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Esp32

Esp32 shows a thin review moat (215 avg reviews), but a small market ($74K/yr) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

50
Worth a look
Market size 19Growth 26Conversion 33Competition 57Returns 89Price range 72Avg price 65Brand share 54Review moat 89Quality gap 62
This niche Category average

Is Esp32 profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Esp32 is a £74K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (207K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 73% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 50/100.

Esp32: 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 +1.0% over the last 90 days and 2.6% of searches end in a purchase.

£74K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr8K
Search volume / yr+1.0%207K
Conversion rate2.6%
Avg price£13.78

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 73% of demand, so 27% of the market is open.

27%

open market share

Brands · sellers21 · 37
Top-5 product click share51%
Open market27%
Avg brand age37 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 35 products

Sponsored placement80%
New entrants (1y)5· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews215

Top Esp32 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 51% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£3K£6K£9K£12K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

21 rising

Sellers

37

Top-5 brand share

73%

Top 20: 99%

Top-5 click share

51%

Top 20: 87%

Open market

24%

  • ELEGOO37%
  • diymore16%
  • DST8%
  • FREENOVE7%
  • JZK5%
  • ESP4%

Esp32 demand & seasonality

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

Volume207KCVR2.6%Products35Brands21Top 5 Brands73%OOS Rate0.6%Rating4.4★Reviews215Avg BSR#144
5K3KSpike '24Black Friday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Top Esp32 search terms shoppers use

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

  • esp32152K/yr
  • esp32 development board18K/yr
  • esp16K/yr
  • esp 329K/yr
  • esp32 devkit3K/yr
  • esp32 devkit v13K/yr
  • esp32 wroom4K/yr
  • esp32 board2K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Esp32

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

What buyers love

78% of reviews
Value For Money18%

Great value

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%

Works as advertised

Connectivity-Overall10%

connecting thunder fast

Compatibility-Overall8%

seems compatible, do not have to press boot loader button as much as on some other clones

Ease Of Use7%

That makes it a lot more convenient than some of the others

What buyers complain about

73% of reviews
Quality-Overall12%

I just wish they would have simply ensured quality control is better

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting10%

Something to note that is absent from the instructions that beginners may not know is that you may need to install drivers for the specific ESP-32 chip in order for Arduino IDE to detect it

Advertised Vs Actual Product10%

Beware that the description is wrong

Heating9%

try to connect anything else the regular gets very hot

Connectivity-Overall7%

Wifi not working

Esp32 return rate & reasons

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

1.3%

Return rate

5%

Fixable by listing

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

1Functionality-Overall
32%
2Connectivity-Overall
17%
3Defective Material/Parts
17%
4Compatibility-Overall
7%
5Software/Application
2%

Common Esp32 questions

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

Flapen scores Esp32 50/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £74K/yr across 35 tracked products. 1 of 5 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +1.0% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Esp32 on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.6× the quietest.