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Ice Maker

Ice Maker clears our launch bar: a $71.0M/yr market growing +46.3% this quarter with returns at 3.7%.

Flapen Score

59
Launch it

Top 4% of 845 Appliances niches · +14 vs the category median of 45

Market size 100Growth 66Conversion 19Competition 57Returns 42Price range 15Avg price 64Brand share 52Review moat 24Quality gap 88
This niche Category average · 845 niches

Is Ice Maker profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, Ice Maker is a $71.0M/yr Amazon United States market (35.5M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 74% of demand. Demand peaks in Jul–Dec. Verdict: Launch it — 59/100.

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 +46.3% over the last 90 days and 1.5% of searches end in a purchase.

$71.0M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr600K
Search volume / yr+46.3%35.5M
Conversion rate1.5%
Avg price$131.54

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 74% of demand, so 26% of the market is open.

26%

open market share

Brands · sellers13 · 25
Top-5 product click share51%
Open market26%
Avg brand age32 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.1★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 24 products

Sponsored placement100%
New entrants (1y)11· 10 succeeded
Avg rating4.1★
Avg reviews5,422

Top 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 51% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

$0$7.1M$14.2M$21.3M$28.4M101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

25

Top-5 brand share

74%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

51%

Top 20: 94%

Open market

20%

  • EUHOMY47%
  • Kismile9%
  • Antarctic Star6%
  • NEWBULIG6%
  • Silonn6%
  • Frigidaire6%

Ice Maker demand & seasonality

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

Volume35.5MCVR1.5%Products24Brands13Top 5 Brands74%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.1★Reviews5,422Avg BSR#29
2.5M1.5MPrime Day '24Spike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.5×

Top Ice Maker search terms shoppers use

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

  • ice maker13.8M/yr
  • ice makers countertop5.7M/yr
  • nugget ice maker4.2M/yr
  • ice machine2.5M/yr
  • countertop ice maker1.9M/yr
  • nugget ice maker countertop1.7M/yr
  • ice machine countertop314K/yr
  • ice maker nugget768K/yr
  • pebble ice maker755K/yr
  • ice makers509K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Ice Maker

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

What buyers love

79% of reviews
Ice Maker36%

fast ice production

Value For Money9%

Great purchase for the money

Quality-Overall8%

Awesome quality

Ease Of Use7%

Easy to operate

Size-Overall5%

Love the two size options

What buyers complain about

77% of reviews
Ice Maker26%

Not making ice

Durability19%

already quit working

Noise Level11%

Awful noise

Size-Overall5%

Too small

Quality-Overall5%

Garbage quality

Ice Maker return rate & reasons

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

3.7%

Return rate

31%

Fixable by listing

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

1Ice Maker
40%
2Size-Overall
22%
3Noise Level
6%
4Functionality-Overall
6%
5Advertised Vs Actual Product
5%

Common Ice Maker questions

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

Flapen scores Ice Maker 59/100 on Amazon United States — Launch it. The niche generates $71.0M/yr across 24 tracked products. 10 of 11 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +46.3% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Ice Maker on Amazon United States peaks in Jul–Dec, where the busiest month runs 2.5× the quietest.