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12 Inch Cake Board

Fail

Prices span $1.69–$14.23, mostly outside the sweet spot, so 12 Inch Cake Board is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Ranks 422 of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · −2 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£118K/yr118K searches / yr
90-day growth
+4.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
61%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 28 sellers

Flapen Score

12 Inch Cake Board against its category

The dotted line is the Business, Industry & Science average. Past it, 12 Inch Cake Board is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

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

Market

The 12 Inch Cake Board market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for 12 Inch Cake Board 118K times last year and spent an estimated £118K. The top 5 brands take 92% of clicks. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

13.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 118K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 13.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +4.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £118K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
118K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+4.1%
Conversion, latest week
13.0%
Market size, estimated
£118Ka year
Peak month
July1.2× the quietest month
Top search term
12 inch cake board37K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.65.

Listings sell for £7.65 on average, from £1.69 to £14.23. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £7.65 that is £4K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.65under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.69–£14.23
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£4K–£6K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

78% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #59 within Food Service Equipment & Supplies. It carries 729 reviews at 4.35 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
78%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
4.0%
Average rank
#59in Food Service Equipment & Supplies
Average rating
4.35 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
729per listing
Listings tracked
23

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 5 launches as successful.

5 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 36 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
36 months

Products

Top 12 Inch Cake Board 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 61% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£12K£24K£35K£47K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 flat

Sellers

28

Top-5 brand share

92%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

61%

Top 20: 97%

Open market

6%

  • Culpitt74%
  • Satinara6%
  • Tala5%
  • saerryor4%
  • The Baked Studio3%
  • FALGUN2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 6%)

Demand

12 Inch Cake Board search demand

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

3K2KPrime Day '25Spike '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2×

Search terms

Top 12 Inch Cake Board search terms shoppers use

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

  • 12 inch cake board37K/yr
  • cake board 12 inch round24K/yr
  • 12 cake board10K/yr
  • white cake board 12 inch10K/yr
  • 12inch cake board6K/yr
  • 12 inch cake drum5K/yr
  • 12 inch white cake board6K/yr
  • cake boards 12 inch round6K/yr
  • cake board 12 inch4K/yr
  • cake drum 12 inch round3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 12 Inch Cake Board

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

Complain

Quality-Overall25%−0.01

Unfortunately not a great quality stand

Very cheap quality and like foam

Bad Quality

Value For Money18%+0.24

My only complaint is the price

Not worth £8.00+ they can be bought cheaper elsewhere

I will say a little overpriced for what it is

Strength10%+0.45

far too flimsy for two or more tiers

Not so strong

Flimsy and bad quality

Ease Of Use5%−0.04

Cant use

Not able to be used

Unable to be used

Thickness5%−0.05

It is thick

This board is very very thin

Very thin, wouldnt recommend

Love

Quality-Overall29%−0.01

Good quality

Good quality board

Great quality cake board and box set

Strength13%+0.45

Very sturdy

The board was strong and sturdy

the box is sturdy

Value For Money8%+0.24

good value for money

good value set to have :-

Good value

Size-Overall7%

The cake fitted into the box perfectly and with ease

Fitted cake

These are a good size for 8 or 10 cakes

Weight Light6%+0.89

Light weight boards that look good

Lightweight

They are light weight

Return

0.5% Return rate 53% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall43%▅▅▇▇▇█

Do not buy these in any size

Small

Thin15%▇█▆▇▄▅
Quality-Overall12%█▃▇█▆▄

Unfortunately not a great quality stand

Very cheap quality and like foam

Bad Quality

Thickness7%▇█▆▁█▄

It is thick

This board is very very thin

Very thin, wouldnt recommend

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%▁█▁▂▃▁

FAQ

Common 12 Inch Cake Board questions

Answered from the same tracked data.