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Hob Covers

Maybe

The top 5 brands take only 37% of clicks. But demand is soft, at -31.8% this quarter, so Hob Covers is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
61
61 / 100
Top 17% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +10 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£220K/yr623K searches / yr
90-day growth
-31.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
32%top-5 click share · 47 brands · 81 sellers

Flapen Score

Hob Covers against its category

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

61Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Hob Covers market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Hob Covers 623K times last year and spent an estimated £220K. The top 5 brands take 37% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan. Flapen scores it 61 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

1.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 623K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -31.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £220K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
623K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-31.8%
Conversion, latest week
1.7%
Market size, estimated
£220Ka year
Peak month
January1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
hob covers134K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £21.41.

Listings sell for £21.41 on average, from £6.81 to £67.30. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £21.41 that is £2K to £5K a year per listing.

Average price
£21.41inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£6.81–£67.30
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£5K
Returns
1.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

82% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 68% ship with Prime. On an average day, 16.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #142 within Chopping Boards. It carries 671 reviews at 4.26 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
82%
Prime listings
68%
Out of stock, average day
16.1%
Average rank
#142in Chopping Boards
Average rating
4.26 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
671per listing
Listings tracked
60

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 15 launches as successful.

15 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 29 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
15
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
29 months

Products

Top Hob Covers 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 only 32% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£7K£13K£20K£26K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

47 falling

Sellers

81

Top-5 brand share

37%

Top 20: 79%

Top-5 click share

32%

Top 20: 70%

Open market

58%

  • Kozdtiz12%
  • DANIEL JAMES Housewares8%
  • HOMELAY6%
  • Chums6%
  • WENKO6%
  • Unibos5%

Demand

Hob Covers search demand

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

15K10KHoliday '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Hob Covers search terms shoppers use

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

  • hob covers134K/yr
  • gas hob cover58K/yr
  • hob covers for electric cookers44K/yr
  • hob cover43K/yr
  • gas hob covers for 4 burner gas cookers42K/yr
  • electric hob covers31K/yr
  • hob covers for gas cookers34K/yr
  • cooker top cover22K/yr
  • glass hob cover27K/yr
  • gas hob protector21K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hob Covers

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

Complain

Size-Overall18%+0.86

Was too big

Dont fit

smaller than i expect

Adhesion/Stickiness8%−0.08

Sticky and poor quality

Looks like was glued together badly

Limited use with sticky feel

Quality-Overall6%+1.68

Be very ware

Rubbish

Poor quality

Ease Of Cleaning5%

Difficult to clean

are more difficult to clean

needs a regular clean

Value For Money5%+1.25

price bit dear

Not worth the price

in my opinion the item is way overpriced

Love

Quality-Overall21%+1.68

Good quality mat

Brilliant quality

Good quality and colours are vibrant

Size-Overall19%+0.86

Excellent size

Size is exact looks good

Easy to fit

Value For Money11%+1.25

Money well spent

Great value

Good value for money

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%

Does the job

As described

Just what I needed

Ease Of Cleaning7%

It cleans well

Easily cleaned

easy to lift on and off and wipe clean

Return

1.3% Return rate 74% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall53%▇█▇▇▆▆

Was too big

Dont fit

smaller than i expect

Quality-Overall5%▄▅▆▄▅█

Be very ware

Rubbish

Poor quality

Compatibility-Overall4%▅▃▄▅▆█
Color4%▆▄▇▇█▅

also not as dark as it looks on the picture

More slate grey than black

would have been better if they had both been the same shade

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%▃▅▆██▄

not as it looks on photo

Looks nothing like the picture

Not as it says

FAQ

Common Hob Covers questions

Answered from the same tracked data.