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500w Psu

Fail

Shoppers spend only $54K a year here, so 500w Psu is a Fail.

Flapen Score
36
36 / 100
Ranks 766 of 1,028 Computers & Accessories niches · −6 vs the category median of 42
Market size
£54K/yr55K searches / yr
90-day growth
-24.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
75%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 46 sellers

Flapen Score

500w Psu against its category

The dotted line is the Computers & Accessories average. Past it, 500w Psu is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

36Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The 500w Psu market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for 500w Psu 55K times last year and spent an estimated £54K. The top 5 brands take 89% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 36 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

3.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 55K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -24.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £54K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
55K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-24.2%
Conversion, latest week
3.1%
Market size, estimated
£54Ka year
Peak month
January1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
500w psu20K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £32.04.

Listings sell for £32.04 on average, from £17.80 to £62.77. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 2K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £32.04 that is £3K to £8K a year per listing.

Average price
£32.04inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£17.80–£62.77
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
2K–2K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£8K
Returns
4.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

67% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 93% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #97 within Components & Replacement Parts. It carries 492 reviews at 4.44 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
67%
Prime listings
93%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#97in Components & Replacement Parts
Average rating
4.44 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
492per listing
Listings tracked
15

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 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 54 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
54 months

Products

Top 500w Psu 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 75% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£5K£11K£16K£21K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 rising

Sellers

46

Top-5 brand share

89%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

8%

  • MSI36%
  • JUSTOP21%
  • Corsair19%
  • be quiet!9%
  • GAMEMAX4%
  • Tecnoware Power Systems3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 8%)

Demand

500w Psu search demand

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

2K1KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Search terms

Top 500w Psu search terms shoppers use

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

  • 500w psu20K/yr
  • 550w psu15K/yr
  • psu 500w5K/yr
  • psu 550w3K/yr
  • 450w psu3K/yr
  • 550w power supply3K/yr
  • 500w power supply3K/yr
  • power supply 500w3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 500w Psu

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

Complain

Durability24%−0.08

Disappointed the original only lasted 2 years

Was dead when I tried to fire it up

Unreliable durability

Noise Level11%−0.06

Its very noisy when on

Even under low loads it makes a noise, that just gets worse and insupportable

Noisy

Socket/Port/Plug7%+0.22

Good PSU, only thing you need to note is that this does not come with a 4pin ATX plug that some motherboards require and you will have to purchase a Molex to 4pin ATX adapter

not as efficient as a 80 plug gold etc

Connectivity-Overall6%

Didnt have correct connections

Less sata connections

Quality-Overall5%+0.55

The cables and build quality is certainly not premium

still rubbish

kind of feels like a downgrade in that regard

Love

Value For Money22%+1.70

Great Value

Great price

well worth the money

Quality-Overall16%+0.55

Reliable brand

Solid Build Quality

Very good quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product10%+0.65

Did the job perfectly

works as expected

Appears exactly as the pictures show

Strength8%+0.32

honestly it's made his pc so much powerful

feels solidly built

Solid

Assembly/Installation6%+0.34

Easy to install

Installation was straightforward

easy to cable manage

Return

4.0% Return rate 17% Fixable by listing

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Functionality-Overall16%█▆▆▄▆▆

Wouldnt boot

Size-Overall11%▅▅█▇▆▆
Defective Material/Parts10%██▃▇▇▅
Length6%█▆▅▆▃▇

Cable length is not very long

FAQ

Common 500w Psu questions

Answered from the same tracked data.