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Pir

soft demand (-22.2% this quarter) — Pir doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

33
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Market size 20Growth 14Conversion 23Competition 31Returns 46Price range 14Avg price 39Brand share 31Review moat 50Quality gap 78
This niche Category average

Is Pir profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Pir is a £79K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (409K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 86% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov. Verdict: Skip it — 33/100.

Pir: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -22.2% over the last 90 days and 1.8% of searches end in a purchase.

£79K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr13K
Search volume / yr-22.2%409K
Conversion rate1.8%
Avg price£10.63

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 86% of demand, so 14% of the market is open.

14%

open market share

Brands · sellers10 · 35
Top-5 product click share66%
Open market14%
Avg brand age46 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 17 products

Sponsored placement65%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews1,549

Top Pir 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 66% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£8K£16K£24K£32K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 falling

Sellers

35

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

66%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

10%

  • Tapo37%
  • SEBSON23%
  • Maclean11%
  • Luceco9%
  • LOWENERGIE7%
  • SONOFF4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 10%)

Pir demand & seasonality

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

Volume409KCVR1.8%Products17Brands10Top 5 Brands86%OOS Rate1.1%Rating4.3★Reviews1,549Avg BSR#42
13K8KPrime Day '25Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Top Pir search terms shoppers use

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

  • pir175K/yr
  • motion sensor58K/yr
  • pir sensor45K/yr
  • pir sensor outdoor34K/yr
  • tapo motion sensor20K/yr
  • sensor12K/yr
  • pir motion sensor10K/yr
  • pir sensor indoor9K/yr
  • outdoor motion sensor10K/yr
  • outdoor pir sensor9K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Pir

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

What buyers love

63% of reviews
Assembly/Installation11%

Easy to install

Quality-Overall10%

The build quality feels solid

Value For Money7%

Good value

Sensor7%

The sensor itself is very accurate

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%

Does just what I wanted

What buyers complain about

64% of reviews
Quality-Overall13%

Poor quality

Functionality-Overall11%

Did not work

Durability11%

Broke after a year

Size-Overall10%

Small

Connectivity-Overall4%

Very poor quality not a lot of room for connection

Pir return rate & reasons

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

3.3%

Return rate

13%

Fixable by listing

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

1Functionality-Overall
21%
2Compatibility-Overall
21%
3Connectivity-Overall
15%
4Size-Overall
8%
5Defective Material/Parts
7%

Common Pir questions

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

Flapen scores Pir 33/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £79K/yr across 17 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -22.2% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Pir on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Nov, where the busiest month runs 1.6× the quietest.