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Wine and Cheese Hamper

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.3% of orders. But shoppers spend only $180K a year here, so Wine and Cheese Hamper is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
60
60 / 100
Top 6% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +14 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£180K/yr131K searches / yr
90-day growth
+11.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
47%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 19 sellers

Flapen Score

Wine and Cheese Hamper against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Wine and Cheese Hamper is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

60Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Wine and Cheese Hamper market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Wine and Cheese Hamper 131K times last year and spent an estimated £180K. The top 5 brands take 77% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 60 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

4.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 131K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +11.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £180K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
131K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+11.6%
Conversion, latest week
4.4%
Market size, estimated
£180Ka year
Peak month
December12.1× the quietest month
Top search term
cheese and wine hamper40K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £31.17.

Listings sell for £31.17 on average, from £17.40 to £63.08. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £31.17 that is £3K to £8K a year per listing.

Average price
£31.17inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£17.40–£63.08
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
5K–6K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£8K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

96% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 23% ship with Prime. On an average day, 11.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #66 within Hampers & Gourmet Gifts. It carries 208 reviews at 4.43 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
96%
Prime listings
23%
Out of stock, average day
11.5%
Average rank
#66in Hampers & Gourmet Gifts
Average rating
4.43 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
208per listing
Listings tracked
26

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 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 51 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
51 months

Products

Top Wine and Cheese Hamper 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 47% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£5K£11K£16K£22K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

19

Top-5 brand share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

47%

Top 20: 95%

Open market

17%

  • Cheshire Cheese Company26%
  • The Cheese Wedge Co.18%
  • Clearwater Hampers13%
  • Thornton & France12%
  • Burmont's Speciality Gifts9%
  • Sparkling Direct5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 17%)

Demand

Wine and Cheese Hamper search demand

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

23K18KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 12.1×

Search terms

Top Wine and Cheese Hamper search terms shoppers use

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

  • cheese and wine hamper40K/yr
  • wine and cheese hamper26K/yr
  • cheese and wine gift set27K/yr
  • wine and cheese gift set15K/yr
  • cheese and wine hamper gift set11K/yr
  • cheese and wine7K/yr
  • red wine and cheese gift set6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Wine and Cheese Hamper

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

Complain

Value For Money34%−0.33

Very expensive

it looks much more expensive than it is

Overpriced

Size-Overall12%−0.05

small surface area

Very small

The dip bowls are quite small

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%−0.11

wish had read the description properly

Misleading advert

Description not Clear

Functionality-Overall6%−0.06

nothing works

so no idea if it worked well

Padlock doesnt work

Quality-Overall5%+0.51

Not the best

also looks bad quality

Not the quality expected

Love

Gifting Purpose39%+2.14

Good for gifting

Ideal gift

Amazing gift

Taste-Overall19%+1.74

Great present and taste really nice

The chutney tastes nice

Really tasty

Quality-Overall16%+0.51

Excellent Product

good quality set

Good quality, well present perfect gift

Value For Money9%−0.33

Good value for money

Good value

Excellent value for money

Design-Overall2%−0.02

Beautiful design, great quality and perfect as a gift set

The board is well designed

Overall, its a stylish, practical set with great attention to detail

Return

0.3% Return rate 14% Fixable by listing

Gifting Purpose43%▅▃▁█▁▁

What a brilliant gift this could have been if the padlock actually worked

i was very disappointed when the gifted opened it

Shape/Style14%▁█▁▁▁▁
Defective Material/Parts14%▁▁█▁▁▁
Mechanism Issues14%█▁▁▁▁▁
Quality-Overall14%▁█▁▁▁▁

Not the best

also looks bad quality

Not the quality expected

FAQ

Common Wine and Cheese Hamper questions

Answered from the same tracked data.