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Usb Sound Card

Fail

Shoppers spend only $43K a year here, so Usb Sound Card is a Fail.

Flapen Score
44
44 / 100
Top 39% of 1,028 Computers & Accessories niches · +2 vs the category median of 42
Market size
£43K/yr71K searches / yr
90-day growth
-27.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
37%top-5 click share · 28 brands · 79 sellers

Flapen Score

Usb Sound Card against its category

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

44Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Usb Sound Card market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Usb Sound Card 71K times last year and spent an estimated £43K. The top 5 brands take 69% of clicks. Demand peaks in Sep–Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

1.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 71K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -27.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £43K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
71K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-27.5%
Conversion, latest week
1.3%
Market size, estimated
£43Ka year
Peak month
October3.2× the quietest month
Top search term
sound card36K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £48.36.

Listings sell for £48.36 on average, from £6.16 to £180.58. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 500 to 750 a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £48.36 that is £0 to £5K a year per listing.

Average price
£48.36inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£6.16–£180.58
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
500–750
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£5K
Returns
3.7%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

77% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 98% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #88 within Components & Replacement Parts. It carries 2,848 reviews at 4.13 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
77%
Prime listings
98%
Out of stock, average day
7.3%
Average rank
#88in Components & Replacement Parts
Average rating
4.13 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,848per listing
Listings tracked
43

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 9 launches as successful.

9 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 38 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
9
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
38 months

Products

Top Usb Sound Card 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 37% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£1K£3K£4K£5K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

28 rising

Sellers

79

Top-5 brand share

69%

Top 20: 96%

Top-5 click share

37%

Top 20: 80%

Open market

28%

  • CREATIVE45%
  • Focusrite12%
  • M-AUDIO6%
  • UGREEN4%
  • Pardarsey3%
  • VOANZO3%

Demand

Usb Sound Card search demand

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

7K5KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.2×

Search terms

Top Usb Sound Card search terms shoppers use

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

  • sound card36K/yr
  • sound card pc8K/yr
  • sound blaster6K/yr
  • soundcard6K/yr
  • pc sound cards5K/yr
  • pc sound card4K/yr
  • sound cards4K/yr
  • internal sound cards3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Usb Sound Card

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

Complain

Functionality-Overall13%−0.15

then suddenly gives garbled output

Didnt work

Does not work well at all

Microphone10%−0.07

unfortunately could not get a microphone to work

Microphone didnt work

now it doesnt pick up my mic at all

Audio Quality8%+1.00

Not the best for any sort of streaming doesnt sound good

unequal delas in producing the sound effects which are to put it are simply distorted

the soundboard sounds arent the best quality

Software/Application7%−0.02

can never get the software right

the software is very poor not much control over the card

No software, no config, just plug and play

Compatibility-Overall6%−0.04

Crashes computer both in Windows snd Linux Mint or Ubuntu

Creative doesn't support Linux

Locks up Linux and isn't even recognised in Windows 11

Love

Audio Quality23%+1.00

Sounds great

Sound quality is excellent with great mixing

For me m audio always provide efficient

Quality-Overall13%+0.65

they make very good hardware

Great build quality

Excellent product

Value For Money10%+0.37

Excellent price too

Great value

Good value for money

Assembly/Installation10%+0.99

Easy to set up

Complete set up

The installation was very easy

Recording Feature6%+0.51

Great product for recording

Good for music recording

Really impressed with the sound quality recording

Return

3.7% Return rate 0% Fixable by listing

Compatibility-Overall22%█▇▆██▆

Crashes computer both in Windows snd Linux Mint or Ubuntu

Creative doesn't support Linux

Locks up Linux and isn't even recognised in Windows 11

Functionality-Overall17%▇▇▆███

then suddenly gives garbled output

Didnt work

Does not work well at all

Audio Quality13%▇▆▆▄▅█

Not the best for any sort of streaming doesnt sound good

unequal delas in producing the sound effects which are to put it are simply distorted

the soundboard sounds arent the best quality

Microphone9%▆▇▅▅▅█

unfortunately could not get a microphone to work

Microphone didnt work

now it doesnt pick up my mic at all

Defective Material/Parts6%▆▆█▇▆▃

FAQ

Common Usb Sound Card questions

Answered from the same tracked data.