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Donut Maker

Donut Maker shows beatable incumbent ratings (4.0★), but prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($4.88–$958.15) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

50
Worth a look
Market size 56Growth 18Conversion 37Competition 39Returns 74Price range 9Avg price 75Brand share 38Review moat 88Quality gap 96
This niche Category average

Is Donut Maker profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Donut Maker is a £404K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (136K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 82% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 50/100.

Donut Maker: 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 -13.6% over the last 90 days and 3.0% of searches end in a purchase.

£404K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr3K
Search volume / yr-13.6%136K
Conversion rate3.0%
Avg price£99.98

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 82% of demand, so 18% of the market is open.

18%

open market share

Brands · sellers14 · 34
Top-5 product click share62%
Open market18%
Avg brand age38 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.0★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 18 products

Sponsored placement61%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.0★
Avg reviews233

Top Donut Maker 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 62% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£40K£81K£121K£162K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)3 products missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

14 flat

Sellers

34

Top-5 brand share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

62%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

14%

  • GILES & POSNER44%
  • GEEPAS20%
  • AARNAV8%
  • VonShef7%
  • Global Gizmos4%
  • HouseVibe3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 14%)

Donut Maker demand & seasonality

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

Volume136KCVR3.0%Products18Brands14Top 5 Brands82%OOS Rate13.5%Rating4.0★Reviews233Avg BSR#150
6K4KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.3×

Top Donut Maker search terms shoppers use

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

  • donut maker57K/yr
  • doughnut maker42K/yr
  • donut maker machine11K/yr
  • donut machine6K/yr
  • mini donut maker7K/yr
  • doughnut maker machine6K/yr
  • mini doughnut maker4K/yr
  • doughnut makers4K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Donut Maker

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

What buyers love

91% of reviews
Baking28%

Very good electric donut pan

Ease Of Use17%

Easy to use

Cooking Experience13%

it matches my kitchen

Value For Money7%

Great value

Quality-Overall6%

Great product great quality

What buyers complain about

96% of reviews
Size-Overall33%

Total Rubbish, not fit for purpose

Functionality-Overall20%

Doesn't work

Adhesion/Stickiness15%

Definitely not non-stick

Quality-Overall7%

Total Rubbish, not fit for purpose

Heating6%

My child got an awful burn from a part of it that wasnt meant to be hot

Donut Maker return rate & reasons

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

2.1%

Return rate

50%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
41%
2Functionality-Overall
19%
3Heating
8%
4Adhesion/Stickiness
4%
5Quality-Overall
4%

Common Donut Maker questions

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

Flapen scores Donut Maker 50/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £404K/yr across 18 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -13.6% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Donut Maker on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 3.3× the quietest.