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30l Microwave

a small market ($46K/yr) — 30l Microwave doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

39
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Market size 12Growth 15Conversion 15Competition 62Returns 62Price range 45Avg price 75Brand share 36Review moat 57Quality gap 52
This niche Category average

Is 30l Microwave profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, 30l Microwave is a £46K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (40K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 84% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 39/100.

30l Microwave: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -19.3% over the last 90 days and 1.2% of searches end in a purchase.

£46K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr750
Search volume / yr-19.3%40K
Conversion rate1.2%
Avg price£99.01

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 84% of demand, so 16% of the market is open.

16%

open market share

Brands · sellers10 · 29
Top-5 product click share48%
Open market16%
Avg brand age50 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 33 products

Sponsored placement70%
New entrants (1y)10· 8 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews1,201

Top 30l Microwave 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 48% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£2K£4K£6K£7K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 falling

Sellers

29

Top-5 brand share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

48%

Top 20: 89%

Open market

10%

  • Samsung23%
  • Hamilton Beach23%
  • VYTRONIX14%
  • Toshiba13%
  • Russell Hobbs10%
  • Panasonic6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 10%)

30l Microwave demand & seasonality

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

Volume40KCVR1.2%Products33Brands10Top 5 Brands84%OOS Rate16.8%Rating4.4★Reviews1,201Avg BSR#39
700500Spike '26Mar '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26May '26Jun '26Jul '26

Top 30l Microwave search terms shoppers use

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

  • 30l microwave11K/yr
  • microwave 30l8K/yr
  • microwave 32l5K/yr
  • grill microwaves4K/yr
  • microwave 25l 900w5K/yr
  • microwave oven 1000w4K/yr
  • russell hobbs 23l microwave3K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 30l Microwave

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

What buyers love

82% of reviews
Ease Of Use19%

Easy to operate

Quality-Overall18%

Brilliant quality

Value For Money14%

Excellent value

Size-Overall6%

A good family size

Ease Of Cleaning6%

turntable of the oven are easy to wipe clean

What buyers complain about

52% of reviews
Noise Level7%

make a noise

Size-Overall7%

the plate would not fit

Heating7%

Microwave stopped heating

Quality-Overall7%

UnfortunatelyToshiba have a quality control problem

Durability6%

Failed just after one year

30l Microwave return rate & reasons

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

2.5%

Return rate

42%

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
11%
3Heating
11%
4Functionality-Overall
10%
5Touch/Button Controls
6%

Common 30l Microwave questions

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

Flapen scores 30l Microwave 39/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £46K/yr across 33 tracked products. 8 of 10 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -19.3% over the last 90 days.
30l Microwave buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Noise Level, Size-Overall, Heating, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 2.5%.