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Insinkerator

weak search conversion (1.0%) — Insinkerator doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

39
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Market size 20Growth 18Conversion 12Competition 47Returns 77Price range 18Avg price 53Brand share 19Review moat 66Quality gap 82
This niche Category average

Is Insinkerator profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Insinkerator is a £81K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (51K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 92% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 39/100.

Insinkerator: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -14.8% over the last 90 days and 1.0% of searches end in a purchase.

£81K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr2K
Search volume / yr-14.8%51K
Conversion rate1.0%
Avg price£165.92

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 92% of demand, so 8% of the market is open.

8%

open market share

Brands · sellers9 · 28
Top-5 product click share57%
Open market8%
Avg brand age51 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.2★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 23 products

Sponsored placement70%
New entrants (1y)8· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.2★
Avg reviews869

Top Insinkerator 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 57% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£4K£8K£12K£16K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)2 products missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

9 rising

Sellers

28

Top-5 brand share

92%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

57%

Top 20: 97%

Open market

5%

  • InSinkErator52%
  • Areyourshop18%
  • LengSuaa8%
  • SmartSylva7%
  • CISSIYOG7%
  • Hocomay3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 5%)

Insinkerator demand & seasonality

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

Volume51KCVR1.0%Products23Brands9Top 5 Brands92%OOS Rate12.2%Rating4.2★Reviews869Avg BSR#302
1K750Spike '24Black Friday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Top Insinkerator search terms shoppers use

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

  • insinkerator32K/yr
  • waste disposal unit for sink9K/yr
  • garbage disposal3K/yr
  • waste disposal unit5K/yr
  • waste disposal2K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Insinkerator

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

What buyers love

74% of reviews
Size-Overall14%

Very good easy to fit works perfectly

Value For Money12%

adequate value for money

Quality-Overall10%

Just as good as the original branded ones

Ease Of Use10%

Easy to use

Noise Level6%

Nice and quiet waste disposal

What buyers complain about

59% of reviews
Leak-Proof13%

Went bang, water been leaking from unit all weekend

Size-Overall8%

Very poor fit

Filtration8%

found that the filtration is not as good as the genuine filters

Quality-Overall7%

Garbage total Garbage

Value For Money6%

Expensive convenience

Insinkerator return rate & reasons

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

1.9%

Return rate

39%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
31%
2Defective Material/Parts
15%
3Compatibility-Overall
10%
4Functionality-Overall
9%
5Leak-Proof
8%

Common Insinkerator questions

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

Flapen scores Insinkerator 39/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £81K/yr across 23 tracked products. 0 of 8 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -14.8% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Insinkerator on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.5× the quietest.