raspberry pi kit
Skip itSoft demand (-23.5% this quarter) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Market size
Great£966K£966K/yr · 857K searches
Avg price
Great£94.69avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Competition
Good49%top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
Review moat
Good1,101avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Returns
Okay3.3%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Quality gap
Okay4.5★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Price range
Okay£32.46–£228.42cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Brand share
Bad93%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
Conversion
Bad1.2%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Growth
Bad-23.5%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, raspberry pi kit is a £966K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (857K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 93% of demand. Demand peaks in Feb–Mar–Apr–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 44/100.
Data updated Jul 21, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
raspberry pi kit market data
- Units sold / yr
- 10K–13K
- avg 250–500/product
- Revenue / yr
- £947K–£1.2M
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 1.2%
- Avg BSR
- #97
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 90%
- Sponsored
- 63%
- Out of stock
- 8.7%
- Avg brand age
- 43 months
- Avg seller age
- 168 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products take 49% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.Brands
10 rising
Sellers
115
Top-5 brand share
93%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
49%
Top 20: 91%
Open market
5%
- Raspberry Pi46%
- db-tronic22%
- iRasptek19%
- GeeekPi3%
- TRASKIT3%
- FREENOVE2%
- Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 5%)
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -23.5% search growth over the last 90 days.Peak months: Feb, Mar, Apr, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×
Top raspberry pi kit search terms
- raspberry pi326K/yr
- raspberry pi 5314K/yr
- raspberry pi 484K/yr
- raspberry pi 5 8gb14K/yr
- pi 521K/yr
- raspberry pi 316K/yr
- rasberry pi9K/yr
- raspberry pi 5 4gb6K/yr
- raspberry pi kit11K/yr
- pi 47K/yr
Top raspberry pi kit 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.
All 24 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Raspberry Pi 5 4GB
Raspberry Pi£59.554.7★4,535 rev
Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Quad Core CPU 1.2 GHz 1 GB RAM Motherboard
Raspberry Pi£35.434.7★11,947 rev
Raspberry Pi 4 Model B (1GB)
Raspberry Pi£40.684.7★2,704 rev
db-tronic Raspberry Pi 5 8GB Starter Kit | 128GB Edition | 27W Power Supply | Case with Cooling Fan | Heatsink | 4K Micro HDMI Cable | Ideal for Smart Home Retro Gaming & Home Assistant
db-tronic£167.064.6★754 rev
iRasptek Starter Kit for Raspberry Pi 5 RAM 8GB - 128GB Edition of OS-Bookworm Pre-Installed (Aluminum Case)
iRasptek£135.234.8★453 rev
Newest
by launch date
iRasptek Starter Kit for Raspberry Pi 4B 4GB RAM - 64GB SD Card Edition
iRasptek£122.580 rev
TRASKIT Starter Kit for Raspberry Pi 5 4GB RAM 64GB SD Card pre-Loaded with 64-bit Pi OS
TRASKIT£130.514 rev
TRASKIT Starter Kit for Raspberry Pi 5 8GB RAM 64GB SD Card pre-Loaded with 64-bit Pi OS
TRASKIT£166.370 rev
iRasptek Starter Kit for Raspberry Pi 5 RAM 16GB - 128GB Edition of OS-Bookworm Pre-Loaded (Aluminum Case)
iRasptek£228.422 rev
FREENOVE Raspberry Pi 5 PC Case Kit M.2 NVMe SSD Slot 5 PWM ARGB Fans Light Sync CPU Tower Cooler 0.96 OLED Screen Stereo Speakers 3.5 mm Audio (SSD NOT Included)
FREENOVE£50.6341 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumiRasptek Starter Kit for Raspberry Pi 4B 4GB RAM - 64GB SD Card Edition
iRasptek£122.580.0★
Raspberry Pi 4 Model B (1GB)
Raspberry Pi£40.684.7★
db-tronic Raspberry Pi 5 4GB Starter Kit | 64GB Edition | 27W Power Supply | Case with Cooling Fan | Heatsink | 4K Micro HDMI Cable | Ideal for Smart Home Retro Gaming & Home Assistant
db-tronic£131.774.1★
db-tronic Raspberry Pi 4 4GB Starter Kit | 64GB White Edition | 15W Power Supply | Case with 4x Heatsinks | 4K Micro HDMI Cable | Ideal for Smart Home Retro Gaming & Home Assistant
db-tronic£106.264.4★
db-tronic Raspberry Pi 5 8GB NVMe Kit | PCIe to M.2 NVMe Board | 64GB Edition | Metal Case with Active Cooling Fan | 27W Power Supply | Ideal for Smart Home Home Assistant & DIY Projects
db-tronic£174.474.2★
What buyers say about raspberry pi kit
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Components seem good quality”
“easy to assemble and get booted up”
“Fantastic price”
“Easy to use”
“It works with multiple Raspberry Pi models”
“Great, using for batocera mostly and Kodi, also got pi os running”
“Reliable”
“There are buttons, switches, LEDs, a display, and a whole host more”
“the components feel well made”
“Nice compact monitor”
What buyers complain about
“Too Expensive”
“very fidily to assemble”
“This kit does not included a decent heat sink”
“the 2nd HDMI socket is blocked by the first”
“The touch screen isn't the best”
“An absolute nightmare to flash the SD card with the software I wanted”
“unfortunately, the plug that came with it didn't even last me a day when I was done tinkering with it, as the usb c from plug just failed after unplugging it about 3 or 4 times, and I am gentle with my stuff, so it was sad to see,”
“Quality of all the parts is average/good”
“Everything went together without reference to any instructions etc”
“It definitely takes a bit of patience”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is raspberry pi kit profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?
- The niche generates £966K/yr across 30 tracked products. 5 of 8 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -23.5%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (44/100).
- How competitive is the raspberry pi kit niche?
- 10 brands and 115 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 49% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 93% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in raspberry pi kit?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Value For Money, Assembly/Installation, Heating. The return rate is 3.3%.
- When does demand for raspberry pi kit peak?
- Demand peaks in Feb–Mar–Apr–Dec; the busiest month runs 2.1× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the raspberry pi kit niche?
- Listings span £32.46–£228.42; the average listing price is £94.69 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 1,101 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.