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Soup Kettle

soft demand (-46.6% this quarter) — Soup Kettle doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

39
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Market size 26Growth 2Conversion 65Competition 27Returns 23Price range 95Avg price 93Brand share 28Review moat 43Quality gap 73
This niche Category average

Is Soup Kettle profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Soup Kettle is a £105K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (36K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 88% of demand. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 39/100.

Soup Kettle: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -46.6% over the last 90 days and 5.8% of searches end in a purchase.

£105K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr2K
Search volume / yr-46.6%36K
Conversion rate5.8%
Avg price£50.16

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 88% of demand, so 12% of the market is open.

12%

open market share

Brands · sellers10 · 339
Top-5 product click share69%
Open market12%
Avg brand age50 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 16 products

Sponsored placement75%
New entrants (1y)2· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews2,174

Top Soup Kettle 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 69% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£10K£21K£31K£42K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

10 rising

Sellers

339

Top-5 brand share

88%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

69%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

8%

  • Buffalo29%
  • Stalwart22%
  • HAKKA FOOD PROCESSING15%
  • Morphy Richards12%
  • Generic11%
  • Daewoo4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 8%)

Soup Kettle demand & seasonality

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

Volume36KCVR5.8%Products16Brands10Top 5 Brands88%OOS Rate2.4%Rating4.3★Reviews2,174Avg BSR#196
2K2KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 6.7×

Top Soup Kettle search terms shoppers use

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

  • soup kettle22K/yr
  • soup warmer8K/yr
  • soup kettle 10 litre commercial5K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Soup Kettle

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

What buyers love

89% of reviews
Ease Of Use29%

Easy to use

Quality-Overall19%

Excellent product

Ease Of Cleaning12%

Cleaning is quick

Value For Money8%

Save some money

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%

Love it works just as it says

What buyers complain about

72% of reviews
Durability26%

Stopped working after 1st use

Functionality-Overall9%

On the third use the display failed several times

Heating9%

Burn resulting in the unit over heating

Quality-Overall7%

Not as good as home made

Ease Of Cleaning6%

Stopped working and cleaning it a nightmare

Soup Kettle return rate & reasons

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

5.4%

Return rate

19%

Fixable by listing

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

1Functionality-Overall
24%
2Size-Overall
15%
3Heating
12%
4Durability
6%
5Flammable
4%

Common Soup Kettle questions

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

Flapen scores Soup Kettle 39/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £105K/yr across 16 tracked products. 0 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -46.6% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Soup Kettle on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 6.7× the quietest.