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Microwave

Maybe

Shoppers spend $11.8M a year here. But demand is soft, at -18.0% this quarter, so Microwave is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
59
59 / 100
Top 20% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +8 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£11.8M/yr9.7M searches / yr
90-day growth
-18.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
38%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 43 sellers

Flapen Score

Microwave against its category

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

59Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Microwave market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Microwave 9.7M times last year and spent an estimated £11.8M. The top 5 brands take 79% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 59 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

2.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 9.7M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -18.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £11.8M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
9.7M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-18.0%
Conversion, latest week
2.2%
Market size, estimated
£11.8Ma year
Peak month
November2.0× the quietest month
Top search term
microwave6.2M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £54.52.

Listings sell for £54.52 on average, from £24.53 to £100.44. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 150K to 200K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At £54.52 that is £164K to £218K a year per listing.

Average price
£54.52inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£24.53–£100.44
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
150K–200K
Units per listing a year
3,000–4,000
Revenue per listing a year
£164K–£218K
Returns
2.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

95% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 90% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #20 within Small Kitchen Appliances. It carries 3,090 reviews at 4.46 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
95%
Prime listings
90%
Out of stock, average day
5.3%
Average rank
#20in Small Kitchen Appliances
Average rating
4.46 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,090per listing
Listings tracked
40

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 13 of last year's 13 launches as successful.

13 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 13 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 44 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
13
Successful launches
13Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
44 months

Products

Top Microwave 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 38% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£471K£942K£1.4M£1.9M101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 rising

Sellers

43

Top-5 brand share

79%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

38%

Top 20: 83%

Open market

15%

  • Toshiba28%
  • Russell Hobbs26%
  • COMFEE'13%
  • Chefman6%
  • Samsung6%
  • Hisense6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (9 brands, 15%)

Demand

Microwave 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, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Search terms

Top Microwave search terms shoppers use

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

  • microwave6.2M/yr
  • microwave oven1.1M/yr
  • microwave ovens347K/yr
  • black microwave274K/yr
  • russell hobbs microwave241K/yr
  • microwaves204K/yr
  • small microwave191K/yr
  • digital microwave134K/yr
  • flatbed microwave133K/yr
  • mini microwave118K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Microwave

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

Complain

Size-Overall11%

Far too small

Quite large

Short cable

Durability10%−0.10

Not durable

within a few months it had broken

Broken quickly

Quality-Overall8%+0.45

Awful quality

Cheap Quality

Waste of money low quality

Heating7%−0.05

Just didnt heat anything

stopped heating anything

appears to heat unevenly Time will tell if this is an issue thats too much trouble

Functionality-Overall5%−0.05

Did not work

not working great

doesn't function at all

Love

Ease Of Use20%+1.85

Easy to operate

EASY TO USE

easy to follow

Value For Money19%+1.52

Excellent value for money

Excellent value

Fairly priced

Quality-Overall15%+0.45

Excellent Quality

the quality is great its very sturdy

the overall build quality is impressive for the price point

Size-Overall7%

A good family size

Compact in size

Fit well

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%+0.22

As advertised

better than expected

As described

Return

2.2% Return rate 44% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall32%▇▇█▇▇█

Far too small

Quite large

Short cable

Heating13%██▇█▇▇

Just didnt heat anything

stopped heating anything

appears to heat unevenly Time will tell if this is an issue thats too much trouble

Functionality-Overall12%▅▅▇█▇▆

Did not work

not working great

doesn't function at all

Defective Material/Parts9%▇▆▇▆█▆
Noise Level5%█▆▅▅▅▅

making weird noises

Strange sounds

make a noise

FAQ

Common Microwave questions

Answered from the same tracked data.