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Vegan Dark Chocolate

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Vegan Dark Chocolate is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Top 44% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +1 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£120K/yr343K searches / yr
90-day growth
-18.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
46%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 41 sellers

Flapen Score

Vegan Dark Chocolate against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Vegan Dark Chocolate is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

47Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Vegan Dark Chocolate market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Vegan Dark Chocolate 343K times last year and spent an estimated £120K. All 4 brands take every click. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

5.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 343K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 5.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -18.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £120K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
343K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-18.9%
Conversion, latest week
5.5%
Market size, estimated
£120Ka year
Top search term
montezuma chocolate103K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.31.

Listings sell for £6.31 on average, from £2.05 to £37.29. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 50K to 60K a year. The average listing sells 2,000 to 2,500 of them. At £6.31 that is £13K to £16K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.31under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.05–£37.29
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
50K–60K
Units per listing a year
2,000–2,500
Revenue per listing a year
£13K–£16K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

6% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 87% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #205 within Chocolate Candy. It carries 592 reviews at 4.34 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
6%
Prime listings
87%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#205in Chocolate Candy
Average rating
4.34 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
592per listing
Listings tracked
31

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 55 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
55 months

Products

Top Vegan Dark Chocolate 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 46% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£5K£10K£14K£19K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

4 rising

Sellers

41

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

46%

Top 20: 89%

Open market

0%

  • Montezuma88%
  • Tony's Chocolonely7%
  • HARRIS & JAMES4%
  • Lindt2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Search terms

Top Vegan Dark Chocolate search terms shoppers use

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

  • montezuma chocolate103K/yr
  • 100% dark chocolate48K/yr
  • montezuma43K/yr
  • montezuma dark chocolate45K/yr
  • montezuma absolute black11K/yr
  • montezumas12K/yr
  • vegan dark chocolate13K/yr
  • tonys chocolonely dark7K/yr
  • montezumas chocolate8K/yr
  • dark chocolate 100%8K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Vegan Dark Chocolate

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

Complain

Taste-Overall26%+1.52

Weird Taste

the taste is surprisingly flat

Disgusting taste

Value For Money12%−0.07

a bit pricey

Expensive

expensive

Bitter6%−0.06

Extremely bitter

tasted more like bitter soap

It can taste quite bitter at first

Flavor6%−0.07

Rich flavour of chocolate is just to die for

poor peanut butter flavour

distinctly lacked any real flavour

Size-Overall4%

The bars are on the small side

BIG

Small

Love

Taste-Overall42%+1.52

Absolutely delicious

Delicious Chocolate

Yummy chocolate

Quality-Overall10%+0.50

Amazing quality

Great quality chocolate

Good quality chocolate

Sweetness8%+1.01

Great Chocolate

very low sugar

add a sweet note

Flavor6%−0.07

Fabulous flavours

Good Flavour and Texture

Great flavour choice

Vegan/Organic3%+0.45

I like that the chocolate is organic

A Healthy Alternative. and vegan too

by far the best vegan chocolate out there

FAQ

Common Vegan Dark Chocolate questions

Answered from the same tracked data.