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title: "External Cd Dvd Drive for Laptop — £569K/yr Amazon UK Niche (2026) - Flapen"
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description: "Niche score 49/100 · £569K/yr market · 550K searches/yr · £16.73 avg price. Doesn't clear our bar today. Data updated Jul 2026."
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# **external cd dvd drive for laptop**
**Skip it**
Soft demand (-17.3% this quarter) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Market size 63Growth 16Conversion 68Competition 31Returns 41Price range 78Avg price 79Brand share 54Review moat 25Quality gap 75
**Avg price**
**Great****£16.73**
avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
**Price range**
**Great****£11.50–£28.17**
cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
**Quality gap**
**Great****4.3★**
avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
**Conversion**
**Good****6.2%**
search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
**Market size**
**Good****£569K**
£569K/yr · 550K searches
**Brand share**
**Good****73%**
top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand
**Returns**
**Okay****3.7%**
return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
**Competition**
**Okay****67%**
top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
**Review moat**
**Bad****4,776.56**
avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
**Growth**
**Bad****-17.3%**
90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, external cd dvd drive for laptop is a £569K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (550K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 73% of demand. Demand peaks in Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 49/100.
Data updated Jul 21, 2026 · scored weekly · [~~How we score niches ~~](https://flapen.com/research/methodology)
## **external cd dvd drive for laptop market data**
- **Units sold / yr**
- **30K–40K**
- avg 2,000–2,500/product
- **Revenue / yr**
- **£502K–£669K**
- units × avg price
- **Conversion rate**
- **6.2%**
- **Avg BSR**
- **#18**
- **Page quality**
- **0%**
- **Prime**
- **100%**
- **Sponsored**
- **63%**
- **Out of stock**
- **6.6%**
- **Avg brand age**
- **46 months**
- **Avg seller age**
- **193 days**
## **Competition & brand share**
The top 5 products take 67% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.
**Brands**
**14 **▲rising
**Sellers**
**63**
**Top-5 brand share**
**73%**
Top 20: 100%
**Top-5 click share**
**67%**
Top 20: 100%
**Open market**
**23%**
- Rioddas27% - TEMZICK20% - PeroBuno13% - GODBPNYMU6% - Vlio6% - HP4%
## **Demand & seasonality**
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -17.3% search growth over the last 90 days.
15K10KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25 seasonSepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay
Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×
[**Open Trend **](https://flapen.com/research/uk/computers-accessories/external-cd-dvd-drive-for-laptop/trend)
## **Top external cd dvd drive for laptop search terms**
- **external cd dvd drive for laptop**78K/yr-23.7%5.7% conv. - **cd burner**65K/yr-11.0%3.6% conv. - **external dvd drive**67K/yr-20.2%4.0% conv. - **dvd player for laptop**51K/yr-5.0%4.2% conv. - **external cd drive**36K/yr-8.6%5.1% conv. - **external dvd drive for laptop**21K/yr-5.9%4.4% conv. - **cd drive**22K/yr-22.1%4.7% conv. - **cd ripper**16K/yr-10.9%1.4% conv. - **usb dvd drive external**21K/yr-23.5%7.6% conv. - **cd drive for laptop**22K/yr-27.2%7.6% conv. [**All search terms **](https://flapen.com/research/uk/computers-accessories/external-cd-dvd-drive-for-laptop/search-terms)
## **Top external cd dvd drive for laptop 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%10%£57K20%£114K30%£171K40%£228K101001K10K100K Reviews — right = deep review moatMarket share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)
All 16 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
### **Top sellers**
by 90-day click share
[1**Rioddas External CD Drive USB 3.0 Portable CD/DVD +/-RW Drive Slim DVD/CD ROM Rewriter Burner for Laptop Desktop PC Windows and Linux OS Apple Mac Macbook Pro**Rioddas**£19.67**4.3★17,857 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07JGWBLVH) [2**External CD DVD Drive for Laptop USB 3.0 Type-C Slim Portable Player CD DVD RW Writer Reader Burner Low Noise Optical External Disk Drive for Desktop PC Mac OS Windows 11/10/8/7/XP/2003/Vista/Linux**TEMZICK**£11.78**4.3★280 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F9KF47H2) [3**PeroBuno External CD DVD Drive USB 3.0 Type-C Optical Drive 0.5-inch Ultra-Slim Portable DVD CD ROM Disc Player Reader Writer Rewriter Burner Recorder for Laptop PC Macbook Windows Linux Mac OS**PeroBuno**£14.83**4.2★2,371 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F91DFPQQ) [4**TEMZICK External CD Drive USB 3.0 Portable CD/DVD +/-RW Drive Slim DVD/CD ROM Rewriter Burner for Laptop Desktop PC Windows and Linux OS Apple Mac Macbook Pro**TEMZICK**£14.47**4.5★49 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GJ3RCWQ5) [5**Vlio External CD DVD Drive USB 3.0 Portable Slim CD DVD Drive Player Burner Writer Reader Rewriter Optical Disc Drive for PC Laptop and Desktop Windows 7/8/10/11/XP/Mac OS**Vlio**£11.50**4.1★401 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D8PZRC77)
**~~View all top sellers →~~**
### **Newest**
by launch date
[**5-in-1 External CD/DVD Drive for Laptop USB 3.0 & Type-C Portable CD/DVD Burner with SD/TF Card Reader CD Player for Laptop Compatible with Laptop/Desktop PC Windows 11/10/8/7/XP Linux Mac OS**GODBPNYMU**£17.09**609 rev5mo ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GK5LC8DY) [**GODBPNYMU 8-in-1 External DVD Drive for Laptop USB 3.0 & Type-C CD/DVD Burner with SD/TF Reader DVD Player for laptop Comes with Carrying Bag Compatible with PC/Mac/Windows/Linux**GODBPNYMU**£17.41**609 rev5mo ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GK6PSXS3) [**BNEHHOV External CD/DVD Drive with USB 3.0 Type-C External DVD Burner CD/DVD +/-RW Portable Drive for Laptop Desktop PC and Mac OS for MacBook for Windows 11/10/8/7/XP**BNEHHOV**£14.96**1,129 rev9mo ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FXG2T7RX) [**PeroBuno External CD DVD Drive USB 3.0 Type-C Optical Drive 0.5-inch Ultra-Slim Portable DVD CD ROM Disc Player Reader Writer Rewriter Burner Recorder for Laptop PC Macbook Windows Linux Mac OS**PeroBuno**£14.83**2,371 rev1y ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F91DFPQQ) [**ORIGBELIE External CD DVD Drive for Laptop USB 3.0 Type-C Ultra Slim 13mm DVD Player Portable CD DVD +/-RW Drive CD Burner Reader Writer Recorder for Desktop PC Windows 11/10/8/7 Linux Mac OS (Black)**ORIGBELIE**£16.24**21,085 rev1y ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DP2LV27P)
**~~View all new products →~~**
### **Trending**
90-day click momentum
[**GODBPNYMU 8-in-1 External DVD Drive for Laptop USB 3.0 & Type-C CD/DVD Burner with SD/TF Reader DVD Player for laptop Comes with Carrying Bag Compatible with PC/Mac/Windows/Linux**GODBPNYMU**£17.41**4.3★**▲ 355%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GK6PSXS3) [**5-in-1 External CD/DVD Drive for Laptop USB 3.0 & Type-C Portable CD/DVD Burner with SD/TF Card Reader CD Player for Laptop Compatible with Laptop/Desktop PC Windows 11/10/8/7/XP Linux Mac OS**GODBPNYMU**£17.09**4.3★**▲ 354%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GK5LC8DY) [**TEMZICK External CD Drive USB 3.0 Portable CD/DVD +/-RW Drive Slim DVD/CD ROM Rewriter Burner for Laptop Desktop PC Windows and Linux OS Apple Mac Macbook Pro**TEMZICK**£14.47**4.5★**▲ 344%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GJ3RCWQ5) [**BNEHHOV External CD/DVD Drive with USB 3.0 Type-C External DVD Burner CD/DVD +/-RW Portable Drive for Laptop Desktop PC and Mac OS for MacBook for Windows 11/10/8/7/XP**BNEHHOV**£14.96**4.3★**▲ 47%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FXG2T7RX) [**External CD DVD Drive for Laptop USB 3.0 Type-C Slim Portable Player CD DVD RW Writer Reader Burner Low Noise Optical External Disk Drive for Desktop PC Mac OS Windows 11/10/8/7/XP/2003/Vista/Linux**TEMZICK**£11.78**4.3★**▲ 40%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F9KF47H2)
**~~View all trending →~~**
## **What buyers say about external cd dvd drive for laptop**
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.
### **What buyers love **
**Quality-Overall**15%
*“The build quality feels solid”*
**Value For Money**15%
*“Excellent value for money”*
**Advertised Vs Actual Product**12%
*“It was as advertised”*
**Ease Of Use**9%
*“Easy to use”*
**Compatibility-Overall**9%
*“great compatibility”*
**Assembly/Installation**5%
*“Easy to set up”*
**Portability**4%
*“Easy to use, portable”*
**Connectivity-Overall**4%
*“great connectivity”*
**Functionality-Overall**3%
*“it has performed the task brilliantly”*
**Design-Overall**3%
*“The build is decent”*
### **What buyers complain about **
**Functionality-Overall**28%
*“Poor Performance”*
**Quality-Overall**12%
*“Cheap piece of rubbish”*
**Durability**11%
*“Broke on first use”*
**Compatibility-Overall**7%
*“The item was not compatible with what I wanted to do”*
**Noise Level**4%
*“Makes weird noises”*
**Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting**3%
*“the instructions were totally useless even when you could read the microscopic text”*
**Connectivity-Overall**3%
*“Unable to connect to my computer”*
**Strength**2%
*“Very flimsy”*
**Size-Overall**2%
*“Its very small”*
**Advertised Vs Actual Product**2%
*“Doesn't work as advertised”*
### **Top return reasons **
**Functionality-Overall**36%
**Compatibility-Overall**33%
**Connectivity-Overall**7%
**Defective Material/Parts**5%
**Noise Level**2%
**Constant Reboot Or Restart**2%
**Quality-Overall**1%
**Durability**1%
**Advertised Vs Actual Product**1%
**Socket/Port/Plug**1%
## **Common questions**
- **Is external cd dvd drive for laptop profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?**
- The niche generates £569K/yr across 16 tracked products. 2 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -17.3%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (49/100).
- **How competitive is the external cd dvd drive for laptop niche?**
- 14 brands and 63 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 67% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 73% of demand.
- **What do buyers complain about in external cd dvd drive for laptop?**
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Functionality-Overall, Quality-Overall, Durability. The return rate is 3.7%.
- **When does demand for external cd dvd drive for laptop peak?**
- Demand peaks in Dec; the busiest month runs 1.6× the quietest.
- **What does it cost to enter the external cd dvd drive for laptop niche?**
- Listings span £11.50–£28.17; the average listing price is £16.73 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 4,777 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.
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