rice cakes korean
Skip itPrices mostly outside the sweet spot ($4.11–$14.04) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Returns
Incredible0.0%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Review moat
Incredible94.93avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Conversion
Good5.5%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Quality gap
Good4.4★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Competition
Okay68%top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
Avg price
Okay£8.82avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Growth
Bad-29.2%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Market size
Bad£22K£22K/yr · 46K searches
Brand share
Bad98%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
Price range
Bad£4.11–£14.04cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, rice cakes korean is a £22K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (46K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 98% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan. Verdict: Skip it — 35/100.
Data updated Jul 24, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
rice cakes korean market data
- Units sold / yr
- 2K–3K
- avg 100–250/product
- Revenue / yr
- £18K–£22K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 5.5%
- Avg BSR
- #192
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 71%
- Sponsored
- 50%
- Out of stock
- 2.8%
- Avg brand age
- 38 months
- Avg seller age
- 191 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products take 68% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.Brands
6 falling
Sellers
8
Top-5 brand share
98%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
68%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
0%
- SamSam54%
- WaNaHong24%
- Wang10%
- Bowltiful6%
- Starry Mart5%
- POKOHOME2%
- Open — no brand owns it (0%)
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -29.2% search growth over the last 90 days.Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.3×
Top rice cakes korean search terms
- rice cakes korean16K/yr
- korean rice cakes14K/yr
- korean fish cake6K/yr
- fish cakes korean3K/yr
- korean rice cake3K/yr
- tteokbokki halal1K/yr
- korean tteokbokki1K/yr
- rice cakes korean tteokbokki2K/yr
- korean rice cake tteokbokki24/yr
Top rice cakes korean products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 14 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Samsam Topokki Rice Cake 500g | Korean Traditional Soft Tteokbokki Rice Cakes | Ready to Cook | 4 Servings
SamSam£5.804.5★66 rev
Natural Rice Cake Tteokbokki Topokki 450G
WaNaHong£4.894.2★851 rev
Samsam Topokki Rice Cake 500g | Korean Traditional Soft Tteokbokki Rice Cakes | Ready to Cook | 4 Servings (Pack of 2)
SamSam£9.814.5★66 rev
SamSam Topokki Rice Cake 500g Combo - Choice of Korean Vegan Kimchi 180g or Traditional Gochujang (Hot Pepper Paste) 180g (Topokki + Hot Pepper Paste)
SamSam£9.960.0★0 rev
SamSam Instant Tteokbokki Topokki Korean Rice Cakes Chewy Street Snack Multi Flavours Carbonara Cheese Curry Garlic Teriyaki Jjajang Rose Original Sweet & Spicy (Pack of 6 6 Random Flavour)
SamSam£14.044.0★70 rev
Newest
by launch date
Topokki Rice Cake Kit Samsam Topokki Rice Cake 500g+ Korean Tteokbokki Hot & Spicy Sauce 150g (Samsam Topokki 500g+ Sweet&Spicy Sauce 150)
SamSam£9.990 rev
SamSam Topokki Rice Cake 500g Combo - Choice of Korean Vegan Kimchi 180g or Traditional Gochujang (Hot Pepper Paste) 180g (Topokki + Hot Pepper Paste)
SamSam£9.960 rev
Samsam Topokki Rice Cake 500g | Korean Traditional Soft Tteokbokki Rice Cakes | Ready to Cook | 4 Servings (Pack of 2)
SamSam£9.8166 rev
Samsam Topokki Rice Cake 500g | Korean Traditional Soft Tteokbokki Rice Cakes | Ready to Cook | 4 Servings
SamSam£5.8066 rev
Wang Korean Stick Rice Cake Gluten Free Tteokbokki Vegan & Soy Sauce 8ml- 600g
Wang£8.3221 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumTopokki Rice Cake Kit Samsam Topokki Rice Cake 500g+ Korean Tteokbokki Hot & Spicy Sauce 150g (Samsam Topokki 500g+ Sweet&Spicy Sauce 150)
SamSam£9.990.0★
SamSam Topokki Rice Cake 500g Combo - Choice of Korean Vegan Kimchi 180g or Traditional Gochujang (Hot Pepper Paste) 180g (Topokki + Hot Pepper Paste)
SamSam£9.960.0★
Korean Rice Cake Snacks Wang Korean Rice Cake Tteokbokki Topokki 600g | Gluten Free & Vegan Friendly (PACK 2 Sliced cake - 4packs x 150g)
POKOHOME£13.535.0★
Delief Korean Tteokbokki Rice Cake 300g Halal | Korean Street Food Snacks | Product of South Korea (pack of 1)
WaNaHong£4.113.5★
Samsam Topokki Rice Cake 500g | Korean Traditional Soft Tteokbokki Rice Cakes | Ready to Cook | 4 Servings
SamSam£5.804.5★
What buyers say about rice cakes korean
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Yummy rice cakes”
“Good quality rice cakes”
“Nice and chewy”
“I love the chewy texture”
“The rice cakes have that perfect”
“Value for money”
“Easy and fun to make”
“Chewy rice cakes, spicy sauce, pure comfort food for me”
“cooks nicely and chewy”
“Soft and easy to cook”
What buyers complain about
“Mouldy”
“rotten smell started coming from them”
“Came expired tasted really bad would give it 0 stars if I could”
“expensive”
Common questions
- Is rice cakes korean profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?
- The niche generates £22K/yr across 14 tracked products. 0 of 8 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -29.2%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (35/100).
- How competitive is the rice cakes korean niche?
- 6 brands and 8 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 68% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 98% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in rice cakes korean?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Texture/Consistency-Overall, Smell, Stale/Rotten/Spoiled. The return rate is 0.0%.
- When does demand for rice cakes korean peak?
- Demand peaks in Jan; the busiest month runs 2.3× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the rice cakes korean niche?
- Listings span £4.11–£14.04; the average listing price is £8.82 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 95 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.