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Clocking in Machine

Fail

Shoppers spend only $78K a year here, so Clocking in Machine is a Fail.

Flapen Score
48
48 / 100
Ranks 388 of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · −1 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£78K/yr39K searches / yr
90-day growth
-2.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
48%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 20 sellers

Flapen Score

Clocking in Machine against its category

The dotted line is the Business, Industry & Science average. Past it, Clocking in Machine is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

48Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Clocking in Machine market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Clocking in Machine 39K times last year and spent an estimated £78K. The top 5 brands take 72% of clicks. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

2.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 39K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -2.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £78K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
39K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-2.1%
Conversion, latest week
2.5%
Market size, estimated
£78Ka year
Peak month
January1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
clocking in machine22K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £79.27.

Listings sell for £79.27 on average, from £29.28 to £175.89. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 750 to 1K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £79.27 that is £0 to £8K a year per listing.

Average price
£79.27inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£29.28–£175.89
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
750–1K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£8K
Returns
4.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

95% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 16.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #1,345 within Industrial Electrical. It carries 177 reviews at 4.08 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
95%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
16.2%
Average rank
#1,345in Industrial Electrical
Average rating
4.08 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
177per listing
Listings tracked
22

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 3 of last year's 8 launches as successful.

8 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 3 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 39 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
8
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
39 months

Products

Top Clocking in Machine products & what they sell for

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

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 48% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£3K£6K£9K£12K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 flat

Sellers

20

Top-5 brand share

72%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

48%

Top 20: 97%

Open market

19%

  • NGTeco21%
  • Diseleri15%
  • Mokhike13%
  • TimeRalo13%
  • HapAttend10%
  • QuickClocks9%

Demand

Clocking in Machine search demand

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

1K600Holiday '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Clocking in Machine search terms shoppers use

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

  • clocking in machine22K/yr
  • clock in machine for employees6K/yr
  • clocking in machines for small business6K/yr
  • employee time clock5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Clocking in Machine

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting18%+1.16

Guidance is shockingly poor

Instructions could be a bit more detailed

the interface is a bit quirky at times

Assembly/Installation13%−0.15

fiddly to implement and adminstrate

Found it a little complicated to set up

a little tricky to set up

Connectivity-Overall10%+0.67

I couldn't connect it to the app at first

These days everything seems desperate to connect to the internet whether it needs to or not

Ease Of Use8%−0.01

Difficult or impossible toprogram

Durability8%−0.26

Didn't last long

Love

Ease Of Use20%−0.01

Simple to use

It is quite straightforward to use

easy to do

Assembly/Installation18%−0.15

Setup is quick

Installation of the device was easy enough

- Set up is easy enough

Value For Money13%+0.76

great value for money

Good value

Reasonable price

Quality-Overall9%−0.35

Build quality feels solid

good quality

Overall, its a reliable, user-friendly device thats ideal for small to mid-sized businesses

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting6%+1.16

The included manual is helpful

It pretty much works straight out of the box

Its saved me so much time compared to manual logbooks

Return

4.0% Return rate 11% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall34%▅▄▃█▆▅
Connectivity-Overall14%▁▁▆▅▃█

I couldn't connect it to the app at first

These days everything seems desperate to connect to the internet whether it needs to or not

Assembly/Installation8%▆▄▁▅▅█

fiddly to implement and adminstrate

Found it a little complicated to set up

a little tricky to set up

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%▅▅█▃▁▃
Defective Material/Parts6%▁█▁▁▆▅

FAQ

Common Clocking in Machine questions

Answered from the same tracked data.