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Alexa Plug

soft demand (-27.2% this quarter) — Alexa Plug doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

46
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Market size 62Growth 11Conversion 85Competition 36Returns 75Price range 44Avg price 64Brand share 16Review moat 22Quality gap 53
This niche Category average

Is Alexa Plug profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Alexa Plug is a £558K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (427K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 94% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 46/100.

Alexa Plug: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -27.2% over the last 90 days and 9.5% of searches end in a purchase.

£558K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr50K
Search volume / yr-27.2%427K
Conversion rate9.5%
Avg price£13.71

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 94% of demand, so 6% of the market is open.

6%

open market share

Brands · sellers7 · 60
Top-5 product click share64%
Open market6%
Avg brand age33 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 20 products

Sponsored placement95%
New entrants (1y)4· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews9,461

Top Alexa Plug products & what they sell for

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

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 64% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond 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%)

Alexa Plug demand & seasonality

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

Volume427KCVR9.5%Products20Brands7Top 5 Brands94%OOS Rate1.5%Rating4.4★Reviews9,461Avg BSR#14
50K30KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

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

Top Alexa Plug search terms shoppers use

The exact queries 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

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Alexa Plug

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

What buyers love

87% of reviews
Assembly/Installation17%

Amazing quick set up

Socket/Port/Plug16%

Great plugs

Quality-Overall15%

Excellent Product

Ease Of Use13%

no effort at all

Value For Money9%

Excellent price

What buyers complain about

79% of reviews
Connectivity-Overall27%

Poor Connectivity

Durability19%

Suddenly stop working

Assembly/Installation7%

can have issues setting up

Functionality-Overall7%

stopped working

Compatibility-Overall5%

so it was not compatible

Alexa Plug return rate & reasons

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

2.0%

Return rate

3%

Fixable by listing

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

1Connectivity-Overall
44%
2Compatibility-Overall
19%
3Functionality-Overall
15%
4Socket/Port/Plug
5%
5Defective Material/Parts
4%

Common Alexa Plug questions

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

Flapen scores Alexa Plug 46/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £558K/yr across 20 tracked products. 1 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -27.2% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Alexa Plug on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 8.2× the quietest.