cat 5e ethernet cable
Skip itA small market ($63K/yr) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Returns
Great1.4%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Price range
Great£2.56–£60.11cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Avg price
Good£12.47avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Conversion
Good4.1%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Quality gap
Okay4.5★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Brand share
Okay88%top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand
Competition
Bad72%top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf
Growth
Bad-7.7%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Review moat
Bad12,323.79avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Market size
Bad£63K£63K/yr · 123K searches
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, cat 5e ethernet cable is a £63K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (123K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 88% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 37/100.
Data updated Jul 21, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
cat 5e ethernet cable market data
- Units sold / yr
- 6K–8K
- avg 250–500/product
- Revenue / yr
- £75K–£100K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 4.1%
- Avg BSR
- #14
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 100%
- Sponsored
- 93%
- Out of stock
- 0.0%
- Avg brand age
- 71 months
- Avg seller age
- 197 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products capture 72% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.Brands
9 falling
Sellers
13
Top-5 brand share
88%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
72%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
9%
- rhinocables57%
- Rhinocables10%
- Mr. Tronic9%
- Nixsto8%
- Digoloan4%
- MutecPower3%
- Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 9%)
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 90 weeks — -7.7% search growth over the last 90 days.No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×
Top cat 5e ethernet cable search terms
- cat 5e ethernet cable31K/yr
- cat5e ethernet cable27K/yr
- cat 5 ethernet cable15K/yr
- cat 5 cable11K/yr
- cat5 cable7K/yr
- cat5e cable7K/yr
- cat5e4K/yr
- cat 5e cable5K/yr
- cat 5e4K/yr
- cat 53K/yr
Top cat 5e ethernet cable 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.
All 14 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
rhinocables CAT5e High-Speed Ethernet Patch Network Cable for LAN Snagless Cable with RJ45 Connector Lead Ideal for Internet Router Modem Smart TV PC & Laptop (5m Black)
rhinocables£5.504.6★25,398 rev
rhinocables CAT 5e High-Speed Ethernet Cable - Reliable LAN Network RJ45 Cable for Fast Internet & Data Transfer | Durable WiFi Broadband Cable for Gaming & Streaming (5m White Pack of 1)
Rhinocables£5.664.6★25,398 rev
rhinocables CAT5e High-Speed Ethernet Patch Network Cable for LAN Snagless Cable with RJ45 Connector Lead Ideal for Internet Router Modem Smart TV PC & Laptop (3m Black)
rhinocables£4.384.6★25,398 rev
rhinocables CAT 5e High-Speed Ethernet Cable - Reliable LAN Network RJ45 Cable for Fast Internet & Data Transfer | Durable WiFi Broadband Cable for Gaming & Streaming (2m Black Pack of 1)
rhinocables£4.294.6★25,398 rev
Nixsto Ethernet Cable 5M Cat6/Cat 6e Ethernet Cable High Speed with Network Patch Cords LAN Cable with Rj45 Connector for Router Modem Faster Than Cat 5e/Cat 5-White
Nixsto£3.274.6★13,533 rev
Newest
by launch date
Mr. Tronic Bulk Cat 5E Ethernet Cable 50m High Speed LAN Ethernet Network Cable 50m Bulk Cat5E Internet 1 Gbps 100 MHz ADSL AWG24 UTP CCA (50 Meters Black)
Mr. Tronic£17.561,758 rev
Ethernet Cable Cat 6- 1m 3m 5m 10m 15m High Speed lan Cable Flat Patch Network Cord faster than Cat5e/Cat5 internet cable with RJ45 Connector Compatible with router Laptop TV ideal for Gaming
Nixsto£2.7013,533 rev
Ethernet Cable Cat 8 1m 2m 3m 5m 10m 15m 20m 30m Internet Lan Network Cable Cat8 40Gbps 2000MHz Gigabit S/FTP with RJ45 Connector for Ethernet Splitter PS5 Xobx Faster than Cat5e/Cat6/Cat 7(0.5m)
Digoloan£2.5612,358 rev
MSC Cat5e ethernet cable Ethernet Cable/Internet Cable LAN RJ45 Connector Snagless Broadband Patch Cable Fire stick Smart TV PC Laptop cables/accessories(1m 2m 3m 5m 10m 20m Blue) 2m
MSC£2.73458 rev
Nixsto Ethernet Cable 5M Cat6/Cat 6e Ethernet Cable High Speed with Network Patch Cords LAN Cable with Rj45 Connector for Router Modem Faster Than Cat 5e/Cat 5-White
Nixsto£3.2713,533 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumMSC Cat5e ethernet cable Ethernet Cable/Internet Cable LAN RJ45 Connector Snagless Broadband Patch Cable Fire stick Smart TV PC Laptop cables/accessories(1m 2m 3m 5m 10m 20m Blue) 2m
MSC£2.734.5★
kenable External CAT5e Outdoor Ethernet Cable Reel UTP CCA PE Sheath UV Resistant Waterproof Network Cable 50m Black
kenable£11.964.3★
Ethernet Cable Cat 6- 1m 3m 5m 10m 15m High Speed lan Cable Flat Patch Network Cord faster than Cat5e/Cat5 internet cable with RJ45 Connector Compatible with router Laptop TV ideal for Gaming
Nixsto£2.704.6★
rhinocables CAT 5e High-Speed Ethernet Cable - Reliable LAN Network RJ45 Cable for Fast Internet & Data Transfer | Durable WiFi Broadband Cable for Gaming & Streaming (5m White Pack of 1)
Rhinocables£5.664.6★
rhinocables CAT 5e High-Speed Ethernet Cable - Reliable LAN Network RJ45 Cable for Fast Internet & Data Transfer | Durable WiFi Broadband Cable for Gaming & Streaming (2m Black Pack of 1)
rhinocables£4.294.6★
What buyers say about cat 5e ethernet cable
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Good quality and seems to be sturdy and easy to install”
“Great value”
“Just what I needed”
“Connection has been stable”
“A solid, fast cable that does exactly what it promises — great speeds, stable connection, and no fussing around once its plugged in”
“Flexible and durable”
“flexible”
“easy to install”
“easy to use”
“For gaming, streaming, or just keeping things reliably wired, it performs brilliantly”
What buyers complain about
“Slight quality issue”
“Broke within 3 months”
“the item didnt work as advertised”
“It is not - it's too thick”
“Speed limited to below 100mbps”
“Didn't work”
“small movements of the laptop or cable were enough to cause temporary loss of connection”
“Cat 5 mislabled”
“found and used”
“over time the plastic retention clip on the RJ45 plug weakened”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is cat 5e ethernet cable profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?
- The niche generates £63K/yr across 14 tracked products. 90-day search growth is -7.7%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (37/100).
- How competitive is the cat 5e ethernet cable niche?
- 9 brands and 13 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 72% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 88% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in cat 5e ethernet cable?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Quality-Overall, Durability, Advertised Vs Actual Product. The return rate is 1.4%.
- When does demand for cat 5e ethernet cable peak?
- Demand is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.3× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the cat 5e ethernet cable niche?
- Listings span £2.56–£60.11; the average listing price is £12.47 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 12,324 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.