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Bread Maker

Fail

Demand is soft, at -38.3% this quarter, so Bread Maker is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Ranks 3,643 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −4 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£1.7M/yr1.5M searches / yr
90-day growth
-38.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
62%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 45 sellers

Flapen Score

Bread Maker against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Bread Maker is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

47Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Bread Maker market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Bread Maker 1.5M times last year and spent an estimated £1.7M. The top 5 brands take 68% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

1.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.5M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -38.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.7M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.5M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-38.3%
Conversion, latest week
1.4%
Market size, estimated
£1.7Ma year
Peak month
December2.5× the quietest month
Top search term
bread maker963K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £85.97.

Listings sell for £85.97 on average, from £47.52 to £184.15. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £85.97 that is £64K to £86K a year per listing.

Average price
£85.97inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£47.52–£184.15
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£64K–£86K
Returns
4.5%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. 68% ship with Prime. On an average day, 13.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #10 within Small Kitchen Appliances. It carries 854 reviews at 4.32 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
95%
Prime listings
68%
Out of stock, average day
13.0%
Average rank
#10in Small Kitchen Appliances
Average rating
4.32 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
854per listing
Listings tracked
19

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 35 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
35 months

Products

Top Bread Maker 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 62% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£173K£345K£518K£691K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

45

Top-5 brand share

68%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

62%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

25%

  • Morphy Richards21%
  • Tefal16%
  • Panasonic13%
  • Russell Hobbs10%
  • KITCHENARM8%
  • Tower8%

Demand

Bread Maker search demand

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

80K60KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.5×

Search terms

Top Bread Maker search terms shoppers use

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

  • bread maker963K/yr
  • bread maker machines uk106K/yr
  • breadmaker88K/yr
  • breadmakers67K/yr
  • bread machine47K/yr
  • breadmaker machine27K/yr
  • bread makers on clearance26K/yr
  • bread makers24K/yr
  • small bread maker18K/yr
  • ninja bread maker21K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Bread Maker

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

Complain

Cooking Experience11%−0.07

does not cook the bread fully

Got a brown inedible block that didnt cook on the top

It took a long time to get a recipe to work in the bread maker

Durability8%−0.10

broke after a few years

Broke after 3 uses

It has stopped working after being used only a dozen times

Quality-Overall7%−0.02

Expected better machine quality

cheaply made

Poor quality

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting7%−0.05

The instructions are no better

No manuals

Really bad instructions

Size-Overall6%

the XL size is much bigger than I expected

Way too big

Its a bit small

Love

Baking21%+2.27

It bakes and did all the things it promises beautifully

Easy to make bread

Bread made easy

Ease Of Use19%+1.31

Easy to use

Easy to use, great bread

an easy machine to use

Quality-Overall11%−0.02

Excellent consistent quality

Quality of the machine is excellent

Excellent product

Cooking Experience11%−0.07

Nice machine easy to use recipe book is handy to I used it with bread mix good out come

Good baking

Very impressive appliance

Value For Money7%+0.69

Excellent value

Well worth it

EXCELLENT VALUE

Return

4.5% Return rate 30% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall30%█▆▆▇▆█

Didn't work

It works about 30%of the time

Doesn't produce the goods

Size-Overall21%▅██▆▇█

the XL size is much bigger than I expected

Way too big

Its a bit small

Quality-Overall5%▃▅▃█▄▄

Expected better machine quality

cheaply made

Poor quality

Mixing/Blending5%█▇▅█▆▂

Wouldn't mix or bake properly

It doesn't mix properly

Jumps when mixing

Cooking Experience4%▅▆▇▄▆█

does not cook the bread fully

Got a brown inedible block that didnt cook on the top

It took a long time to get a recipe to work in the bread maker

FAQ

Common Bread Maker questions

Answered from the same tracked data.