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Cake Board

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — Cake Board doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

41
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Market size 49Growth 22Conversion 90Competition 28Returns 98Price range 0Avg price 13Brand share 0Review moat 60Quality gap 35
This niche Category average

Is Cake Board profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Cake Board is a £271K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (558K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Demand peaks in Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 41/100.

Cake Board: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -6.1% over the last 90 days and 10.6% of searches end in a purchase.

£271K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr60K
Search volume / yr-6.1%558K
Conversion rate10.6%
Avg price£4.57

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand, so 0% of the market is open.

0%

open market share

Brands · sellers3 · 24
Top-5 product click share68%
Open market0%
Avg brand age35 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 17 products

Sponsored placement94%
New entrants (1y)2· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews1,109

Top Cake Board products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 68% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£27K£54K£81K£109K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

3 falling

Sellers

24

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

68%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

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Cake Board demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume558KCVR10.6%Products17Brands3Top 5 Brands100%OOS Rate1.8%Rating4.5★Reviews1,109Avg BSR#14
15K10KHoliday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Top Cake Board search terms shoppers use

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

  • cake board283K/yr
  • 10 inch cake board53K/yr
  • cake boards48K/yr
  • gold cake board27K/yr
  • cake board 10 inch round27K/yr
  • cake base16K/yr
  • 10 cake board13K/yr
  • 10inch cake board13K/yr
  • cake base board11K/yr
  • round cake board11K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cake Board

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

91% of reviews
Quality-Overall29%

Great quality board + box easy to fix together speedy delivery

Value For Money17%

Great value

Strength12%

stays together well

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%

Just what i needed

Thickness8%

of the right thickness

What buyers complain about

81% of reviews
Quality-Overall34%

The cake board is awful quality

Thickness10%

the double thickness is a bit misleading

Strength8%

It became quite flimsy

Durability6%

Wouldnt recommend as I had to change cake board once finished first layer so didnt last long

Size-Overall6%

Cake board too big for box

Cake Board return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.5%

Return rate

64%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall
57%
2Thin
14%
3Quality-Overall
9%
4Thickness
4%
5Color
3%

Common Cake Board questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Cake Board 41/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £271K/yr across 17 tracked products. 0 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -6.1% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Cake Board on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Dec, where the busiest month runs 1.8× the quietest.