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External Blu Ray Drive

Fail

Buyers convert on only 1.2% of searches, so External Blu Ray Drive is a Fail.

Flapen Score
40
40 / 100
Ranks 594 of 1,028 Computers & Accessories niches · −2 vs the category median of 42
Market size
£126K/yr179K searches / yr
90-day growth
-6.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
68%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 82 sellers

Flapen Score

External Blu Ray Drive against its category

The dotted line is the Computers & Accessories average. Past it, External Blu Ray Drive is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

40Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The External Blu Ray Drive market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for External Blu Ray Drive 179K times last year and spent an estimated £126K. The top 5 brands take 86% of clicks. Flapen scores it 40 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

1.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 179K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -6.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £126K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
179K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-6.0%
Conversion, latest week
1.2%
Market size, estimated
£126Ka year
Peak month
December1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
external blu-ray drives34K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £59.69.

Listings sell for £59.69 on average, from £19.67 to £126.52. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £59.69 that is £6K to £15K a year per listing.

Average price
£59.69inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£19.67–£126.52
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–3K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£6K–£15K
Returns
4.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

71% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 82% ship with Prime. On an average day, 12.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #9 within Components & Replacement Parts. It carries 1,651 reviews at 3.89 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
71%
Prime listings
82%
Out of stock, average day
12.6%
Average rank
#9in Components & Replacement Parts
Average rating
3.89 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,651per listing
Listings tracked
17

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 6 launches as successful.

6 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 40 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
40 months

Products

Top External Blu Ray Drive 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 68% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£13K£25K£38K£50K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 falling

Sellers

82

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

68%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

9%

  • Verbatim37%
  • Wbacon17%
  • ASUS14%
  • BUNUD11%
  • Vutlace6%
  • TYYWGD4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 9%)

Demand

External Blu Ray Drive search demand

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

5K3KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top External Blu Ray Drive search terms shoppers use

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

  • external blu-ray drives34K/yr
  • external blu ray drive26K/yr
  • blu ray drive18K/yr
  • external blu ray drive for pc15K/yr
  • verbatim 438889K/yr
  • blu ray writer9K/yr
  • bluray drive external8K/yr
  • external blu ray player7K/yr
  • blu ray burner7K/yr
  • bluray drive5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about External Blu Ray Drive

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

Complain

Functionality-Overall29%−0.40

Poor Performance

Did not work

Does not work properly

Durability10%−0.13

Broke after 6 months

not durable

Stopped working after a single use

Quality-Overall9%

Garbage product

poorly made rubbish

Poor quality and cheap

Compatibility-Overall8%+0.16

Will not work with a Chromebook

Despite what the product described product was either not compatible or damaged in transit because my PC wouldn't recognise it

Says it works with Mac but it does not

Connectivity-Overall5%−0.01

wouldnt connect to the laptop at all

this player is not able to connect with it

just beeps and fails to connect properly

Love

Value For Money13%+0.99

Great price too

Worth the money

Excellent value for money

Quality-Overall13%

Very reliable it does what it says

the reviews seemed trustworthy

Quality product

Compatibility-Overall9%+0.16

Perfect for Windows 11 and Ubuntu Linux

Working fine with my laptop

Works well with Mac

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%+0.56

Works exactly as it should

Does the job

Exactly as described

Ease Of Use7%+0.81

Easy to use

Easy to operate

Simple to plug in

Return

4.4% Return rate 2% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall40%██▇▇██

Poor Performance

Did not work

Does not work properly

Compatibility-Overall28%█▇█▇▇▇

Will not work with a Chromebook

Despite what the product described product was either not compatible or damaged in transit because my PC wouldn't recognise it

Says it works with Mac but it does not

Connectivity-Overall7%██▅█▆▆

wouldnt connect to the laptop at all

this player is not able to connect with it

just beeps and fails to connect properly

Defective Material/Parts5%▄▆▅▆▅█
Advertised Vs Actual Product2%▄██▅▇▄

Doesn't work as advertised

Not as described

False description

FAQ

Common External Blu Ray Drive questions

Answered from the same tracked data.