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Alexa Plug

Fail

Demand is soft, at -27.2% this quarter, so Alexa Plug is a Fail.

Flapen Score
46
46 / 100
Ranks 1,352 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −3 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£558K/yr427K searches / yr
90-day growth
-27.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
64%top-5 click share · 7 brands · 60 sellers

Flapen Score

Alexa Plug against its category

The dotted line is the DIY & Tools average. Past it, Alexa Plug is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

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

Market

The Alexa Plug market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Alexa Plug 427K times last year and spent an estimated £558K. The top 5 brands take 94% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 46 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

9.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 427K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 9.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -27.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £558K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
427K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-27.2%
Conversion, latest week
9.5%
Market size, estimated
£558Ka year
Peak month
December8.2× the quietest month
Top search term
alexa plug150K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £13.71.

Listings sell for £13.71 on average, from £6.09 to £21.95. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 40K to 50K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At £13.71 that is £21K to £27K a year per listing.

Average price
£13.71under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£6.09–£21.95
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
40K–50K
Units per listing a year
1,500–2,000
Revenue per listing a year
£21K–£27K
Returns
2.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

95% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #14 within Electrical. It carries 9,461 reviews at 4.43 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
95%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
1.5%
Average rank
#14in Electrical
Average rating
4.43 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
9,461per listing
Listings tracked
20

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 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 33 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
33 months

Products

Top Alexa Plug 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 64% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£22K£45K£67K£89K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

7 falling

Sellers

60

Top-5 brand share

94%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

64%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

1%

  • Tapo38%
  • Amazon Basics26%
  • Eightree13%
  • TVLIVE9%
  • UPXNBOR7%
  • Oblinple5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 1%)

Demand

Alexa Plug search demand

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

50K30KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 8.2×

Search terms

Top Alexa Plug search terms shoppers use

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

  • alexa plug150K/yr
  • smart plugs that work with alexa100K/yr
  • alexa smart plug56K/yr
  • alexa plugs smart35K/yr
  • smart plug alexa33K/yr
  • alexa plugs24K/yr
  • alexa smart plugs uk14K/yr
  • alexa smart plugs8K/yr
  • echo plug3K/yr
  • calex smart plug3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Alexa Plug

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

Complain

Connectivity-Overall27%−0.13

Poor Connectivity

Impossible to connect

disconnects all the time

Durability19%−0.10

Suddenly stop working

Broken

Failed within 12 months

Assembly/Installation7%+0.89

can have issues setting up

not easy to set up

can not re-install

Functionality-Overall7%−0.03

stopped working

Didnt work

It does not work consistently

Compatibility-Overall5%−0.02

so it was not compatible

Items don't pair

you can't pair the two things

Love

Assembly/Installation17%+0.89

Amazing quick set up

Easy setup

Easy to install

Socket/Port/Plug16%+0.86

Great plugs

Fantastic socket

Great smart socket

Quality-Overall15%+0.72

Excellent Product

Solid build quality

and construction quality seem very decent

Ease Of Use13%+0.99

no effort at all

Easy to use

It is easy to control

Value For Money9%+0.59

Excellent price

Amazing value

Reasonable price

Return

2.0% Return rate 3% Fixable by listing

Connectivity-Overall44%█▇█▇██

Poor Connectivity

Impossible to connect

disconnects all the time

Compatibility-Overall19%▆█▇█▇▆

so it was not compatible

Items don't pair

you can't pair the two things

Functionality-Overall15%██▇▆▇▇

stopped working

Didnt work

It does not work consistently

Socket/Port/Plug5%█▅▆██▅

especially at hard to get to sockets

the plug has failed

This seems to be a common problem with these smart plugs

Defective Material/Parts4%▆▇██▆▇

FAQ

Common Alexa Plug questions

Answered from the same tracked data.