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Solar Panel Cable

Maybe

Returns run at only 1.0% of orders. But shoppers spend only $42K a year here, so Solar Panel Cable is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 27% of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · +5 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£42K/yr118K searches / yr
90-day growth
+97.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
49%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 15 sellers

Flapen Score

Solar Panel Cable against its category

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

54Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Solar Panel Cable market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Solar Panel Cable 118K times last year and spent an estimated £42K. The top 5 brands take 77% of clicks. Demand peaks in Apr–May–Jun. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

2.5% 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, 2.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +97.0% 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
+97.0%
Conversion, latest week
2.5%
Market size, estimated
£42Ka year
Peak month
May3.4× the quietest month
Top search term
solar panel cable32K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £14.38.

Listings sell for £14.38 on average, from £5.77 to £30.85. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £14.38 that is £1K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£14.38under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.77–£30.85
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
£1K–£4K
Returns
1.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

74% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 9.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #131 within Solar & Wind Energy. It carries 677 reviews at 4.63 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
74%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
9.3%
Average rank
#131in Solar & Wind Energy
Average rating
4.63 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
677per listing
Listings tracked
31

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 33 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
33 months

Products

Top Solar Panel Cable 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 49% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£2K£4K£6K£8K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

15

Top-5 brand share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

49%

Top 20: 86%

Open market

16%

  • Chedin38%
  • Solvazcable13%
  • iGreely10%
  • Proster10%
  • LukAro6%
  • IJIAMY6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 16%)

Demand

Solar Panel Cable search demand

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

5K4KPrime Day '25Spike '26JunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Apr, May, Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.4×

Search terms

Top Solar Panel Cable search terms shoppers use

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

  • solar panel cable32K/yr
  • solar cable26K/yr
  • solar panel extension cable12K/yr
  • mc4 extension cable9K/yr
  • solar extension cable9K/yr
  • solar cable 6mm7K/yr
  • mc4 cable5K/yr
  • 6mm solar cable6K/yr
  • solar panel cables4K/yr
  • 4mm solar cable4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Solar Panel Cable

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

Complain

Advertised Vs Actual Product29%−0.15

Misleading

Misleading advert that infers you are going to receive both a black AND a red cable

certainly not what the advert implied

Quality-Overall19%

Poor quality connectors result in overheating

Poor Quality

Charging14%+0.28

don't buy if you want to charge machine solar generator because this solar generator won't solar charge

Heating5%−0.03

I've recently discovered one of the cables was getting super hot

Value For Money5%+1.87

I would say that it was fairly pricey for what is essentially a bit of wire to connect one thing to another

Love

Quality-Overall43%

Good Quality

High quality cable

Good quality cable

Advertised Vs Actual Product16%−0.15

Do the job

As described

Exactly what I wanted

Value For Money14%+1.87

Value for money

good price

Worth the money

Size-Overall7%+0.78

Fit and quality

Very easy to fit

it was simple to fit

Socket/Port/Plug6%+0.73

Excellent plug n play especially if needed for Balcony Solar or DIY solar

Good quality cable

Work well plug and play

Return

1.0% Return rate 46% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall29%▆▁█▅▆▃
Compatibility-Overall15%▁█▅▃▇▇
Advertised Vs Actual Product12%█▅▁▅▃▄

Misleading

Misleading advert that infers you are going to receive both a black AND a red cable

certainly not what the advert implied

Connectivity-Overall10%▁█▁▆▄▃

It turns out the connection on one of these was very poor

Functionality-Overall7%▁▁▆█▇▇

FAQ

Common Solar Panel Cable questions

Answered from the same tracked data.