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Egg Cups

Egg Cups shows low returns (0.6%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

62
Worth a look

Top 14% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +11 vs the category median of 51

Market size 52Growth 6Conversion 73Competition 90Returns 97Price range 30Avg price 19Brand share 96Review moat 82Quality gap 70
This niche Category average · 5,777 niches

Is Egg Cups profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Egg Cups is a £325K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (688K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 33% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 62/100.

Egg Cups: 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 -38.8% over the last 90 days and 6.8% of searches end in a purchase.

£325K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr40K
Search volume / yr-38.8%688K
Conversion rate6.8%
Avg price£6.94

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 33% of demand, so 67% of the market is open.

67%

open market share

Brands · sellers64 · 133
Top-5 product click share25%
Open market67%
Avg brand age43 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 85 products

Sponsored placement64%
New entrants (1y)36· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews354

Top Egg Cups 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

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (25% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£6K£13K£19K£26K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

64 rising

Sellers

133

Top-5 brand share

33%

Top 20: 72%

Top-5 click share

25%

Top 20: 62%

Open market

63%

  • Vicloon10%
  • Chef Aid6%
  • Nicola Spring6%
  • Cooksmart5%
  • Zeal5%
  • GEEZY4%

Egg Cups demand & seasonality

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

Volume688KCVR6.8%Products85Brands64Top 5 Brands33%OOS Rate7.8%Rating4.3★Reviews354Avg BSR#71
23K18KHoliday '24Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Top Egg Cups search terms shoppers use

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

  • egg cups423K/yr
  • egg cup78K/yr
  • egg cups 437K/yr
  • egg cups 226K/yr
  • egg cup holder9K/yr
  • novelty egg cups19K/yr
  • egg cups 611K/yr
  • double egg cup10K/yr
  • boiled egg holder10K/yr
  • egg cups novelty5K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Egg Cups

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

What buyers love

83% of reviews
Quality-Overall19%

Good quality, easy to clean

Ease Of Use15%

Easy to use

Advertised Vs Actual Product13%

Does the job

Value For Money11%

Good value for money

Size-Overall8%

Good size

What buyers complain about

79% of reviews
Size-Overall20%

To small

Quality-Overall16%

Quality Assurance needs improving

Strength11%

a bit flimsy

Material Quality9%

It is a very plastic

Value For Money5%

You'll get cheaper

Egg Cups 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
26%
2Material Quality
18%
3Quality-Overall
10%
4Strength
10%
5Defective Material/Parts
6%

Common Egg Cups questions

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

Flapen scores Egg Cups 62/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £325K/yr across 85 tracked products. 0 of 36 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -38.8% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Egg Cups on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Jan–Dec, where the busiest month runs 2.0× the quietest.