Wafers
FailProducts sell for $5.03 on average, outside the sweet spot, so Wafers is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 49 / 100Top 36% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +3 vs the category median of 4649
- Market size
- £92K/yr201K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -0.6%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 37%top-5 click share · 16 brands · 103 sellers
Flapen Score
Wafers against its category
The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Wafers is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Wafers market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Wafers 201K times last year and spent an estimated £92K. The top 5 brands take 90% of clicks. Flapen scores it 49 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
9.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.
Shoppers searched for this 201K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 9.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -0.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £92K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 201K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -0.6%
- Conversion, latest week
- 9.1%
- Market size, estimated
- £92Ka year
- Peak month
- December1.5× the quietest month
- Top search term
- wafers43K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth £5.03.
Listings sell for £5.03 on average, from £0.93 to £18.87. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 25K to 30K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £5.03 that is £3K to £4K a year per listing.
- Average price
- £5.03under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- £0.93–£18.87
- Amazon United Kingdom median price
- £12.12across 27,606 niches
- Units sold a year
- 25K–30K
- Units per listing a year
- 500–750
- Revenue per listing a year
- £3K–£4K
- Returns
- 0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is low.
5% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 89% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #178 within Bakery. It carries 551 reviews at 4.49 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 5%
- Prime listings
- 89%
- Out of stock, average day
- 0.3%
- Average rank
- #178in Bakery
- Average rating
- 4.49 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
- Average reviews
- 551per listing
- Listings tracked
- 38
04 · Newcomers
Amazon counts 1 of last year's 4 launches as successful.
4 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 54 months on average, so the names here are settling in.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 4
- Successful launches
- 1Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 54 months
Products
Top Wafers products & what they sell for
Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Cadbury Timeout Milk Chocolate Wafer Bars 18 g (Pack of 12)
- Price
- £1.87
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 835
- Age
- 1y ago

Loacker Napolitaner Crispy Wafers Italian Hazelnut Cream Wafers Hazelnut Flavour Original Wafer Biscuits 90 g
- Price
- £0.99
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 4,015
- Age
- 13y ago

Cadbury Timeout Bars Multipack 5 Bars x 18 g 90 g Total (Pack of 1)
- Price
- £1.14
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 35
- Age
- 5mo ago

McVities Tasties Pink Wafer Biscuits 100 g (Pack of 1)
- Price
- £0.99
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 2,227
- Age
- 4y ago

Cadbury Timeout Orange Chocolate Wafer Bars 6 x 18 g (Pack of 1)
- Price
- £1.03
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 835
- Age
- 2y ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
McVities Wafer Rolls with Hazelnut Cream Filling 170 g (Pack of 1)
- Price
- £1.47
- Rating
- 3.4/5
- Reviews
- 5
- Age
- 6mo ago

Cadbury Timeout Bars Multipack 5 Bars x 18 g 90 g Total (Pack of 1)
- Price
- £1.14
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 35
- Age
- 5mo ago

Cadbury Timeout Orange Multipack 5 Bars x 18 g 90 g Total (Pack of 1)
- Price
- £1.16
- Rating
- 5.0/5
- Reviews
- 1
- Age
- 4mo ago

Loacker Dark Chocolate Quadratini Wafer Biscuits 125 g
- Price
- £1.92
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 190
- Age
- 13y ago

Cadbury Timeout Milk Chocolate Wafer Bars 18 g (Pack of 12)
- Price
- £1.87
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 835
- Age
- 1y ago
Newest
by launch date
Cadbury Timeout Orange Multipack 5 Bars x 18 g 90 g Total (Pack of 1)
- Price
- £1.16
- Rating
- 5.0/5
- Reviews
- 1
- Age
- 4mo ago

Cadbury Timeout Bars Multipack 5 Bars x 18 g 90 g Total (Pack of 1)
- Price
- £1.14
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 35
- Age
- 5mo ago

McVities Wafer Rolls with Hazelnut Cream Filling 170 g (Pack of 1)
- Price
- £1.47
- Rating
- 3.4/5
- Reviews
- 5
- Age
- 6mo ago

Cadbury Timeout Milk Chocolate Wafer Bars 18 g (Pack of 12)
- Price
- £1.87
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 835
- Age
- 1y ago

Cadbury Timeout Milk Chocolate Covered Wafer Bars 12 x 18g (216g)
- Price
- £2.52
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 14
- Age
- 1y ago
Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take only 37% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.
Brands
16 rising
Sellers
103
Top-5 brand share
90%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
37%
Top 20: 84%
Open market
8%
- Loacker43%
- Cadbury36%
- McVitie's7%
- Family's2%
- Morrisons2%
- Tunnock's2%
- Open — no brand owns it (10 brands, 8%)
Demand
Wafers search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×
Search terms
Top Wafers search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- wafers43K/yr
- wafer25K/yr
- wafer biscuits23K/yr
- loacker wafers17K/yr
- loacker22K/yr
- time out15K/yr
- chocolate wafers15K/yr
- time out chocolate bars12K/yr
- timeout8K/yr
- timeout chocolate bar6K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Wafers
What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.
Complain
Tasted different from the other sizes
Wasnt a fan of the taste of this one
Just taste like a cheap choc/orange wafer biscuits
hate how they nearly double in price when Easter
a bit too expensive
perhaps a bit pricey for this small quantity
Arrived with every single one either broke or crushed
Really tasty,but very crumbly
Ingredients show no palm oil
I bought these expecting the narrow bars with rippled chocolate in the centre and got a dry, tasteless wafer
Love
Enjoyable treat
fantastic snack
Great taste
Worth it
Good price
Good value for money
Great quality chocolate
Nice wafers
Great Quality
Nice flavours
You get the classic Hazelnut. Napolitaner., the creamy Vanilla, and the rich Chocolate
subtle vanilla filling—rich
Excellent crispy and sweet snack
Its crunchy and delicious
You get the classic Hazelnut. Napolitaner., the creamy Vanilla, and the rich Chocolate—all individually wrapped so they stay crisp
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