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8 Port Gigabit Switch

Fail

The top 5 brands take 98% of clicks, so 8 Port Gigabit Switch is a Fail.

Flapen Score
38
38 / 100
Ranks 693 of 1,028 Computers & Accessories niches · −4 vs the category median of 42
Market size
£161K/yr108K searches / yr
90-day growth
-31.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
78%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 51 sellers

Flapen Score

8 Port Gigabit Switch against its category

The dotted line is the Computers & Accessories average. Past it, 8 Port Gigabit Switch is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

38Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The 8 Port Gigabit Switch market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for 8 Port Gigabit Switch 108K times last year and spent an estimated £161K. The top 5 brands take 98% of clicks. Flapen scores it 38 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

9.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 108K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 9.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -31.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £161K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
108K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-31.0%
Conversion, latest week
9.3%
Market size, estimated
£161Ka year
Peak month
March1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
netgear switch33K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £15.92.

Listings sell for £15.92 on average, from £9.58 to £33.51. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £15.92 that is £8K to £12K a year per listing.

Average price
£15.92inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£9.58–£33.51
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£8K–£12K
Returns
1.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

69% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #15 within Networking Devices. It carries 8,572 reviews at 4.65 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
69%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#15in Networking Devices
Average rating
4.65 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
8,572per listing
Listings tracked
13

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 58 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top 8 Port Gigabit Switch 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 78% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£16K£32K£48K£64K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 flat

Sellers

51

Top-5 brand share

98%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

78%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • NETGEAR43%
  • TP-Link42%
  • UGREEN7%
  • Linksys3%
  • Strong3%
  • MERCUSYS2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

8 Port Gigabit Switch search demand

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

3K2KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top 8 Port Gigabit Switch search terms shoppers use

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

  • netgear switch33K/yr
  • 8 port gigabit switch24K/yr
  • 8 port switch15K/yr
  • network switch 8 port15K/yr
  • ethernet switch 8 port13K/yr
  • 8 port network switch4K/yr
  • tp link 8 port gigabit switch2K/yr
  • netgear gigabit1K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 8 Port Gigabit Switch

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

Complain

Functionality-Overall15%−0.08

Did not split well

does not work

This product has never worked

Size-Overall10%−0.02

which is pretty short by any standards

I now need a bigger one

Power cable very small

Technical Support8%−0.03

could not gain assistance from amazon

Impossible to get help from amazon

Support from Netgear is useless

Durability8%−0.04

Completely failed after 6 months

failed after one week

Lasted 6 months and then failed

Assembly/Installation7%+1.17

Due to a delay in the installation of the new fibre broadband circuit

works out of the box with zero setup

Love

Quality-Overall21%+1.10

The build quality feels solid

The box is good quality

Quality Product

Assembly/Installation13%+1.17

Easy to set up

easy to install

Super quite easy to mount

Connectivity-Overall12%+0.35

connect it without any problems

Excellent Speed and connectivity

Good network switch

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%0.00

Working just as it should

Works as it should

As described

Value For Money10%+0.78

Good value for money

Well worth it

Good price

Return

1.5% Return rate 11% Fixable by listing

Compatibility-Overall21%▇█▅▇▄▅
Connectivity-Overall20%▅▆█▅▄▆

I was certain that this was causing some intermittent connectivity issues which proved to be the case

Lots of connections

Does not connect most of my devices

Functionality-Overall19%▅▃▇▇█▆

Did not split well

does not work

This product has never worked

Socket/Port/Plug8%▄▃▆▆█▃
Size-Overall8%█▅▃▃▄▃

which is pretty short by any standards

I now need a bigger one

Power cable very small

FAQ

Common 8 Port Gigabit Switch questions

Answered from the same tracked data.