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Ice Maker

Ice Maker clears our launch bar: a $2.9M/yr market growing +371.4% this quarter with returns at 1.0%.

Flapen Score

80
Launch it
Market size 96Growth 100Conversion 21Competition 80Returns 94Price range 78Avg price 92Brand share 78Review moat 41Quality gap 88
This niche Category average

Is Ice Maker profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Ice Maker is a £2.9M/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (3.2M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 57% of demand. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul. Verdict: Launch it — 80/100.

Ice Maker: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Yes. Search demand moved +371.4% over the last 90 days and 1.7% of searches end in a purchase.

£2.9M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr60K
Search volume / yr+371.4%3.2M
Conversion rate1.7%
Avg price£54.30

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 57% of demand, so 43% of the market is open.

43%

open market share

Brands · sellers25 · 45
Top-5 product click share35%
Open market43%
Avg brand age26 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.1★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 40 products

Sponsored placement100%
New entrants (1y)17· 15 succeeded
Avg rating4.1★
Avg reviews2,431

Top Ice 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

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (35% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£115K£230K£345K£461K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

25 flat

Sellers

45

Top-5 brand share

57%

Top 20: 96%

Top-5 click share

35%

Top 20: 79%

Open market

38%

  • FOHERE20%
  • EUHOMY16%
  • Silonn7%
  • WELLENT7%
  • SONGMICS6%
  • PALINTH6%

Ice Maker demand & seasonality

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

Volume3.2MCVR1.7%Products40Brands25Top 5 Brands57%OOS Rate9.6%Rating4.1★Reviews2,431Avg BSR#27
450K350KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 6.9×

Top Ice Maker search terms shoppers use

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

  • ice maker1.5M/yr
  • ice machine518K/yr
  • ice cube maker405K/yr
  • ice maker machine239K/yr
  • ice machines countertop49K/yr
  • ice maker countertop59K/yr
  • ice cube maker machine53K/yr
  • nugget ice maker71K/yr
  • portable ice maker30K/yr
  • ice making machine30K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Ice Maker

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

What buyers love

85% of reviews
Ease Of Use18%

easy to operate

Value For Money16%

Excellent value

Quality-Overall13%

Build quality and ease of use

Ice Maker9%

Fantastic little ice maker

Size-Overall8%

Great size

What buyers complain about

74% of reviews
Size-Overall21%

Smaller than expected

Durability18%

Broke

Ice Maker8%

It seems quite slow to make ice

Quality-Overall7%

Terrible product

Functionality-Overall5%

Stop working

Ice Maker return rate & reasons

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

1.0%

Return rate

39%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
27%
2Functionality-Overall
16%
3Ice Maker
13%
4Defective Material/Parts
8%
5Advertised Vs Actual Product
5%

Common Ice Maker questions

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

Flapen scores Ice Maker 80/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Launch it. The niche generates £2.9M/yr across 40 tracked products. 15 of 17 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +371.4% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Ice Maker on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in May–Jun–Jul, where the busiest month runs 6.9× the quietest.