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Oscilloscope

Fail

Demand is soft, at -24.3% this quarter, so Oscilloscope is a Fail.

Flapen Score
46
46 / 100
Ranks 447 of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · −3 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£211K/yr123K searches / yr
90-day growth
-24.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
46%top-5 click share · 14 brands · 23 sellers

Flapen Score

Oscilloscope against its category

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

46Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Oscilloscope market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Oscilloscope 123K times last year and spent an estimated £211K. The top 5 brands take 70% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 46 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

1.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 123K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -24.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £211K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
123K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-24.3%
Conversion, latest week
1.6%
Market size, estimated
£211Ka year
Peak month
December1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
oscilloscope90K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £109.89.

Listings sell for £109.89 on average, from £18.71 to £554.93. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 1K to 1K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £109.89 that is £0 to £11K a year per listing.

Average price
£109.89above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£18.71–£554.93
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
1K–1K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£11K
Returns
3.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

96% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 96% ship with Prime. On an average day, 8.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #33 within Test & Measurement. It carries 142 reviews at 4.36 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
96%
Prime listings
96%
Out of stock, average day
8.1%
Average rank
#33in Test & Measurement
Average rating
4.36 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
142per listing
Listings tracked
27

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 5 launches as successful.

5 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 36 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
36 months

Products

Top Oscilloscope 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 46% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£11K£21K£32K£42K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

14 falling

Sellers

23

Top-5 brand share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

46%

Top 20: 91%

Open market

22%

  • BSIDE23%
  • FNIRSI12%
  • RIGOL12%
  • WapoRich12%
  • HANMATEK11%
  • Crlvlyn8%

Demand

Oscilloscope search demand

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

4K3KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Oscilloscope search terms shoppers use

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

  • oscilloscope90K/yr
  • oscilloscope multimeter7K/yr
  • handheld oscilloscope6K/yr
  • digital oscilloscope4K/yr
  • fnirsi oscilloscope4K/yr
  • automotive oscilloscope4K/yr
  • lab oscilloscopes5K/yr
  • usb oscilloscope3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Oscilloscope

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

Complain

Touch/Button Controls13%−0.12

A tradeoff with the tiny size is that all of the buttons have to perform multiple functions

which makes the next 2 up/down arrow buttons rather pointless

It is not as intuitive as I had hoped since there are very few buttons

Size-Overall9%−0.03

Small

This hand held multimeter is smaller than I expected

Screens small

Ease Of Use4%+0.13

Difficult to read labels

loses one based on the fact that its abit tricky to get used to because of the tiny screen

The user interface takes a few minutes to get used to

Durability4%−0.07

I am very disappointed that this oscilloscope has stopped working within only one week of usage

Product Condition4%−0.07

The package that I received didn't feel brand new

Love

Value For Money18%+1.02

Great value

Value for the price

Good value for money

Quality-Overall14%+0.41

Great product

The device feels reasonably well made

Excellent piece of kit

Portability13%+1.17

Easy to include in a kit bag to transport

A highly versatile

Extremely portable

Ease Of Use10%+0.13

easy to read

the controls are fairly easy to learn

Easy to use

Display-Overall5%+0.57

accurate signal displays

The display is clear enough for viewing waveforms

The screen is clear

Return

3.4% Return rate 0% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall34%▃▄▇█▆▃

Signal Generator wires not working

Defective Material/Parts22%█▄▃▁▁▆
Charging11%▄█▁▁▇▇
Touch/Button Controls5%▁▁▁██▁

A tradeoff with the tiny size is that all of the buttons have to perform multiple functions

which makes the next 2 up/down arrow buttons rather pointless

It is not as intuitive as I had hoped since there are very few buttons

Connectivity-Overall4%▁▃█▁▁▅

FAQ

Common Oscilloscope questions

Answered from the same tracked data.