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Octobuddy

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.5% of orders. But products sell for $5.13 on average, outside the sweet spot, so Octobuddy is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
57
57 / 100
Top 18% of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · +8 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£231K/yr755K searches / yr
90-day growth
-7.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
50%top-5 click share · 16 brands · 24 sellers

Flapen Score

Octobuddy against its category

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

57Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Octobuddy market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Octobuddy 755K times last year and spent an estimated £231K. The top 5 brands take 79% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

6.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 755K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -7.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £231K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
755K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-7.4%
Conversion, latest week
6.0%
Market size, estimated
£231Ka year
Peak month
November2.1× the quietest month
Top search term
octobuddy325K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.13.

Listings sell for £5.13 on average, from £3.16 to £31.50. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 40K to 50K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At £5.13 that is £8K to £10K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.13under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.16–£31.50
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
40K–50K
Units per listing a year
1,500–2,000
Revenue per listing a year
£8K–£10K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

88% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 9.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #165 within Material Handling Products. It carries 338 reviews at 3.97 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
88%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
9.1%
Average rank
#165in Material Handling Products
Average rating
3.97 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
338per listing
Listings tracked
25

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 8 launches as successful.

8 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 20 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
8
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
20 months

Products

Top Octobuddy 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 50% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£12K£23K£35K£46K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

16 falling

Sellers

24

Top-5 brand share

79%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

50%

Top 20: 95%

Open market

16%

  • Vilbocr29%
  • Leeneen18%
  • OCTOBUDDY16%
  • Seltureone9%
  • Klearlook Maximized Clarity!6%
  • Giantree5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (10 brands, 16%)

Demand

Octobuddy search demand

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

20K15KHoliday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×

Search terms

Top Octobuddy search terms shoppers use

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

  • octobuddy325K/yr
  • phone suction pad60K/yr
  • octobuddy double sided49K/yr
  • sticky phone grip58K/yr
  • phone sticky pad grip60K/yr
  • double sided octobuddy30K/yr
  • phone sticky9K/yr
  • octo buddy23K/yr
  • suction phone8K/yr
  • suction phone case18K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Octobuddy

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

Complain

Adhesion/Stickiness44%−0.48

Not sticky enough

Doesnt stick well

Do not stick

Grip14%+0.27

it doesnt grip well on phone

Poor grip

this product unable to hold

Functionality-Overall8%−0.08

Doesnt work

Doesnt work as intended

Does not work for intended purpose

Quality-Overall8%+2.22

dont bother just because its cheap

Not as good as I expected

Bad quality

Durability7%−0.06

After 2 days it started to split

do not stay long

it fell off after about an hour

Love

Quality-Overall23%+2.22

Good quality

Brilliant product

Great item

Adhesion/Stickiness23%−0.48

Sticks good

The suckers stick well

Works well, adhesive is good and suction is strong

Value For Money12%+0.37

Worth buying

Value for money

Good value for money

Grip11%+0.27

These are really useful for making your mobile phone 'grippy' in the hand

Good grip

Good grip and easy to apply

Color6%+0.64

the colour is pretty

Great value and lovely colours

good range of colours

Return

0.5% Return rate 18% Fixable by listing

Adhesion/Stickiness52%▇█▇▇██

Not sticky enough

Doesnt stick well

Do not stick

Size-Overall15%▇▅███▇

Too small

It is what I expected although I thought its bigger

way smaller than what it seems to be in the picture

Functionality-Overall7%▃▃▄█▄▄

Doesnt work

Doesnt work as intended

Does not work for intended purpose

Quality-Overall7%█▄▅▄▄▃

dont bother just because its cheap

Not as good as I expected

Bad quality

Compatibility-Overall3%▅▅▅▃▇█

Not compatible

Didn't work on my phone

dont trust it with your phone

FAQ

Common Octobuddy questions

Answered from the same tracked data.