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Toaster

Maybe

Shoppers spend $5.5M a year here. But demand is soft, at -23.7% this quarter, so Toaster is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
64
64 / 100
Top 11% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +13 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£5.5M/yr5.6M searches / yr
90-day growth
-23.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
34%top-5 click share · 17 brands · 114 sellers

Flapen Score

Toaster against its category

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

64Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Toaster market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Toaster 5.6M times last year and spent an estimated £5.5M. The top 5 brands take 76% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 64 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

4.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 5.6M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -23.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £5.5M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
5.6M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-23.7%
Conversion, latest week
4.0%
Market size, estimated
£5.5Ma year
Peak month
November1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
toaster2.0M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £24.61.

Listings sell for £24.61 on average, from £9.76 to £93.45. 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 £24.61 that is £74K to £98K a year per listing.

Average price
£24.61inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£9.76–£93.45
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
£74K–£98K
Returns
2.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

91% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 98% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #59 within Small Kitchen Appliances. It carries 6,074 reviews at 4.22 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
91%
Prime listings
98%
Out of stock, average day
3.1%
Average rank
#59in Small Kitchen Appliances
Average rating
4.22 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
6,074per listing
Listings tracked
44

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 5 of last year's 5 launches as successful.

5 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 5 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 49 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
5Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
49 months

Products

Top Toaster 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 34% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£220K£440K£660K£880K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

17 falling

Sellers

114

Top-5 brand share

76%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

34%

Top 20: 74%

Open market

19%

  • Russell Hobbs44%
  • Breville10%
  • Amazon Basics9%
  • BELLA9%
  • Quest5%
  • Tefal5%

Demand

Toaster search demand

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

250K150KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Toaster search terms shoppers use

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

  • toaster2.0M/yr
  • toaster 4 slice960K/yr
  • toaster 2 slice741K/yr
  • 4 slice toaster542K/yr
  • toasters372K/yr
  • 2 slice toaster177K/yr
  • russell hobbs toaster180K/yr
  • 4 slice toasters wide slots129K/yr
  • black toaster115K/yr
  • toasters 2 with wide slots95K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Toaster

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

Complain

Toasting31%+3.09

Doesn't toast

only toasts one side of bread

Only toasts one side of the bread

Durability18%−0.25

broke within one week

broke very quickly

Didn't last

Quality-Overall9%−0.02

Poor quality and flimsy

Bad quality

Rubbish quality

Size-Overall9%−0.06

not all fit

A little big

To small

Functionality-Overall3%−0.05

Doesnt work well

Didn't work

Functionality very poor

Love

Toasting55%+3.09

Happy with toaster

Even toasting

Best toaster

Value For Money8%+0.62

Excellent value

fair price

Excellent value for money

Quality-Overall7%−0.02

Looks good, usually reliable manufacturer,

Excellent product

It's well-made and looks nice

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%+0.22

It does the job

Just what we needed

As described

Ease Of Use3%+0.30

controls are easy

Ease of Use

Easy operation

Return

2.2% Return rate 26% Fixable by listing

Toasting41%███▇▇▇

Doesn't toast

only toasts one side of bread

Only toasts one side of the bread

Size-Overall15%▅▇▆▆█▇

not all fit

A little big

To small

Functionality-Overall13%▆▇██▆▇

Doesnt work well

Didn't work

Functionality very poor

Color6%▆▅▅█▅▇
Heating3%▇▆▅█▆▅

Very hot

Does not heat up properly

3 of the 4 heating elements stopped working

FAQ

Common Toaster questions

Answered from the same tracked data.