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Type 2 Charging Cable

soft demand (-1.3% this quarter) — Type 2 Charging Cable doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

40
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Ranks 664 of 811 Automotive niches · −9 vs the category median of 49

Market size 48Growth 24Conversion 24Competition 39Returns 31Price range 79Avg price 82Brand share 27Review moat 88Quality gap 24
This niche Category average · 811 niches

Is Type 2 Charging Cable profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Type 2 Charging Cable is a £261K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (170K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 89% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 40/100.

Type 2 Charging Cable: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -1.3% over the last 90 days and 1.9% of searches end in a purchase.

£261K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr4K
Search volume / yr-1.3%170K
Conversion rate1.9%
Avg price£81.37

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 89% of demand, so 11% of the market is open.

11%

open market share

Brands · sellers12 · 22
Top-5 product click share62%
Open market11%
Avg brand age25 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 25 products

Sponsored placement88%
New entrants (1y)4· 2 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews236

Top Type 2 Charging Cable 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 62% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£13K£26K£39K£52K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

22

Top-5 brand share

89%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

62%

Top 20: 95%

Open market

8%

  • bokman35%
  • EzGoGo24%
  • GONEO21%
  • RTSKY5%
  • Spark Drive4%
  • Ratio Electric3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 8%)

Type 2 Charging Cable demand & seasonality

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

Volume170KCVR1.9%Products25Brands12Top 5 Brands89%OOS Rate6.2%Rating4.6★Reviews236Avg BSR#34
4K3KBlack Friday '24Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Top Type 2 Charging Cable search terms shoppers use

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

  • ev charging cable40K/yr
  • type 2 charging cable42K/yr
  • car charging cable15K/yr
  • type 2 ev charging cable11K/yr
  • ev charger cable9K/yr
  • ev cable8K/yr
  • ev charging cable type 25K/yr
  • car charger cable5K/yr
  • type 2 to type 2 ev charging cable4K/yr
  • 10m ev charging cable type 25K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Type 2 Charging Cable

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

What buyers love

88% of reviews
Charging33%

Charges well

Quality-Overall22%

Great build quality

Ease Of Use9%

Easy to use

Value For Money8%

Excellent value for money

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%

It works as expected

What buyers complain about

69% of reviews
Charging33%

not once it is charging

Heating7%

it has poor thermal management

Socket/Port/Plug6%

would sometimes burn out the plug socket

Durability6%

Didn't last a year

Value For Money4%

Could be a cheaper option

Type 2 Charging Cable return rate & reasons

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

4.5%

Return rate

12%

Fixable by listing

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

1Charging
40%
2Compatibility-Overall
13%
3Functionality-Overall
10%
4Size-Overall
9%
5Defective Material/Parts
4%

Common Type 2 Charging Cable questions

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

Flapen scores Type 2 Charging Cable 40/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £261K/yr across 25 tracked products. 2 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -1.3% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Type 2 Charging Cable on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.3× the quietest.