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brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 97% of clicks) — Arduino doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

40
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Market size 32Growth 15Conversion 27Competition 41Returns 95Price range 90Avg price 95Brand share 6Review moat 41Quality gap 24
This niche Category average

Is Arduino profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Arduino is a £148K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (199K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 97% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 40/100.

Arduino: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -19.5% over the last 90 days and 2.1% of searches end in a purchase.

£148K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr4K
Search volume / yr-19.5%199K
Conversion rate2.1%
Avg price£35.08

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 97% of demand, so 3% of the market is open.

3%

open market share

Brands · sellers6 · 19
Top-5 product click share60%
Open market3%
Avg brand age47 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 · 18 products

Sponsored placement89%
New entrants (1y)1· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews2,371

Top Arduino 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 60% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£15K£30K£44K£59K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

19

Top-5 brand share

97%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

60%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • ELEGOO55%
  • Arduino25%
  • ePalZoneXP9%
  • Miuzei5%
  • SUNFOUNDER3%
  • BOJACK3%

Arduino demand & seasonality

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

Volume199KCVR2.1%Products18Brands6Top 5 Brands97%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.6★Reviews2,371Avg BSR#143
6K4KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.4×

Top Arduino search terms shoppers use

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

  • arduino116K/yr
  • arduino starter kit47K/yr
  • arduino kit29K/yr
  • microcontroller5K/yr
  • arduino board2K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Arduino

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

What buyers love

91% of reviews
Quality-Overall28%

Very good quality

Value For Money23%

Great value

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting11%

The instructions are clear and educational, all necessary code is available to download by following the provided link

Ease Of Use7%

easy to use

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%

exactly what i expected

What buyers complain about

67% of reviews
Value For Money15%

Sticking with Arduino boards from now on - more expensive

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting15%

Do not use the link provided for instructions

Advertised Vs Actual Product10%

Beware that the description is wrong

Functionality-Overall10%

Does not work

Connectivity-Overall5%

I also think theyve missed a trick with the ESP32 WiFi onboard only doing WiFi

Arduino return rate & reasons

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

1.0%

Return rate

9%

Fixable by listing

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

1Defective Material/Parts
19%
2Compatibility-Overall
17%
3Functionality-Overall
15%
4Connectivity-Overall
10%
5Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting
8%

Common Arduino questions

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

Flapen scores Arduino 40/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £148K/yr across 18 tracked products. 1 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -19.5% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Arduino on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 2.4× the quietest.