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Wok

Wok shows a sweet-spot price point ($26.28 avg), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

61
Worth a look
Market size 81Growth 11Conversion 52Competition 67Returns 69Price range 85Avg price 95Brand share 58Review moat 50Quality gap 78
This niche Category average

Is Wok profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Wok is a £1.2M/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (1.1M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 70% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 61/100.

Wok: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -27.9% over the last 90 days and 4.3% of searches end in a purchase.

£1.2M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr40K
Search volume / yr-27.9%1.1M
Conversion rate4.3%
Avg price£26.28

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 70% of demand, so 30% of the market is open.

30%

open market share

Brands · sellers19 · 133
Top-5 product click share45%
Open market30%
Avg brand age103 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 · 33 products

Sponsored placement94%
New entrants (1y)5· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews1,509

Top Wok 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 45% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£48K£96K£144K£192K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

19 falling

Sellers

133

Top-5 brand share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

45%

Top 20: 87%

Open market

24%

  • Tefal24%
  • nuovva18%
  • Jobin12%
  • Ken Hom8%
  • ZENO7%
  • VonShef6%

Wok demand & seasonality

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

Volume1.1MCVR4.3%Products33Brands19Top 5 Brands70%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.3★Reviews1,509Avg BSR#1,425
45K35KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Top Wok search terms shoppers use

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

  • wok468K/yr
  • wok non stick154K/yr
  • wok with lid non stick78K/yr
  • non stick wok58K/yr
  • wok induction hob39K/yr
  • wok with lid42K/yr
  • induction wok39K/yr
  • small wok23K/yr
  • woks & stir-fry pans24K/yr
  • wok pan28K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Wok

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

What buyers love

73% of reviews
Quality-Overall22%

Really good quality wok

Value For Money11%

Good price

Ease Of Cleaning9%

Cleanup is a dream

Size-Overall8%

Decent size

Cooking Experience6%

cooks very well

What buyers complain about

72% of reviews
Adhesion/Stickiness21%

Sticking issues

Quality-Overall13%

Not the best quality to expensive

Rusts/Corrodes10%

Rusts easily

Durability5%

Does not last

Size-Overall5%

Very small

Wok return rate & reasons

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

2.3%

Return rate

46%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
33%
2Compatibility-Overall
8%
3Adhesion/Stickiness
8%
4Weight Heavy
6%
5Quality-Overall
5%

Common Wok questions

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

Flapen scores Wok 61/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £1.2M/yr across 33 tracked products. 1 of 5 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -27.9% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Wok on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 1.9× the quietest.