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

Flapen scores Travel Sweets in a Tin 48/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £101K/yr across 31 tracked products. Search demand moved -4.3% over the last 90 days.