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Kettle

Pass

Kettle scores 67 out of 100, a Pass. Shoppers spend $9.7M a year here, demand is soft, at -21.4% this quarter, and returns run at 2.1% of orders.

Flapen Score
67
67 / 100
Top 6% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +16 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£9.7M/yr10.2M searches / yr
90-day growth
-21.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
30%top-5 click share · 28 brands · 291 sellers

Flapen Score

Kettle against its category

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

67Pass
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Kettle market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Kettle 10.2M times last year and spent an estimated £9.7M. The top 5 brands take 65% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 67 out of 100, a Pass.

01 · Demand

4.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 10.2M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -21.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £9.7M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
10.2M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-21.4%
Conversion, latest week
4.5%
Market size, estimated
£9.7Ma year
Peak month
November1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
kettle6.1M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £21.09.

Listings sell for £21.09 on average, from £8.26 to £57.40. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 400K to 500K a year. The average listing sells 4,000 to 5,000 of them. At £21.09 that is £84K to £105K a year per listing.

Average price
£21.09inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£8.26–£57.40
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
400K–500K
Units per listing a year
4,000–5,000
Revenue per listing a year
£84K–£105K
Returns
2.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

86% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 97% ship with Prime. On an average day, 8.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #76 within Small Kitchen Appliances. It carries 6,588 reviews at 4.27 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
86%
Prime listings
97%
Out of stock, average day
8.4%
Average rank
#76in Small Kitchen Appliances
Average rating
4.27 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
6,588per listing
Listings tracked
72

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 12 of last year's 14 launches as successful.

14 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 12 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 52 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
14
Successful launches
12Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
52 months

Products

Top Kettle 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 30% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£195K£389K£584K£778K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

28 falling

Sellers

291

Top-5 brand share

65%

Top 20: 96%

Top-5 click share

30%

Top 20: 65%

Open market

30%

  • Russell Hobbs41%
  • Cosori6%
  • Amazon Basics6%
  • Daewoo6%
  • Swan6%
  • Gaberlee5%

Demand

Kettle search demand

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

450K350KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Kettle search terms shoppers use

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

  • kettle6.1M/yr
  • electric kettles701K/yr
  • kettles electric616K/yr
  • russell hobbs kettle497K/yr
  • black kettle447K/yr
  • kettles392K/yr
  • electric kettle362K/yr
  • stainless steel kettle244K/yr
  • electric kettles clearance128K/yr
  • grey kettle110K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Kettle

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

Complain

Durability22%−0.23

Broke after a week

Didnt last

Stopped working after one use

Leak-Proof15%

IT LEAKS

Started leaking

Leaking

Quality-Overall10%+0.79

Awful quality

Low quality control

Poor quality control

Heating5%

heats up fast it is a little noisy

Handle gets hot

Also gets Very hot

Size-Overall3%+0.15

It's small

this doesnt fit properly

Too big

Love

Value For Money20%+1.63

Very fair price

cheap price

Money well spent

Quality-Overall19%+0.79

Great quality kettle

the build quality is excellent

Best quality

Ease Of Use6%+0.28

Easy to handle

Easy to use

easy to control

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%+0.28

AS expected

Just what I needed

Gets the job done

Design-Overall5%+0.15

clean design

Beautiful design

Very sleek design

Return

2.1% Return rate 25% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall14%█▇▇▇▆▇

Doesnt work properly

Did not work

Stopped working

Size-Overall13%▆▇█▇██

It's small

this doesnt fit properly

Too big

Leak-Proof12%█▆▇▇█▆

IT LEAKS

Started leaking

Leaking

Heating6%█▆▆▅▆▆

heats up fast it is a little noisy

Handle gets hot

Also gets Very hot

Color5%▅▇▇▆▆█

FAQ

Common Kettle questions

Answered from the same tracked data.