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Afternoon Tea Stands

Maybe

The top 5 brands take only 47% of clicks. But demand is soft, at -45.1% this quarter, so Afternoon Tea Stands is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 36% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +3 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£161K/yr405K searches / yr
90-day growth
-45.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
34%top-5 click share · 34 brands · 45 sellers

Flapen Score

Afternoon Tea Stands against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Afternoon Tea Stands is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

54Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Afternoon Tea Stands market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Afternoon Tea Stands 405K times last year and spent an estimated £161K. The top 5 brands take 47% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

3.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 405K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -45.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £161K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
405K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-45.1%
Conversion, latest week
3.0%
Market size, estimated
£161Ka year
Peak month
March3.5× the quietest month
Top search term
afternoon tea stands150K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £13.26.

Listings sell for £13.26 on average, from £5.68 to £21.35. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £13.26 that is £3K to £7K a year per listing.

Average price
£13.26under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.68–£21.35
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£7K
Returns
2.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

98% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 89% ship with Prime. On an average day, 17.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #177 within Dishware & Serving Pieces. It carries 280 reviews at 4.30 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
98%
Prime listings
89%
Out of stock, average day
17.9%
Average rank
#177in Dishware & Serving Pieces
Average rating
4.30 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
280per listing
Listings tracked
46

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 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
4
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
31 months

Products

Top Afternoon Tea Stands 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 only 34% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£5K£10K£14K£19K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

34 falling

Sellers

45

Top-5 brand share

47%

Top 20: 89%

Top-5 click share

34%

Top 20: 75%

Open market

48%

  • NWK16%
  • SZJYG13%
  • Nyxi7%
  • AKOLAFE6%
  • TsunNee5%
  • Fasmov5%

Demand

Afternoon Tea Stands search demand

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

35K25KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Spike '26DecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.5×

Search terms

Top Afternoon Tea Stands search terms shoppers use

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

  • afternoon tea stands150K/yr
  • 3 tier cake stand48K/yr
  • cake stands for afternoon tea33K/yr
  • tiered cake stand36K/yr
  • afternoon tea stand34K/yr
  • cake stand 3 tier29K/yr
  • 2 tier cake stand14K/yr
  • 3 tier cake stands11K/yr
  • three tier cake stand8K/yr
  • 3 tier cake stands for afternoon tea8K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Afternoon Tea Stands

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

Complain

Strength23%−0.28

Too flimsy

Quite flimsy

Not sturdy

Quality-Overall18%

Cheap and wonky

Look very cheap

Poor quality

Assembly/Installation7%+0.49

The most difficult part to screw on was the short handle at the top

they don't screw on properly

Couldn't use it as it wouldn't screw together properly

Balance/Stability7%−0.10

These are not stable atall

very wobbly and unstable connection between plates

Bit wobbly

Value For Money4%+1.11

These look far more expensive than what they are/should

Not worth the money sadly

Waste of money

Love

Assembly/Installation20%+0.49

Easy to setup

very easy to install

Easy to assemble

Quality-Overall19%

Excellent quality and easy to assemble

Excellent Quality

Great quality set

Value For Money12%+1.11

Good value for money

Good value

great value for money

Strength9%−0.28

Brilliant stand sturdy

Quite sturdy

Sturdy enough for a full offering of cakes and sandwiches

Size-Overall5%+0.55

this fits the bill perfectly

Good size - took a decent amount of cupcakes

Good sized plates

Return

2.0% Return rate 25% Fixable by listing

Quality-Overall18%▇▇▇▆██

Cheap and wonky

Look very cheap

Poor quality

Size-Overall18%▆▇▅▅▅█

Not fit for purpose

They are all loose

Large

Strength13%▆▄█▇▄▆

Too flimsy

Quite flimsy

Not sturdy

Defective Material/Parts13%█▆▇▆▆▅
Material Quality11%▅█▇█▇▆

My only negative is that the hardware looks brassy gold and a bit cheap

Bit plastic

FAQ

Common Afternoon Tea Stands questions

Answered from the same tracked data.