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title: "Acer Aspire 5 — £246K/yr Amazon UK Niche (2026) - Flapen"
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# **acer aspire 5**
**Skip it**
Brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Market size 46Growth 16Conversion 5Competition 72Returns 62Price range 0Avg price 19Brand share 0Review moat 97Quality gap 87
**Review moat**
**Incredible****51.07**
avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
**Quality gap**
**Great****4.1★**
avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
**Competition**
**Good****42%**
top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
**Returns**
**Good****2.5%**
return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
**Market size**
**Okay****£246K**
£246K/yr · 154K searches
**Avg price**
**Bad****£379.50**
avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
**Growth**
**Bad****-17.2%**
90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
**Conversion**
**Bad****0.4%**
search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
**Brand share**
**Bad****100%**
top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
**Price range**
**Bad****£115.20–£1439.08**
cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
**Signals**[** High Price**](https://flapen.com/research/niches?market=uk&signal=high_price "Avg price > $50")
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, acer aspire 5 is a £246K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (154K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov. Verdict: Skip it — 41/100.
Data updated Jul 21, 2026 · scored weekly · [~~How we score niches ~~](https://flapen.com/research/methodology)
## **acer aspire 5 market data**
- **Units sold / yr**
- **500–750**
- avg 0–100/product
- **Revenue / yr**
- **£190K–£285K**
- units × avg price
- **Conversion rate**
- **0.4%**
- **Avg BSR**
- **#398**
- **Page quality**
- **0%**
- **Prime**
- **56%**
- **Sponsored**
- **95%**
- **Out of stock**
- **8.0%**
- **Avg brand age**
- **22 months**
- **Avg seller age**
- **166 days**
## **Competition & brand share**
The top 5 products take 42% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.
**Brands**
**5 **▲rising
**Sellers**
**410**
**Top-5 brand share**
**100%**
Top 20: 100%
**Top-5 click share**
**42%**
Top 20: 77%
**Open market**
**0%**
- Lenovo85% - Acer8% - HP5% - MESH Computers1% - ASUS1% - Open — no brand owns it (0%)
## **Demand & seasonality**
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 102 weeks — -17.2% search growth over the last 90 days.
5K3KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26 seasonDecMarJunAugNovMarMay
Peak months: Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×
[**Open Trend **](https://flapen.com/research/uk/computers-accessories/acer-aspire-5/trend)
## **Top acer aspire 5 search terms**
- **thinkpad**100K/yr-15.9%0.3% conv. - **acer aspire**19K/yr-23.0%0.6% conv. - **hp touchscreen laptop**13K/yr-23.2%0.1% conv. - **white laptop**9K/yr-8.0%0.1% conv. - **hp laptop i5**5K/yr-13.3%0.0% conv. - **sony laptop**4K/yr-26.0%0.1% conv. - **hp laptops i7**2K/yr-6.7%0.0% conv. - **hp notebook**2K/yr-30.9%0.0% conv. [**All search terms **](https://flapen.com/research/uk/computers-accessories/acer-aspire-5/search-terms)
## **Top acer aspire 5 products on Amazon**
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
0%4%£10K8%£20K12%£30K16%£39K1101001K Reviews — right = deep review moatMarket share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)2 products missing review or click data not plotted
All 24 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
### **Top sellers**
by 90-day click share
[1**Lenovo ThinkPad T490 14 Laptop - Intel Core i5 8th Gen CPU - 16GB RAM - 256GB SSD - Windows 11 Pro - Black (Renewed)**Lenovo**£174.06**4.0★127 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CMQM6977) [2**Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 1 14 FHD Laptop i5-10310U 16GB RAM 256GB NVMe SSD Windows 11 Pro UK Layout (14 Inches Black Intel UHD Graphics 620 256 GB Windows 11 Pro 16 GB)**Lenovo**£210.21**4.0★37 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F26C7SNG) [3**Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12 Laptop with Intel Ultra 7 155U Processor 14 WUXGA 100% sRGB Non-Touch Screen 32GB 6400MHz RAM 512GB Gen4 Performance SSD FHD+ IR+ Camera**Lenovo**£1401.41**4.9★21 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CZZ7KL1J) [4**Lenovo Thinkpad T14 Laptop Business 14 FHD(1920x1080) AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U 512GB SSD 16GB RAM Bluetooth Qwerty keyboard Win11 Pro (Renewed)**Lenovo**£240.07**4.0★18 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3GVVRBD) [5**Lenovo ThinkPad T480 Windows 11 Ultrabook - 14 Full HD Quad Core i5-8350U 16GB 256GB SSD (Black) Laptop (Renewed)**Lenovo**£160.64**3.6★399 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BY937M5D)
**~~View all top sellers →~~**
### **Newest**
by launch date
[**Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 Laptop | AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 7335U | 16GB RAM | 256GB SSD | 16 Display | Windows 11 Pro | Business Laptop | Productivity & Office Notebook | Durable Work Laptop**Lenovo**£444.04**1 rev2mo ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GYSVXDKY) [**Lenovo ThinkPad X260 12.5 Core i5-6200U 8GB 512GB SSD HDMI WiFi WebCam Windows 11 Pro (Renewed)**Lenovo**£166.34**1 rev3mo ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GW8FYQR7) [**Lenovo ThinkPad L14 Gen 2 14 FHD Core i5-1145G7 16GB RAM 256GB SSD WebCam WiFi + LTE Windows 11 Pro (Renewed)**Lenovo**£238.94**1 rev3mo ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GW8DJHQG) [**Lenovo Thinkpad T14 Laptop Computer 14 FHD(1920x1080) Intel Core i7-10610U 16GB RAM 256GB SSD Webcam US Qwerty Keyboard Windows 11 Pro (Renewed)**Lenovo**£239.60**0 rev5mo ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GJKPJM2G) [**Lenovo ThinkPad L490 Business Laptop - 14 FHD Core i5-8365U 16GB RAM 256GB SSD WiFi + LTE WebCam Windows 11 Pro (Renewed)**Lenovo**£187.47**8 rev6mo ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GGLQHCJL)
**~~View all new products →~~**
### **Trending**
90-day click momentum
[**Lenovo ThinkPad L16 Gen 1 Laptop | AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 7335U | 16GB RAM | 256GB SSD | 16 Display | Windows 11 Pro | Business Laptop | Productivity & Office Notebook | Durable Work Laptop**Lenovo**£444.04**5.0★**▲ 259%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GYSVXDKY) [**ThinkPad E14 Gen7 14 WUXGA Laptop (Ryzen5 16GB RAM 256GB SSD Windows 11 Pro)**Lenovo**£592.69**0.0★**▲ 259%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GCCKH37M) [**Lenovo ThinkPad L14 Gen 2 14 FHD Core i5-1145G7 16GB RAM 256GB SSD WebCam WiFi + LTE Windows 11 Pro (Renewed)**Lenovo**£238.94**4.0★**▲ 257%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GW8DJHQG) [**Lenovo ThinkPad X260 12.5 Core i5-6200U 8GB 512GB SSD HDMI WiFi WebCam Windows 11 Pro (Renewed)**Lenovo**£166.34**5.0★**▲ 249%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GW8FYQR7) [**Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12 Laptop with Intel Ultra 7 155U Processor 14 WUXGA 100% sRGB Non-Touch Screen 32GB 6400MHz RAM 512GB Gen4 Performance SSD FHD+ IR+ Camera**Lenovo**£1401.41**4.9★**▲ 230%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CZZ7KL1J)
**~~View all trending →~~**
## **What buyers say about acer aspire 5**
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.
### **What buyers love **
**Value For Money**25%
*“Excellent value for money”*
**Quality-Overall**13%
*“Excellent product”*
**Assembly/Installation**8%
*“Easy to set up”*
**Advertised Vs Actual Product**7%
*“As advertised”*
**Battery Life**7%
*“Battery life is good”*
**Ease Of Use**5%
*“easy to use”*
**Display Resolution**4%
*“the screen is clear”*
**Product Condition**3%
*“Like new”*
**Functionality-Overall**2%
*“it does the work perfectly”*
**Design-Overall**2%
*“Build looks nice enough”*
### **What buyers complain about **
**Quality-Overall**17%
*“Absolutely rubbish”*
**Functionality-Overall**8%
*“would refuse to boot”*
**Charging**6%
*“Charger is defective”*
**Software/Application**6%
*“issues with not turning on-however a software update seemed to have worked”*
**Advertised Vs Actual Product**6%
*“I didn't notice it in the ad so bit surprised by it”*
**Durability**5%
*“Stopped working after just 2 months”*
**Connectivity-Overall**5%
*“both are not connecting to each other”*
**Heating**4%
*“Unresponive, flimsy, overheats super easily, mouse is already falling apart after a year of use, constantly crashing and freezing up”*
**Value For Money**3%
*“not full price”*
**Noise Level**3%
*“Not much wrong with it other than the fan can get quite loud when doing certain cpu heavy tasks”*
### **Top return reasons **
**Functionality-Overall**17%
**Charging**8%
**Defective Material/Parts**6%
**Constant Reboot Or Restart**5%
**Compatibility-Overall**5%
**Quality-Overall**5%
**Product Condition**4%
**Touch/Button Controls**4%
**Noise Level**4%
**Size-Overall**4%
## **Common questions**
- **Is acer aspire 5 profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?**
- The niche generates £246K/yr across 43 tracked products. 16 of 23 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -17.2%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (41/100).
- **How competitive is the acer aspire 5 niche?**
- 5 brands and 410 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 42% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 100% of demand.
- **What do buyers complain about in acer aspire 5?**
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Quality-Overall, Functionality-Overall, Charging. The return rate is 2.5%.
- **When does demand for acer aspire 5 peak?**
- Demand peaks in Oct–Nov; the busiest month runs 1.8× the quietest.
- **What does it cost to enter the acer aspire 5 niche?**
- Listings span £115.20–£1439.08; the average listing price is £379.50 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 51 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.
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