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Coffee Scale

Maybe

Products sell for $20.05 on average, inside the sweet spot. But demand is soft, at -25.6% this quarter, so Coffee Scale is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
55
55 / 100
Top 23% of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · +6 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£362K/yr333K searches / yr
90-day growth
-25.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
54%top-5 click share · 16 brands · 23 sellers

Flapen Score

Coffee Scale against its category

The dotted line is the Business, Industry & Science average. Past it, Coffee Scale is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

55Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Coffee Scale market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Coffee Scale 333K times last year and spent an estimated £362K. The top 5 brands take 73% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Dec. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

5.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 333K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 5.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -25.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £362K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
333K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-25.6%
Conversion, latest week
5.4%
Market size, estimated
£362Ka year
Peak month
January2.3× the quietest month
Top search term
coffee scales161K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £20.05.

Listings sell for £20.05 on average, from £8.28 to £40.19. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £20.05 that is £10K to £15K a year per listing.

Average price
£20.05inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£8.28–£40.19
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
£10K–£15K
Returns
2.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

90% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #79 within Test & Measurement. It carries 1,158 reviews at 4.24 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
90%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
6.7%
Average rank
#79in Test & Measurement
Average rating
4.24 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,158per listing
Listings tracked
21

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 5 launches as successful.

5 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 35 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
35 months

Products

Top Coffee Scale 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 54% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£14K£29K£43K£58K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

16 rising

Sellers

23

Top-5 brand share

73%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

54%

Top 20: 99%

Open market

23%

  • Maestri House24%
  • Diyife23%
  • Bemece17%
  • Edasion5%
  • BAGAIL BASICS4%
  • Ataller4%

Demand

Coffee Scale search demand

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

13K8KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.3×

Search terms

Top Coffee Scale search terms shoppers use

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

  • coffee scales161K/yr
  • coffee scale70K/yr
  • coffee scales with timer27K/yr
  • espresso scale19K/yr
  • coffee weighing scales10K/yr
  • mini coffee scale8K/yr
  • matcha scale4K/yr
  • espresso scales8K/yr
  • espresso scale with timer6K/yr
  • coffee scales for espresso6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Coffee Scale

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

Complain

Charging27%−0.32

Not charging

Does not charge

Wont Recharge

Durability17%−0.20

Failed after 2 months

Broke after a few days

Broke within a month

Quality-Overall8%+0.37

Poor quality - stopped working

Not great quality

The build quality feels shoddy

Size-Overall7%+0.88

Its quite big

Super small

Tiny scales

Battery Life6%−0.01

Battery life is ATROCIOUS

Mid way through a measurement it told me the battery was low

Poor battery life

Love

Value For Money16%+1.22

Excellent value for money

Good value for money

Good Value

Quality-Overall13%+0.37

They also look like decent quality all in black

Build quality is excellent

Great balance of value and quality

Ease Of Use10%+0.93

easy to read

Easy to use

Easy to handle

Size-Overall9%+0.88

Great size as well

The display is a great size

I like the size

Battery Life7%−0.01

Battery life is excellent

like the rechargeable battery

Battery lasts well

Return

2.3% Return rate 43% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall37%▆▇▇▆█▇

Its quite big

Super small

Tiny scales

Functionality-Overall13%▆▅▅▇██

the scales do not work properly

Doesn't work

Havent worked properly since we have opened the box

Charging13%██▇▄▄▅

Not charging

Does not charge

Wont Recharge

Defective Material/Parts5%▄▅█▅▅▁
Quality-Overall4%▃█▃▁██

Poor quality - stopped working

Not great quality

The build quality feels shoddy

FAQ

Common Coffee Scale questions

Answered from the same tracked data.