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Werthers Original

Fail

Products sell for $5.09 on average, outside the sweet spot, so Werthers Original is a Fail.

Flapen Score
46
46 / 100
Ranks 1,444 of 2,976 Grocery niches · on the category median
Market size
£130K/yr483K searches / yr
90-day growth
-4.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
43%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 122 sellers

Flapen Score

Werthers Original against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Werthers Original is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

46Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Werthers Original market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Werthers Original 483K times last year and spent an estimated £130K. The top 5 brands take 81% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 46 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

5.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 483K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 5.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -4.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £130K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
483K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-4.6%
Conversion, latest week
5.3%
Market size, estimated
£130Ka year
Peak month
December1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
candy305K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.09.

Listings sell for £5.09 on average, from £0.49 to £20.35. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £5.09 that is £3K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.09under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£0.49–£20.35
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£4K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

19% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 97% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #23 within Confectionery. It carries 1,204 reviews at 4.57 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
19%
Prime listings
97%
Out of stock, average day
0.2%
Average rank
#23in Confectionery
Average rating
4.57 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,204per listing
Listings tracked
36

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 7 of last year's 8 launches as successful.

8 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 7 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 53 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
8
Successful launches
7Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
53 months

Products

Top Werthers Original 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 43% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£5K£10K£16K£21K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 falling

Sellers

122

Top-5 brand share

81%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

43%

Top 20: 81%

Open market

15%

  • Werther's54%
  • Swizzels13%
  • Skittles6%
  • Sour Patch Kids5%
  • Starburst4%
  • William Hunter3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (9 brands, 15%)

Demand

Werthers Original search demand

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

15K10KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Search terms

Top Werthers Original search terms shoppers use

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

  • candy305K/yr
  • werthers original98K/yr
  • werthers34K/yr
  • werthers originals18K/yr
  • candies16K/yr
  • werthers original butter candies4K/yr
  • candy sweets5K/yr
  • werthers sweets4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Werthers Original

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

Complain

Sweetness16%−0.04

the lack of variety of sweets

too sweet yuck

These are not sugar free

Taste-Overall12%+1.99

Terrible tasting

Not tasty

Tastes completely different

Size-Overall7%

small packets

small

Bigger

Hard Feel6%−0.07

Too hard

Not as soft as I expected

a bit on the hard side for me

Quality-Overall4%−0.02

Sweets are now poor quality

Not great quality

Cheap

Love

Taste-Overall25%+1.99

All of the mints taste nice

Absolutely delicious

Delicious in every way

Sweetness23%−0.04

Sweet treat

Great variety of sweets

very sweet

Value For Money17%+1.79

Great deal

Excellent value for money

Good value for money

Quality-Overall6%−0.02

Good value and quality arrived quickly

Good quality

Great variety, good value

Flavor6%

orange flavours are good

there are a nice variety of different flavours in a bag

Great flavour

Return

0.1% Return rate 100% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall100%▁▁▁▁█▁

small packets

small

Bigger

FAQ

Common Werthers Original questions

Answered from the same tracked data.