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Donabe

Fail

Demand is soft, at -27.0% this quarter, so Donabe is a Fail.

Flapen Score
45
45 / 100
Ranks 7,297 of 11,240 Home & Kitchen niches · −4 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$90K/yr140K searches / yr
90-day growth
-27.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
43%top-5 click share · 20 brands · 40 sellers

Flapen Score

Donabe against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Kitchen average. Past it, Donabe is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

45Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Donabe market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Donabe 140K times last year and spent an estimated $90K. The top 5 brands take 49% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 45 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 140K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -27.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $90K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
140K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-27.0%
Conversion, latest week
1.0%
Market size, estimated
$90Ka year
Peak month
December2.5× the quietest month
Top search term
donabe64K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $66.86.

Listings sell for $66.86 on average, from $21.91 to $163.53. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 1K to 1K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At $66.86 that is $0 to $7K a year per listing.

Average price
$66.86inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$21.91–$163.53
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
1K–1K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
$0–$7K
Returns
5.7%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

71% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 10.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #437 within Bakers & Casseroles. It carries 166 reviews at 4.38 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
71%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
10.0%
Average rank
#437in Bakers & Casseroles
Average rating
4.38 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
166per listing
Listings tracked
35

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 4 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 53 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
53 months

Products

Top Donabe products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 43% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

20 falling

Sellers

40

Top-5 brand share

49%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

43%

Top 20: 85%

Open market

44%

  • Brand 113%
  • Brand 211%
  • Brand 310%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 57%
  • Brand 67%

Demand

Donabe search demand

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

5K4KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

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

Search terms

Top Donabe search terms shoppers use

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

  • donabe64K/yr
  • donabe pot40K/yr
  • japanese clay pot9K/yr
  • japanese clay pot for cooking7K/yr
  • donabe pot made in japan4K/yr
  • japanese donabe4K/yr
  • donabe clay pot4K/yr
  • japanese donabe pot8K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Donabe

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

13%of positive reviews mention “Size-Overall”
23%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
5.7%of orders come back
“Lids dont fit because the dish is warped other than that they are a bit too small for single serving”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”23% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

22 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Donabe questions

Answered from the same tracked data.