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Xqd Card

Fail

Shoppers spend only $54K a year here, so Xqd Card is a Fail.

Flapen Score
39
39 / 100
Ranks 651 of 1,028 Computers & Accessories niches · −3 vs the category median of 42
Market size
£54K/yr19K searches / yr
90-day growth
-5.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
46%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 94 sellers

Flapen Score

Xqd Card against its category

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

39Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Xqd Card market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Xqd Card 19K times last year and spent an estimated £54K. The top 5 brands take 81% of clicks. Flapen scores it 39 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

2.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 19K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -5.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £54K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
19K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-5.6%
Conversion, latest week
2.6%
Market size, estimated
£54Ka year
Peak month
October1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
xqd card13K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £106.79.

Listings sell for £106.79 on average, from £16.41 to £276.71. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 250 to 500 a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £106.79 that is £0 to £11K a year per listing.

Average price
£106.79above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£16.41–£276.71
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
250–500
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£11K
Returns
1.9%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

56% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 93% ship with Prime. On an average day, 12.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #208 within Data Storage. It carries 7,614 reviews at 4.57 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
56%
Prime listings
93%
Out of stock, average day
12.2%
Average rank
#208in Data Storage
Average rating
4.57 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
7,614per listing
Listings tracked
27

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 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 50 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
50 months

Products

Top Xqd 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 46% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£2K£4K£6K£9K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

12 rising

Sellers

94

Top-5 brand share

81%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

46%

Top 20: 94%

Open market

12%

  • Lexar30%
  • Sony21%
  • SanDisk13%
  • INDMEM9%
  • Integral8%
  • Nikon7%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 12%)

Demand

Xqd Card search demand

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

700500Spike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Xqd Card

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

Complain

Value For Money26%+1.44

Somewhat expensive

The price fluctuates

greatly inflated price

Functionality-Overall20%−0.10

it didn't work at all

Corrupted

Doesn't work properly

Compatibility-Overall6%+0.03

I repeatedly got a message saying 'not ejected properly' when the card reader was still plugged in to the MacBook

NOT SUITABLE FOR CANON R5 Mk II

Ease Of Use6%−0.02

I am too worried to use it

This card is different - it is difficult to insert fully without pushing

Durability5%−0.02

Don't last very long

This is the second one of these I've bought that has lasted less than 6 months before bits of the plastic casing broke away leaving them unusable

Less than a year of minimal use

Love

Quality-Overall23%+1.63

Great card quality - works well in both my cameras

Super reliable card

Excellent product

Value For Money18%+1.44

Worth every penny

Good value for money

Good Value

Compatibility-Overall12%+0.03

Bought it for my p1100 Nikon camera fast compatible good storage good retrieval

Works great on my laptop

Works fine with my camera

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%+0.37

Does the job

Just as described

Just works

Data Transfer Speed11%+0.26

This is a fast

Speeds for transferring are great

Write speeds are quick

Return

1.9% Return rate 41% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall37%▇█▇█▇▇

to big for camera

Compatibility-Overall30%▇█▇▆▇▇

I repeatedly got a message saying 'not ejected properly' when the card reader was still plugged in to the MacBook

NOT SUITABLE FOR CANON R5 Mk II

Functionality-Overall12%▅▅█▇█▇

it didn't work at all

Corrupted

Doesn't work properly

Camera Quality4%▅▆█▄▄▃
Value For Money3%▄▂▄▁█▄

Somewhat expensive

The price fluctuates

greatly inflated price

FAQ

Common Xqd Card questions

Answered from the same tracked data.