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Cb Radio

weak search conversion (0.6%) — Cb Radio doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

41
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Market size 30Growth 17Conversion 8Competition 60Returns 37Price range 28Avg price 82Brand share 22Review moat 87Quality gap 79
This niche Category average

Is Cb Radio profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Cb Radio is a £136K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (285K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 91% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 41/100.

Cb Radio: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -15.4% over the last 90 days and 0.6% of searches end in a purchase.

£136K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr2K
Search volume / yr-15.4%285K
Conversion rate0.6%
Avg price£79.39

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 91% of demand, so 9% of the market is open.

9%

open market share

Brands · sellers10 · 22
Top-5 product click share49%
Open market9%
Avg brand age45 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.2★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 29 products

Sponsored placement41%
New entrants (1y)2· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.2★
Avg reviews269

Top Cb Radio 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 49% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£5K£11K£16K£22K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 falling

Sellers

22

Top-5 brand share

91%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

49%

Top 20: 92%

Open market

5%

  • Thunderpole53%
  • Midland22%
  • Retevis6%
  • Radioddity5%
  • PNI5%
  • radtel4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 5%)

Cb Radio demand & seasonality

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

Volume285KCVR0.6%Products29Brands10Top 5 Brands91%OOS Rate8.8%Rating4.2★Reviews269Avg BSR#261
7K5KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Top Cb Radio search terms shoppers use

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

  • cb radio152K/yr
  • cb radio complete kit45K/yr
  • cb radio handheld11K/yr
  • ssb cb radio6K/yr
  • handheld cb radio9K/yr
  • cb radios5K/yr
  • cb radios for sale5K/yr
  • midland cb radio4K/yr
  • handheld cb radio long range uk5K/yr
  • thunderpole cb radio4K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cb Radio

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

What buyers love

76% of reviews
Value For Money24%

Fair price

Quality-Overall11%

Solid product

Signal Strength10%

11m produced a nice clean signal. I checked on test gear

Ease Of Use9%

Easy to use

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%

Just as i ordered

What buyers complain about

66% of reviews
Signal Strength14%

You get the radio with a basic antenna which as others say is not good

Functionality-Overall9%

it IS annoying for it to be totally disfunctional

Audio Quality7%

clear audio airband if you can't hear anything your settings are wrong or you need to use a headset if you can't hear epic radio for the price

Connectivity-Overall6%

so it all got disconnected fast

Assembly/Installation6%

its complicated to set

Cb Radio return rate & reasons

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

4.0%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

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

1Functionality-Overall
19%
2Range
13%
3Signal Strength
8%
4Compatibility-Overall
8%
5Defective Material/Parts
7%

Common Cb Radio questions

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

Flapen scores Cb Radio 41/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £136K/yr across 29 tracked products. 1 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -15.4% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Cb Radio on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.3× the quietest.