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Defrosting Tray

soft demand (-45.5% this quarter) — Defrosting Tray doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

40
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Market size 17Growth 2Conversion 61Competition 24Returns 97Price range 18Avg price 38Brand share 53Review moat 75Quality gap 58
This niche Category average

Is Defrosting Tray profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Defrosting Tray is a £67K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (121K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 73% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 40/100.

Defrosting Tray: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -45.5% over the last 90 days and 5.3% of searches end in a purchase.

£67K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr10K
Search volume / yr-45.5%121K
Conversion rate5.3%
Avg price£10.56

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 73% of demand, so 27% of the market is open.

27%

open market share

Brands · sellers12 · 16
Top-5 product click share71%
Open market27%
Avg brand age35 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 · 13 products

Sponsored placement100%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews516

Top Defrosting Tray 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 capture 71% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£7K£13K£20K£27K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

16

Top-5 brand share

73%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

71%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

20%

  • mwellewm32%
  • andrew james18%
  • Homiely8%
  • ZMREN8%
  • VonShef7%
  • Kssvzz7%

Defrosting Tray demand & seasonality

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

Volume121KCVR5.3%Products13Brands12Top 5 Brands73%OOS Rate28.3%Rating4.4★Reviews516Avg BSR#8
15K10KSpike '24Black Friday '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.7×

Top Defrosting Tray search terms shoppers use

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

  • defrosting board61K/yr
  • defrosting tray28K/yr
  • defrosting plate7K/yr
  • meat defrosting tray4K/yr
  • thawing board defrosting5K/yr
  • defrost tray4K/yr
  • defrosting trays5K/yr
  • defrost board3K/yr
  • defrosting tray fast thawing of frozen food4K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Defrosting Tray

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

What buyers love

89% of reviews
Advertised Vs Actual Product28%

like it works

Quality-Overall14%

Excellent product

Heating13%

Brilliant to use & fast defrosting

Efficiency11%

Does work

Ease Of Cleaning8%

Easy clean

What buyers complain about

76% of reviews
Quality-Overall14%

Not as good as it makes out

Functionality-Overall14%

Did not work

Paint Quality10%

Very poor quality coating

Durability10%

it degrades very quickly

Size-Overall7%

Smaller than expected

Defrosting Tray return rate & reasons

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

0.6%

Return rate

40%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
30%
2Functionality-Overall
21%
3Defective Material/Parts
9%
4Heating
5%
5Advertised Vs Actual Product
5%

Common Defrosting Tray questions

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

Flapen scores Defrosting Tray 40/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £67K/yr across 13 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -45.5% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Defrosting Tray on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Jan–Feb–Dec, where the busiest month runs 3.7× the quietest.