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Craft Ice Maker

Craft Ice Maker clears our launch bar: a $853K/yr market growing +62.3% this quarter with returns at 2.5%.

Flapen Score

60
Launch it

Top 3% of 845 Appliances niches · +15 vs the category median of 45

Market size 75Growth 76Conversion 15Competition 62Returns 64Price range 19Avg price 46Brand share 53Review moat 46Quality gap 94
This niche Category average · 845 niches

Is Craft Ice Maker profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, Craft Ice Maker is a $853K/yr Amazon United States market (340K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 73% of demand. Demand peaks in Jun–Dec. Verdict: Launch it — 60/100.

Craft Ice Maker: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Yes. Search demand moved +62.3% over the last 90 days and 1.2% of searches end in a purchase.

$853K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr5K
Search volume / yr+62.3%340K
Conversion rate1.2%
Avg price$204.20

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 73% of demand, so 27% of the market is open.

27%

open market share

Brands · sellers23 · 31
Top-5 product click share48%
Open market27%
Avg brand age33 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.0★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 43 products

Sponsored placement100%
New entrants (1y)24· 18 succeeded
Avg rating4.0★
Avg reviews1,852

Top Craft Ice Maker 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 48% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

$0$26K$51K$77K$102K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

23 rising

Sellers

31

Top-5 brand share

73%

Top 20: 98%

Top-5 click share

48%

Top 20: 81%

Open market

24%

  • ecozy33%
  • EUHOMY28%
  • Silonn5%
  • FOSOE4%
  • Frigidaire3%
  • ICEVIVAL2%

Craft Ice Maker demand & seasonality

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

Volume340KCVR1.2%Products43Brands23Top 5 Brands73%OOS Rate3.0%Rating4.0★Reviews1,852Avg BSR#208
10K6KPrime Day '24Spike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jun, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.2×

Top Craft Ice Maker search terms shoppers use

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

  • sphere ice maker81K/yr
  • ice ball maker machine67K/yr
  • craft ice maker39K/yr
  • whiskey ice maker26K/yr
  • large ice cube maker20K/yr
  • cocktail ice maker14K/yr
  • ball ice maker machine7K/yr
  • craft ice maker machine12K/yr
  • ice ball machine8K/yr
  • iceball maker machine7K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Craft Ice Maker

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

What buyers love

77% of reviews
Ice Maker19%

Portable Ice maker

Ease Of Use15%

Ease of use

Quality-Overall10%

Great quality tray

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%

Just as described

Size-Overall9%

These are nice size molds

What buyers complain about

70% of reviews
Ice Maker19%

Never made ice

Durability12%

Broke after a few weeks

Size-Overall8%

It is a weird size

Ease Of Use7%

Hard to get out

Quality-Overall5%

Poor quality control

Craft Ice Maker return rate & reasons

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

2.5%

Return rate

47%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
34%
2Ice Maker
27%
3Advertised Vs Actual Product
7%
4Functionality-Overall
6%
5Value For Money
3%

Common Craft Ice Maker questions

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

Flapen scores Craft Ice Maker 60/100 on Amazon United States — Launch it. The niche generates $853K/yr across 43 tracked products. 18 of 24 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +62.3% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Craft Ice Maker on Amazon United States peaks in Jun–Dec, where the busiest month runs 3.2× the quietest.