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Hot Pot

Hot Pot shows low returns (0.7%), but soft demand (-45.7% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

51
Worth a look

Ranks 2,729 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · on the category median

Market size 24Growth 2Conversion 12Competition 59Returns 97Price range 78Avg price 95Brand share 58Review moat 65Quality gap 95
This niche Category average · 5,777 niches

Is Hot Pot profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Hot Pot is a £97K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (287K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 70% of demand. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 51/100.

Hot Pot: 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 -45.7% over the last 90 days and 0.9% of searches end in a purchase.

£97K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr4K
Search volume / yr-45.7%287K
Conversion rate0.9%
Avg price£36.20

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 70% of demand, so 30% of the market is open.

30%

open market share

Brands · sellers16 · 27
Top-5 product click share49%
Open market30%
Avg brand age41 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 · 29 products

Sponsored placement79%
New entrants (1y)6· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.0★
Avg reviews898

Top Hot Pot 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 49% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£10K£19K£29K£39K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

16 falling

Sellers

27

Top-5 brand share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

49%

Top 20: 87%

Open market

25%

  • Food Party39%
  • DEZIN13%
  • Morrisons8%
  • Areyourshop5%
  • Audecook5%
  • TomYang5%

Hot Pot demand & seasonality

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

Volume287KCVR0.9%Products29Brands16Top 5 Brands70%OOS Rate13.1%Rating4.0★Reviews898Avg BSR#27
13K8KSpike '24Black Friday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.6×

Top Hot Pot search terms shoppers use

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

  • hot pot90K/yr
  • hotpot52K/yr
  • hot pot cooker39K/yr
  • hotpot pot electric40K/yr
  • hotpot pot22K/yr
  • hot pot electric20K/yr
  • chinese hotpot5K/yr
  • korean hotpot5K/yr
  • hotpot pot electric with grill5K/yr
  • hotpot cooker5K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hot Pot

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

What buyers love

75% of reviews
Quality-Overall16%

Neat quality pan

Value For Money11%

Amazing value

Ease Of Use9%

Easy to use

Heating9%

Very good product easy to use practical heating very quick easy to clean cooks salmon lovely good steamer for all veg pasta rice boiled potatoes great all rounda

Ease Of Cleaning7%

Cleanup is straightforward since the pot

What buyers complain about

72% of reviews
Size-Overall22%

It does not fit the size of the pot where a

Quality-Overall13%

Very cheap quality

Value For Money9%

If a little pricey

Functionality-Overall7%

I'm disappointed because it is not working

Ease Of Cleaning6%

however, this causes a huge issue with cleaning

Hot Pot return rate & reasons

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

0.7%

Return rate

56%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
43%
2Quality-Overall
9%
3Heating
8%
4Functionality-Overall
7%
5Defective Material/Parts
3%

Common Hot Pot questions

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

Flapen scores Hot Pot 51/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £97K/yr across 29 tracked products. 0 of 6 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -45.7% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Hot Pot on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 2.6× the quietest.