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Cricut

Cricut shows a $2.0M/yr market, but brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 95% of clicks) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

52
Worth a look
Market size 95Growth 17Conversion 22Competition 70Returns 84Price range 23Avg price 63Brand share 12Review moat 67Quality gap 48
This niche Category average

Is Cricut profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Cricut is a £2.0M/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (857K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 95% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–Oct–Nov–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 52/100.

Cricut: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -16.8% over the last 90 days and 1.8% of searches end in a purchase.

£2.0M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr13K
Search volume / yr-16.8%857K
Conversion rate1.8%
Avg price£135.68

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 95% of demand, so 5% of the market is open.

5%

open market share

Brands · sellers12 · 63
Top-5 product click share43%
Open market5%
Avg brand age31 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 37 products

Sponsored placement68%
New entrants (1y)12· 11 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews807

Top Cricut 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 43% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£61K£122K£183K£244K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

63

Top-5 brand share

95%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

43%

Top 20: 87%

Open market

4%

  • Cricut89%
  • OSDUE2%
  • Trironsun2%
  • VINYL FROG1%
  • TECKWRAP1%
  • Bobeen1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 4%)

Cricut demand & seasonality

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

Volume857KCVR1.8%Products37Brands12Top 5 Brands95%OOS Rate3.9%Rating4.5★Reviews807Avg BSR#58
60K40KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.8×

Top Cricut search terms shoppers use

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

  • cricut346K/yr
  • cricut machine191K/yr
  • cricut accessories142K/yr
  • cricut maker 454K/yr
  • cricut maker 329K/yr
  • cricut maker24K/yr
  • circuit machine23K/yr
  • cricket machine10K/yr
  • cricut maker 4 accessories11K/yr
  • cricut explore 39K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cricut

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

What buyers love

72% of reviews
Quality-Overall23%

Good quality tools

Value For Money18%

Good price

Ease Of Use11%

Easy to Use

Design-Overall4%

Pretty design

Adhesion/Stickiness4%

Self adhesive vinyl works fine

What buyers complain about

65% of reviews
Adhesion/Stickiness18%

Poor quality poor adhesive

Quality-Overall9%

Quality has changed

Value For Money7%

Overall, over £200 for a box that doesn't work is staggeringly bad value

Connectivity-Overall6%

Wouldn't connect

Color5%

Yellow not white

Cricut return rate & reasons

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

1.6%

Return rate

25%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Connectivity-Overall
14%
2Functionality-Overall
14%
3Defective Material/Parts
10%
4Size-Overall
9%
5Adhesion/Stickiness
7%

Common Cricut questions

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

Flapen scores Cricut 52/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £2.0M/yr across 37 tracked products. 11 of 12 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -16.8% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Cricut on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Jan–Oct–Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 2.8× the quietest.