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Raspberry Pi Zero

Maybe

Products sell for $24.23 on average, inside the sweet spot. But shoppers spend only $42K a year here, so Raspberry Pi Zero is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
50
50 / 100
Top 44% of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · +1 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£42K/yr118K searches / yr
90-day growth
+10.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
48%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 58 sellers

Flapen Score

Raspberry Pi Zero against its category

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

50Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Raspberry Pi Zero market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Raspberry Pi Zero 118K times last year and spent an estimated £42K. The top 5 brands take 74% of clicks. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

1.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 118K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +10.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £42K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
118K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+10.5%
Conversion, latest week
1.5%
Market size, estimated
£42Ka year
Peak month
May1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
raspberry pi zero 2 w43K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £24.23.

Listings sell for £24.23 on average, from £5.92 to £75.74. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £24.23 that is £2K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£24.23inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.92–£75.74
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
4K–5K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£6K
Returns
1.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

37% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 81% ship with Prime. On an average day, 18.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #142 within Industrial Electrical. It carries 223 reviews at 4.49 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
37%
Prime listings
81%
Out of stock, average day
18.3%
Average rank
#142in Industrial Electrical
Average rating
4.49 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
223per listing
Listings tracked
27

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 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 46 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
46 months

Products

Top Raspberry Pi Zero 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£1K£2K£4K£5K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

13 rising

Sellers

58

Top-5 brand share

74%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

48%

Top 20: 95%

Open market

18%

  • TurboBit28%
  • GeeekPi15%
  • db-tronic11%
  • Waveshare11%
  • Raspberry Pi10%
  • PI PISUGAR8%

Demand

Raspberry Pi Zero search demand

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

3K2KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Raspberry Pi Zero search terms shoppers use

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

  • raspberry pi zero 2 w43K/yr
  • raspberry pi zero17K/yr
  • pi zero 2 w16K/yr
  • raspberry pi zero 2 w+8K/yr
  • pi zero10K/yr
  • raspberry pi zero 2w7K/yr
  • raspberry pi zero 24K/yr
  • pi zero 2w4K/yr
  • pi zero 2 w+3K/yr
  • raspberry pi zero w4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Raspberry Pi Zero

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

Complain

Connectivity-Overall17%−0.12

Disables wifi when connected

Multiple connectors still no registration on pc

Value For Money14%+0.47

Pricey for the most basic of the raspberries series

It is a lot of money to spend given that you need to buy the Pi as well

Heating11%+0.30

I've not managed to generate enough heat to stress this even a little bit

Assembly/Installation11%+0.48

very fidily to assemble

Ease Of Use9%+1.44

took me a little while to get it working

It definitely takes a bit of patience

Love

Quality-Overall22%+0.53

Quality product

Components seem good quality

The components are all very high quality

Value For Money13%+0.47

Worth the money

Good value

So I think it offers great value for money

Ease Of Use9%+1.44

Super convenient

I am finding it easy to follow

The Python lessons are straightforward

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%−0.08

Exactly as described

Does exactly what it says

Did what it should

Assembly/Installation8%+0.48

Easy set up

Assembly instructions for the hardware are also clear and well presented

The initial assembly was straightforward

Return

1.5% Return rate 6% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall28%▅█▅▃▇▅

Didn't work

Compatibility-Overall19%▇▆█▄█▅
Defective Material/Parts9%▁▁▂█▂▄
Connectivity-Overall8%▆▁▄▁▆█

Disables wifi when connected

Multiple connectors still no registration on pc

Size-Overall5%▆▁█▁▁▅

FAQ

Common Raspberry Pi Zero questions

Answered from the same tracked data.