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Official Apple Lightning Cable

Fail

The top 5 brands take 92% of clicks, so Official Apple Lightning Cable is a Fail.

Flapen Score
42
42 / 100
Ranks 498 of 1,028 Computers & Accessories niches · on the category median
Market size
£98K/yr87K searches / yr
90-day growth
-4.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
75%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 15 sellers

Flapen Score

Official Apple Lightning Cable against its category

The dotted line is the Computers & Accessories average. Past it, Official Apple Lightning Cable is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

42Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Official Apple Lightning Cable market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Official Apple Lightning Cable 87K times last year and spent an estimated £98K. The top 5 brands take 92% of clicks. Flapen scores it 42 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

7.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 87K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 7.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -4.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £98K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
87K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-4.9%
Conversion, latest week
7.4%
Market size, estimated
£98Ka year
Peak month
December1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
genuine apple iphone charger38K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £15.27.

Listings sell for £15.27 on average, from £6.89 to £32.12. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £15.27 that is £4K to £8K a year per listing.

Average price
£15.27inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£6.89–£32.12
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£4K–£8K
Returns
1.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

64% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #51 within Cables & Accessories. It carries 7,674 reviews at 4.50 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
64%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
6.6%
Average rank
#51in Cables & Accessories
Average rating
4.50 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
7,674per listing
Listings tracked
14

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 27 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

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

Products

Top Official Apple Lightning Cable 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 75% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£10K£20K£30K£39K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

15

Top-5 brand share

92%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

5%

  • Apple72%
  • Ailawuu8%
  • Osecet6%
  • Susnwere4%
  • Fikeloy3%
  • AINPOW3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 5%)

Demand

Official Apple Lightning Cable search demand

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

3K2KHoliday '24Prime Day '25Spike '26DecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Official Apple Lightning Cable search terms shoppers use

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

  • genuine apple iphone charger38K/yr
  • apple usb to lightning cable5K/yr
  • genuine apple charger5K/yr
  • official apple iphone charger7K/yr
  • original apple iphone charger5K/yr
  • apple original charger5K/yr
  • official apple chargers4K/yr
  • iphone charger apple original4K/yr
  • official apple charger3K/yr
  • iphone charger original apple4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Official Apple Lightning Cable

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

Complain

Charging36%−0.04

Not charging

does not charge

Charges extremely slow

Durability21%−0.21

Breaks easily

Didnt last

Broke after one month

Quality-Overall10%+1.34

Poor quality and broke so easily

Absolutely low quality product

Bad quality

Functionality-Overall8%−0.07

Stops working very fast

Didnt work

Doesnt work well

Connectivity-Overall4%−0.02

Connection weak

No way to connect them about this item

do not connect properly

Love

Charging36%−0.04

Fast charge

Excellent charging speed

Great Charger

Quality-Overall20%+1.34

Excellent product

Excellent product exactly as described

They feel like good quality at a good price well packaged and quick delivery

Value For Money15%+1.61

Excellent value

Good value for money

Value for Money

Advertised Vs Actual Product12%+1.20

Exactly as described

As advertised

Works as promised

Efficiency3%+0.37

it worked well

It works ok

works exactly as it should

Return

1.1% Return rate 13% Fixable by listing

Charging40%█▇▇███

Not charging

does not charge

Charges extremely slow

Compatibility-Overall16%▆▇█▇█▇

saying not compatible

iPhone said was incompatible

Not seen as compatible with apple

Functionality-Overall11%███▇▆▇

Stops working very fast

Didnt work

Doesnt work well

Size-Overall11%▅▆▆▇██
Connectivity-Overall5%▅▆▇█▇▇

Connection weak

No way to connect them about this item

do not connect properly

FAQ

Common Official Apple Lightning Cable questions

Answered from the same tracked data.