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Motherboard

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Motherboard 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
£662K/yr1.3M searches / yr
90-day growth
-14.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
36%top-5 click share · 3 brands · 168 sellers

Flapen Score

Motherboard against its category

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

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

Market

The Motherboard market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Motherboard 1.3M times last year and spent an estimated £662K. All 3 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Jan–Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 40 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

0.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.3M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 0.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -14.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £662K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.3M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-14.1%
Conversion, latest week
0.5%
Market size, estimated
£662Ka year
Peak month
December2.2× the quietest month
Top search term
motherboard295K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £103.85.

Listings sell for £103.85 on average, from £38.05 to £332.78. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £103.85 that is £10K to £26K a year per listing.

Average price
£103.85above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£38.05–£332.78
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£10K–£26K
Returns
5.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

86% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #28 within Components & Replacement Parts. It carries 1,047 reviews at 4.47 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
86%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#28in Components & Replacement Parts
Average rating
4.47 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,047per listing
Listings tracked
44

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 37 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
37 months

Products

Top Motherboard 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 36% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£20K£40K£60K£79K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

3 flat

Sellers

168

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

36%

Top 20: 79%

Open market

0%

  • MSI40%
  • ASUS31%
  • Gigabyte29%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Motherboard search demand

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

60K40KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.2×

Search terms

Top Motherboard search terms shoppers use

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

  • motherboard295K/yr
  • am5 motherboard249K/yr
  • am4 motherboard197K/yr
  • b550 motherboard95K/yr
  • motherboards107K/yr
  • b650 motherboard62K/yr
  • b55040K/yr
  • msi motherboard33K/yr
  • am526K/yr
  • asus motherboard27K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Motherboard

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

Complain

Connectivity-Overall15%−0.06

bad wifi and Bluetooth drivers

Every few times when you boot up your system the Wi-Fi will not be detected

The Internet connection drops on it

Functionality-Overall14%−0.09

did not work atal

Unfortunately, the motherboard never worked

Works and then doesnt work

Durability14%−0.08

Antenna broke after trying to remove it after 1 insertion

Dram fault developed after 6 months

Broke within the first few hours

Defective Material/Parts9%−0.06

Item missing and item broken

The first one came defective

Faulty motherboard

Socket/Port/Plug7%−0.04

7 months in now the usb ports dont work

Arrived with damaged cpu socket

socket pins are damaged

Love

Value For Money23%+1.49

Great price

Totally worth it

Really good value for money

Quality-Overall17%+0.87

Build quality is excellent

the build quality feels reliable

high-quality components

Assembly/Installation12%+0.58

Easy to set up

No issues since install

Easy to install

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%+0.76

works as advertised

Does work as expected

It just works

Computation Performance6%+0.34

it handles high-performance CPUs with ease

Stable performance

Performance is good in the games I play

Return

5.4% Return rate 8% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall26%▇█▇▇█▇

did not work atal

Unfortunately, the motherboard never worked

Works and then doesnt work

Defective Material/Parts21%▇▆██▇▇

Item missing and item broken

The first one came defective

Faulty motherboard

Compatibility-Overall17%▆▆█▅▆▆
Size-Overall8%▄▆▆█▅▇
Socket/Port/Plug6%▆▆▅██▇

7 months in now the usb ports dont work

Arrived with damaged cpu socket

socket pins are damaged

FAQ

Common Motherboard questions

Answered from the same tracked data.