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Uncle Joes Mint Balls

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Uncle Joes Mint Balls is a Fail.

Flapen Score
36
36 / 100
Ranks 2,659 of 2,976 Grocery niches · −10 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£43K/yr37K searches / yr
90-day growth
-24.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
73%top-5 click share · 2 brands · 26 sellers

Flapen Score

Uncle Joes Mint Balls against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Uncle Joes Mint Balls is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

36Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Uncle Joes Mint Balls market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Uncle Joes Mint Balls 37K times last year and spent an estimated £43K. All 2 brands take every click. Flapen scores it 36 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

11.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 37K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 11.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -24.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £43K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
37K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-24.3%
Conversion, latest week
11.6%
Market size, estimated
£43Ka year
Top search term
uncle joes mint balls29K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.82.

Listings sell for £9.82 on average, from £0.93 to £21.68. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £9.82 that is £982 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£9.82under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£0.93–£21.68
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
4K–5K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£982–£2K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

0% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 85% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #171 within Confectionery. It carries 175 reviews at 4.64 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
0%
Prime listings
85%
Out of stock, average day
7.1%
Average rank
#171in Confectionery
Average rating
4.64 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
175per listing
Listings tracked
13

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 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
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
57 months

Products

Top Uncle Joes Mint Balls 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 73% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£4K£9K£13K£17K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

2 flat

Sellers

26

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

73%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Uncle Joe's55%
  • UNCLE JOE'S MINT BALLS45%

Demand

Uncle Joes Mint Balls search demand

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

800600Spike '26JanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8× · 7 of 12 months tracked

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Uncle Joes Mint Balls

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

Complain

Value For Money33%−0.11

Doubled in price

now 3.99, so doubled in price

Side Effects17%−0.13

Not everyone will have these side effects

Artificial Sweeteners17%+0.31

I couldn't find anything vegan or which didn't contain artificial sweeteners

Love

Taste-Overall27%+1.40

Delicious mints

Tastes great

Not the usual unpleasant taste

Sweetness20%+0.02

Classic and classy mint sweets

Sweet

I love sugar free sweets

Value For Money14%−0.11

Good value

really good value

Brilliant in a ton good price too thankyou

Flavor13%+1.98

Nice flavour mints

These lozenges are lovely with a subtle menthol flavour

Excellent texture and good mellow old-fashioned flavour

Gifting Purpose9%−0.05

Great present

Brilliant birthday gift

Fabulous birthday gift

FAQ

Common Uncle Joes Mint Balls questions

Answered from the same tracked data.