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Laptop

Maybe

Shoppers spend $32.3M a year here. But prices span $72.49–$1397.11, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Laptop is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 10% of 1,028 Computers & Accessories niches · +12 vs the category median of 42
Market size
£32.3M/yr14.8M searches / yr
90-day growth
-12.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
32%top-5 click share · 16 brands · 495 sellers

Flapen Score

Laptop against its category

The dotted line is the Computers & Accessories average. Past it, Laptop is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

54Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Laptop market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Laptop 14.8M times last year and spent an estimated £32.3M. The top 5 brands take 85% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

0.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 14.8M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 0.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -12.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £32.3M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
14.8M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-12.7%
Conversion, latest week
0.6%
Market size, estimated
£32.3Ma year
Peak month
November2.3× the quietest month
Top search term
laptop7.5M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £389.06.

Listings sell for £389.06 on average, from £72.49 to £1397.11. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 80K to 100K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £389.06 that is £292K to £389K a year per listing.

Average price
£389.06above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£72.49–£1397.11
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
80K–100K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£292K–£389K
Returns
2.6%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

90% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 93% ship with Prime. On an average day, 20.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #148 within Laptops. It carries 87 reviews at 4.18 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
90%
Prime listings
93%
Out of stock, average day
20.4%
Average rank
#148in Laptops
Average rating
4.18 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
87per listing
Listings tracked
80

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 36 of last year's 41 launches as successful.

41 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 36 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 38 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
41
Successful launches
36Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
38 months

Products

Top Laptop 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 only 32% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£969K£1.9M£2.9M£3.9M1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

16 falling

Sellers

495

Top-5 brand share

85%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

32%

Top 20: 60%

Open market

10%

  • ASUS26%
  • HP26%
  • Lenovo13%
  • Dell12%
  • Acer8%
  • Tivique5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (10 brands, 10%)

Demand

Laptop search demand

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

700K500KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.3×

Search terms

Top Laptop search terms shoppers use

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

  • laptop7.5M/yr
  • gaming laptop2.3M/yr
  • laptops850K/yr
  • chromebook744K/yr
  • hp laptop548K/yr
  • dell laptop385K/yr
  • lenovo laptops336K/yr
  • refurbished laptops259K/yr
  • asus laptop249K/yr
  • windows laptop169K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Laptop

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

Complain

Functionality-Overall9%−0.16

Doesn't work properly

Terribly slow

Didnt work

Quality-Overall8%+0.07

it really is cheap - bad quality

So dissapinted with the quality and the hassle

Poor quality

Durability8%−0.10

Terrible - fell apart

Broke on day 1

has failed after only a couple of years

Software/Application7%−0.07

too much garbage software

it cannot cope with 2 applications open at once

Software issues

Computation Performance5%−0.03

Incredibly slow

Terrible performance

Overall terrible performance

Love

Value For Money28%+2.59

Money well spent

affordable price

Great Deal

Quality-Overall12%+0.07

Excellent product

Really good build quality

The build quality is excellent

Assembly/Installation6%+0.40

Easy to set up

set up was quick for my daughter when she helped me set it up

I found it to be very easy to install

Ease Of Use5%+0.39

Very easy to use

easy to carry

Easy to read

Battery Life5%+0.28

Battery life is long

Awesome battery life

battery lasts well

Return

2.6% Return rate 5% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall19%█▇█▇▇▇

Doesn't work properly

Terribly slow

Didnt work

Compatibility-Overall9%▇█▇█▆█
Software/Application8%▅▅▅█▅▅

too much garbage software

it cannot cope with 2 applications open at once

Software issues

Computation Performance6%▆▆█▆▆▄

Incredibly slow

Terrible performance

Overall terrible performance

Charging6%▅▅▆█▆▇

Does not charge anymore

Doesnt hold a charge

Doesn't come with charger

FAQ

Common Laptop questions

Answered from the same tracked data.