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Ups

Fail

Buyers convert on only 1.1% of searches, so Ups is a Fail.

Flapen Score
46
46 / 100
Top 32% of 1,028 Computers & Accessories niches · +4 vs the category median of 42
Market size
£421K/yr406K searches / yr
90-day growth
-12.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
54%top-5 click share · 7 brands · 70 sellers

Flapen Score

Ups against its category

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

46Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Ups market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Ups 406K times last year and spent an estimated £421K. The top 5 brands take 95% of clicks. Flapen scores it 46 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

1.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 406K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -12.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £421K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
406K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-12.8%
Conversion, latest week
1.1%
Market size, estimated
£421Ka year
Peak month
December1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
ups184K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £90.12.

Listings sell for £90.12 on average, from £32.22 to £273.50. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £90.12 that is £9K to £23K a year per listing.

Average price
£90.12inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£32.22–£273.50
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
4K–5K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£9K–£23K
Returns
2.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #21 within Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) & Accessories. It carries 566 reviews at 3.99 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.7%
Average rank
#21in Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) & Accessories
Average rating
3.99 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
566per listing
Listings tracked
21

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 42 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
42 months

Products

Top Ups 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 54% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£42K£84K£126K£168K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

7 falling

Sellers

70

Top-5 brand share

95%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

54%

Top 20: 99%

Open market

2%

  • APC64%
  • SKE SMART KEY ENERGY14%
  • Eaton6%
  • BPC Energy6%
  • UGREEN5%
  • Tecnoware Power Systems4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 2%)

Demand

Ups search demand

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

13K8KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Ups search terms shoppers use

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

  • ups184K/yr
  • ups power supply uk90K/yr
  • apc ups33K/yr
  • computer uninterruptible power supply units29K/yr
  • uninterruptible power supply17K/yr
  • apc8K/yr
  • ups power supply9K/yr
  • battery backup9K/yr
  • ups battery backup7K/yr
  • apc ups power supply uk5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Ups

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

Complain

Durability21%−0.49

Broken after a year

Failed within five months

Died within a week

Quality-Overall10%−0.05

APC - Not a great review

Cheap Feeling But Reliable

Poor quality

Functionality-Overall7%−0.12

the USB monitoring is completely unusable

it didn't work at all

After 1 year it doesn't work

Smell6%−0.02

strong plastic smell

Smells

Smells of plastic

Noise Level5%−0.08

Suddenly started beeping continuously

Some users have commented on the noise this machine makes

Loud and long 'beep' when switching on

Love

Quality-Overall13%−0.05

The quality seems good

Good value and quality, easy to setup, and give good run time

Good quality UPS

Value For Money11%+0.49

Good value

Good value for money

so far definitely worth it

Connectivity-Overall11%+1.12

easy to connect

connected my network to it

Very easy connection

Assembly/Installation10%+0.72

Easy to install

Easy to set up

Set this up without too many problems, accept

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%

It does the job

Works as expected

Just the job

Return

2.5% Return rate 11% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall16%▄▄█▅▂▅

the USB monitoring is completely unusable

it didn't work at all

After 1 year it doesn't work

Compatibility-Overall16%█▄▅▃▇▅
Defective Material/Parts14%▄▅▃▆█▃

Be careful, as when I receive it that item was damage and part of damage is the actual plug parts that plugged into the outlet

Missing parts

Charging9%▅▂▆▄█▇

therefore the unit will not charge

Unfortunately it only went to 70% after 24 hours being on charge

I left it off for a week they battery cant charge anymore

Connectivity-Overall7%▅█▅▅▇▇

was powering our router so the laptops did not loose connectivity as our mobile signal is patchy

Then, the red wire is too short to reach connection

FAQ

Common Ups questions

Answered from the same tracked data.