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8 Inch Cake Box

Fail

Prices span $4.09–$13.67, mostly outside the sweet spot, so 8 Inch Cake Box is a Fail.

Flapen Score
42
42 / 100
Ranks 4,560 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −9 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£45K/yr51K searches / yr
90-day growth
-9.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
55%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 16 sellers

Flapen Score

8 Inch Cake Box against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, 8 Inch Cake Box is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

42Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The 8 Inch Cake Box market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for 8 Inch Cake Box 51K times last year and spent an estimated £45K. The top 5 brands take 85% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 42 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

13.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 51K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 13.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -9.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £45K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
51K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-9.5%
Conversion, latest week
13.5%
Market size, estimated
£45Ka year
Peak month
December2.2× the quietest month
Top search term
8 inch cake box19K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.49.

Listings sell for £6.49 on average, from £4.09 to £13.67. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £6.49 that is £2K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.49under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.09–£13.67
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£3K
Returns
1.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

95% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #95 within Food Storage. It carries 394 reviews at 4.62 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
95%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
5.8%
Average rank
#95in Food Storage
Average rating
4.62 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
394per listing
Listings tracked
19

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 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 31 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
31 months

Products

Top 8 Inch Cake Box 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 55% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£2K£4K£5K£7K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 falling

Sellers

16

Top-5 brand share

85%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

55%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

11%

  • Culpitt33%
  • FALGUN26%
  • PACK N TRADE Specialists in Bakery & Food Packaging17%
  • SOL6%
  • SHILIUZHI4%
  • SAMZ Packaging4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 11%)

Demand

8 Inch Cake Box search demand

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

3K2KHoliday '24Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.2×

Search terms

Top 8 Inch Cake Box search terms shoppers use

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

  • 8 inch cake box19K/yr
  • cake box 8 inches7K/yr
  • 8 cake box6K/yr
  • 8inch cake box6K/yr
  • cake boxes 8 inch8K/yr
  • cake box 8 inch5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 8 Inch Cake Box

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

Complain

Thickness23%−0.11

The cardboard feels thick

Thin cake board

box is thin

Quality-Overall20%−0.07

Poor quality

Rubbish quality

Really disappointed with the quality of the cake board it is literally a very thin piece of card

Strength14%−0.04

Feel very flimsy too

flimsy

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%−0.01

Need to redo the product description

Product description incorrect

Not as described

Size-Overall4%+0.71

it is a little smaller than I expected

not as tall as expected

Love

Quality-Overall19%−0.07

Good quality

Good quality and easy to assemble

Good quality box

Strength19%−0.04

Good sturdy cake boxs

Great sturdy box

Very sturdy

Size-Overall11%+0.71

Cake fit into the box perfectly

Good size

Fits 6 cupcake(muffin size)

Assembly/Installation10%+0.97

Assembly was so easy

easy to assemble

It is so easy to put together as it comes flat packed

Value For Money7%+1.08

Good value for money

Price was reasonable

Good price pleased with these

Return

1.1% Return rate 86% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall83%█▇▇▇██

it is a little smaller than I expected

not as tall as expected

Strength4%█▄▃▅▄▅

Feel very flimsy too

flimsy

Quality-Overall3%▁▅▇█▅▃

Poor quality

Rubbish quality

Really disappointed with the quality of the cake board it is literally a very thin piece of card

Advertised Vs Actual Product3%█▁▅▃▆▃

Need to redo the product description

Product description incorrect

Not as described

Thin2%▁█▄█▁▇

FAQ

Common 8 Inch Cake Box questions

Answered from the same tracked data.