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Mr Whippy Ice Cream Machine

Maybe

The products selling today average only 3.7★. But prices span $62.86–$1783.90, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Mr Whippy Ice Cream Machine is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 44% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +1 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£125K/yr133K searches / yr
90-day growth
+150.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
53%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 85 sellers

Flapen Score

Mr Whippy Ice Cream Machine against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Mr Whippy Ice Cream Machine is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

52Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Mr Whippy Ice Cream Machine market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Mr Whippy Ice Cream Machine 133K times last year and spent an estimated £125K. The top 5 brands take 81% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul–Aug–Sep. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

0.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 133K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 0.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +150.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £125K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
133K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+150.2%
Conversion, latest week
0.3%
Market size, estimated
£125Ka year
Peak month
July3.2× the quietest month
Top search term
mr whippy ice cream machine46K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £325.02.

Listings sell for £325.02 on average, from £62.86 to £1783.90. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 250 to 500 a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £325.02 that is £0 to £33K a year per listing.

Average price
£325.02above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£62.86–£1783.90
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
250–500
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£33K
Returns
3.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

74% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 30% ship with Prime. On an average day, 8.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #69 within Small Kitchen Appliances. It carries 147 reviews at 3.73 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
74%
Prime listings
30%
Out of stock, average day
8.0%
Average rank
#69in Small Kitchen Appliances
Average rating
3.73 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
147per listing
Listings tracked
23

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 6 of last year's 8 launches as successful.

8 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 6 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 30 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
8
Successful launches
6Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
30 months

Products

Top Mr Whippy Ice Cream Machine 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 53% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£5K£10K£15K£20K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

15 rising

Sellers

85

Top-5 brand share

81%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

53%

Top 20: 97%

Open market

13%

  • Ninja18%
  • Cuisinart17%
  • KLARSTEIN16%
  • Olsen & Smith15%
  • Cooks Professional15%
  • LLYLAFDC6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (9 brands, 13%)

Demand

Mr Whippy Ice Cream Machine search demand

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

15K10KSpike '24Black Friday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.2×

Search terms

Top Mr Whippy Ice Cream Machine search terms shoppers use

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

  • mr whippy ice cream machine46K/yr
  • soft serve ice cream machine43K/yr
  • whippy ice cream machine17K/yr
  • mr whippy ice cream maker9K/yr
  • ice cream machine mr whippy7K/yr
  • mr whippy machine7K/yr
  • soft scoop ice cream maker4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Mr Whippy Ice Cream Machine

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

Complain

Value For Money10%

A lot cheaper as well

more expensive than buying it

Quite pricey

Ease Of Cleaning9%+0.45

a few things I did not like cleaning is not just putting water in

it just comes out a runny mess

I find this does NOT give an acceptable clean

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting7%

the manual is rubbish

Instructions are not easy to follow at all

There was no instruction book

Durability7%−0.20

HOWEVER they dont last

Broke on first use

Broke after only a few uses

Quality-Overall7%−0.03

Terrible quality

Quality of the ice cream poor

Absolutely rubbish

Love

Ease Of Use20%+2.13

The machine is easy to operate

Easy to use

This machine is so easy to use

Value For Money15%

Great Price

Worth it

Good value for money

Ease Of Cleaning11%+0.45

cleans easy

Cleanup is straightforward thanks to its removable parts

Cleaning function excellent

Quality-Overall10%−0.03

Performance-wise, its excellent

Great product

Very well made

Cooking Experience4%+0.51

It has proven to be a worthwhile addition to our kitchen gadgets

A Fun Kitchen Gadget

I am looking forward to experimenting with different recipes

Return

3.2% Return rate 25% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall27%▇█▆▇▇▅

Very bad does not work as it should absolutely waste of money buy yourself a decent one I really thought this was gonna work properly for the grandchildren

the machine practically doesnt work

Started smoking and hasn't worked since

Size-Overall13%▃█▅▃▄▆

are rather tiny to say the least

it is not fit for purpose

it is quite large

Quality-Overall6%▇▁▃█▇▆

Terrible quality

Quality of the ice cream poor

Absolutely rubbish

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%▆▃█▃▄▅

Looks good disappointing it did not match description

Internal scoop seems different from the pictures displayed

misleading product description

Leak-Proof5%█▁▁▂▅▆

Leaky

And when defrosted it leaked everywhere

.it started pouring out the side of the. s machine

FAQ

Common Mr Whippy Ice Cream Machine questions

Answered from the same tracked data.