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Melissa and Doug Ice Cream

Fail

The top 5 products take 100% of clicks, so Melissa and Doug Ice Cream is a Fail.

Flapen Score
35
35 / 100
Ranks 1,375 of 1,773 Toys & Games niches · −9 vs the category median of 44
Market size
£92K/yr69K searches / yr
90-day growth
+8.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
100%top-5 click share · 2 brands · 40 sellers

Flapen Score

Melissa and Doug Ice Cream against its category

The dotted line is the Toys & Games average. Past it, Melissa and Doug Ice Cream is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

35Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Melissa and Doug Ice Cream market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Melissa and Doug Ice Cream 69K times last year and spent an estimated £92K. All 2 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 35 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 4.6% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 69K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 4.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +8.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £92K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
69K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+8.8%
Conversion, latest week
4.6%
Market size, estimated
£92Ka year
Peak month
November6.5× the quietest month
Top search term
melissa and doug ice cream63K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £28.73.

Listings sell for £28.73 on average, from £14.38 to £55.92. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At £28.73 that is £29K to £36K a year per listing.

Average price
£28.73inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£14.38–£55.92
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
4K–5K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
£29K–£36K
Returns
1.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #26 within Kitchen & Food Toys. It carries 3,967 reviews at 4.73 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#26in Kitchen & Food Toys
Average rating
4.73 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,967per listing
Listings tracked
4

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are young.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 30 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

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

Products

Top Melissa and Doug Ice Cream products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 29, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 100% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£18K£37K£55K£73K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

2 falling

Sellers

40

Est. top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Melissa & Doug89%
  • Melofaver11%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Melissa and Doug Ice Cream search demand

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

10K6KSpike '24Black Friday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 6.5×

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Melissa and Doug Ice Cream

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

35%of positive reviews mention “Fun/Entertainment Experience”
28%of negative reviews mention “Value For Money”
1.4%of orders come back
“Itsa lorie expensive”
A buyer, on “Value For Money”28% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Melissa and Doug Ice Cream questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data