How competitive is the Whirlpool Ice Maker niche on Amazon United States?

15 brands and 38 sellers compete in Whirlpool Ice Maker on Amazon United States. The top 5 Whirlpool Ice Maker products take 53% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 67% of demand.

What do buyers complain about in Whirlpool Ice Maker?

Whirlpool Ice Maker buyers on Amazon United States complain most about Ice Maker, Durability, Quality-Overall, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 4.9%.

What does it cost to enter the Whirlpool Ice Maker niche?

Whirlpool Ice Maker sells for $78.46 on average on Amazon United States, inside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span $39.84–$166.31. The average incumbent carries 799 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

Whirlpool Ice Maker

Whirlpool Ice Maker shows beatable incumbent ratings (4.2★), but weak search conversion (1.4%) keeps it on the watch list.

Signals High Price

Flapen Score

Worth a look

Top 25% of 845 Appliances niches · +6 vs the category median of 45

This niche Category average · 845 niches

Is Whirlpool Ice Maker profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, Whirlpool Ice Maker is a $225K/yr Amazon United States market (202K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 67% of demand. Demand peaks in Jul–Aug–Sep. Verdict: Worth a look — 51/100.

Whirlpool Ice Maker: 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 +20.6% over the last 90 days and 1.4% of searches end in a purchase.

$225K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr4K

Search volume / yr+20.6%202K

Conversion rate1.4%

Avg price$78.46

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 67% of demand, so 33% of the market is open.

33%

open market share

Brands · sellers15 · 38

Top-5 product click share53%

Open market33%

Avg brand age33 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.2★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 24 products

Top Whirlpool Ice Maker products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Top sellers

by 90-day click share

Bare Ice Maker Fits Whirlpool WPW10190965 D7824706Q 4317943 W10190965 1129313

Price: $47.95
Rating: 4.2/5
Reviews: 987
Age: 8y ago

Whirlpool WPW10190965 Refrigerator Ice Maker (Replaces W10190965 W11381372) Genuine Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM + FSP) Part

Price: $62.82
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 572
Age: 7y ago

FrigeSwift 4317943 Icemaker Kit for Whirlpool Refrigerator

Price: $47.94
Rating: 4.2/5
Reviews: 44
Age: 10mo ago

New Refrigerator Icemaker Ice Maker for Whirlpool Kenmore Kitchenaid 2198597 2198598 626663 AP3182733 PS869316 W10190960 and W10122502

Price: $49.49
Rating: 4.3/5
Reviews: 2,073
Age: 8y ago

Nurfosttek 2198597 Ice Maker 185W 115V 60Hz Fit for Whirlpool Maytag

Price: $50.56
Rating: 3.9/5
Reviews: 14
Age: 6mo ago

Newest

by launch date

W11700250 W11359448 W11546935 W11633658 Ice Maker Assembly Compatible with Whirlpool Kenmore Amana Maytag Replaces AP7019172 White

Price: $117.09
Rating: 3.1/5
Reviews: 26
Age: 3d ago

W11700250 W11359448 Ice Maker Assembly Replacement Replaces W11546935 W11633658 AP7219248 AP7019172 PS17216974 Compatible with Whirlpool Kenmore Amana & Maytag Refrigerators

Price: $107.13
Rating: 3.6/5
Reviews: 9
Age: 1mo ago

Upgraded Ice Maker Assembly W11700250 W11359448 W11546935 W11633658 Compatible with Whirlpool Kenmore Amana Maytag Replaces AP7019172 - Set Water Supply to 110ml to Avoid Ice Clumping White

Price: $110.89
Rating: 3.6/5
Reviews: 15
Age: 2mo ago

Nurfosttek 2198597 Ice Maker 185W 115V 60Hz Fit for Whirlpool Maytag

Price: $50.56
Rating: 3.9/5
Reviews: 14
Age: 6mo ago

Nurfosttek 4317943 Ice Maker Kit for Whirlpool Replaces W10122496 833701

Price: $49.25
Rating: 3.8/5
Reviews: 7
Age: 6mo ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 53% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 rising

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

67%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

53%

Top 20: 94%

Open market

27%

ClimaTek23%
Whirlpool17%
FRIGESWIFT11%
Supco9%
Nurfosttek7%
ZANBWGQD6%

Whirlpool Ice Maker demand & seasonality

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

Volume202KCVR1.4%Products24Brands15Top 5 Brands67%OOS Rate3.9%Rating4.2★Reviews799Avg BSR#182

Peak months: Jul, Aug, Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Top Whirlpool Ice Maker search terms shoppers use

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

whirlpool ice maker replacement64K/yr +27.3%1.5% conv.
whirlpool ice maker45K/yr +13.5%1.2% conv.
ice maker for whirlpool refrigerator13K/yr -3.2%1.0% conv.
whirlpool ice maker parts9K/yr +15.7%0.5% conv.
whirlpool replacement ice maker7K/yr +104.4%0.6% conv.
whirlpool replacement icemaker10K/yr +9.7%0.5% conv.
whirlpool icemaker replacement6K/yr +13.4%1.9% conv.
whirlpool ice maker replacement kit5K/yr +63.5%0.7% conv.
whirlpool fridge ice maker replacement6K/yr +10.6%1.1% conv.
ice maker replacement whirlpool5K/yr +224.3%0.9% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Whirlpool Ice Maker

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

What buyers love

84% of reviews

Ice Maker31%

“makes ice super fast”

Size-Overall20%

“The fit was accurate”

Value For Money9%

“Great value”

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%

“As advertised”

Quality-Overall5%

“Build quality feels solid, and its easy to clean and maintain”

What buyers complain about

72% of reviews

Ice Maker31%

“won't make ice”

Durability16%

“Already Broken After One Month”

Quality-Overall5%

“Not a reliable unit”

Noise Level5%

“Very noisy”

Ease Of Cleaning3%

“hard to clean”

Whirlpool Ice Maker return rate & reasons

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

4.9%

Return rate

27%

Fixable by listing

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

1Ice Maker

34%

2Size-Overall

19%

3Functionality-Overall

4Defective Material/Parts

5Compatibility-Overall

Common Whirlpool Ice Maker questions

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

Flapen scores Whirlpool Ice Maker 51/100 on Amazon United States — Worth a look. The niche generates $225K/yr across 24 tracked products. 7 of 9 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +20.6% over the last 90 days.