How competitive is the Type C Adapter niche on Amazon United Kingdom?

4 brands and 9 sellers compete in Type C Adapter on Amazon United Kingdom. The top 5 Type C Adapter products take 88% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 100% of demand.

What do buyers complain about in Type C Adapter?

Type C Adapter buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Charging, Durability, Functionality-Overall, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 1.0%.

What does it cost to enter the Type C Adapter niche?

Type C Adapter sells for £19.11 on average on Amazon United Kingdom, inside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span £6.73–£46.49. The average incumbent carries 4,262 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

Type C Adapter

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — Type C Adapter doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

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This niche Category average

Is Type C Adapter profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Type C Adapter is a £680K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (335K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Demand peaks in Sep–Oct–Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 45/100.

Type C Adapter: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -14.9% over the last 90 days and 10.6% of searches end in a purchase.

£680K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr40K

Search volume / yr-14.9%335K

Conversion rate10.6%

Avg price£19.11

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand, so 0% of the market is open.

open market share

Brands · sellers4 · 9

Top-5 product click share88%

Open market0%

Avg brand age25 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 8 products

Top Type C Adapter products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Top sellers

by 90-day click share

Apple 20W USB-C Power Adapter

Price: £15.25
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 4,802
Age: 2y ago

Apple 60W USB-C Charge Cable (1m)

Price: £14.53
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 4,501
Age: 1y ago

Apple 40W Dynamic Power Adapter with 60W Max

Price: £32.12
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 4,802
Age: 8mo ago

20W USB-C Power Adapter Plug UK Fast Charge Apple i Phone 17 16 15 14 Charger Plugs USBC Fast Charging for i Phone 17 Pro Max 16e 16 Plus Pro Max 13 12 11 iPad 5th-10th A16 Fold Type C Port Head

Price: £7.34
Rating: 4.2/5
Reviews: 49
Age: 3mo ago

iPhone 16 15 Charger Plug and Cable [Apple MFi Certified] 20W USB C Charger with USB C Cable Fast Charge for iPhone Air/17/17 Pro/17 Pro Max/16/16 Plus/16 Pro/16 Pro Max/15 Plus/15 Pro/15 Pro Max

Price: £8.33
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 183
Age: 1y ago

Newest

by launch date

20W USB-C Power Adapter Plug UK Fast Charge Apple i Phone 17 16 15 14 Charger Plugs USBC Fast Charging for i Phone 17 Pro Max 16e 16 Plus Pro Max 13 12 11 iPad 5th-10th A16 Fold Type C Port Head

Price: £7.34
Rating: 4.2/5
Reviews: 49
Age: 3mo ago

Apple 40W Dynamic Power Adapter with 60W Max

Price: £32.12
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 4,802
Age: 8mo ago

iPhone 16 15 Charger Plug and Cable [Apple MFi Certified] 20W USB C Charger with USB C Cable Fast Charge for iPhone Air/17/17 Pro/17 Pro Max/16/16 Plus/16 Pro/16 Pro Max/15 Plus/15 Pro/15 Pro Max

Price: £8.33
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 183
Age: 1y ago

Apple 60W USB-C Charge Cable (1m)

Price: £14.53
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 4,501
Age: 1y ago

Apple 70W USB-C Power Adapter

Price: £46.49
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 105
Age: 1y ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 88% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

4 flat

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

88%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

Apple87%
UGKENT5%
AINPOW5%
Anker4%

Type C Adapter demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume335KCVR10.6%Products8Brands4Top 5 Brands100%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.6★Reviews4,262Avg BSR#71

Peak months: Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.1×

Top Type C Adapter search terms shoppers use

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

apple charger usb c45K/yr -0.3%4.2% conv.
apple usb c plug27K/yr +5.4%9.0% conv.
apple usb c charger70K/yr -54.6%4.9% conv.
apple adapter35K/yr -14.5%4.2% conv.
apple 20w usb-c power adapter20K/yr -14.8%10.9% conv.
apple type c charger15K/yr -2.5%3.4% conv.
apple power adapter15K/yr -4.0%3.1% conv.
apple usbc plug23K/yr -8.5%8.6% conv.
usb c plug apple12K/yr -19.3%7.1% conv.
apple adapter usb c16K/yr -10.0%3.2% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Type C Adapter

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

91% of reviews

Charging28%

“Fast charger”

Quality-Overall21%

“GREAT QUALITY”

Advertised Vs Actual Product14%

“Does the job”

Value For Money9%

“Excellent price”

Socket/Port/Plug7%

“plug working well”

What buyers complain about

81% of reviews

Charging24%

“Not a Fast Charger”

Durability20%

“Quickly broke”

Functionality-Overall8%

“Not changing fast”

Heating7%

“then started to overheat”

Quality-Overall7%

“Bad quality it came broke”

Type C Adapter return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

1.0%

Return rate

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Charging

34%

2Functionality-Overall

14%

3Compatibility-Overall

13%

4Size-Overall

5Socket/Port/Plug

Common Type C Adapter questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Type C Adapter 45/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £680K/yr across 8 tracked products. 2 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -14.9% over the last 90 days.