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Chrome Sockets

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Chrome Sockets is a Fail.

Flapen Score
32
32 / 100
Ranks 2,167 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −17 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£36K/yr48K searches / yr
90-day growth
-27.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
71%top-5 click share · 3 brands · 32 sellers

Flapen Score

Chrome Sockets against its category

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

32Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Chrome Sockets market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Chrome Sockets 48K times last year and spent an estimated £36K. All 3 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Oct. Flapen scores it 32 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 8.6% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 48K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 8.6% 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 £36K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
48K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-27.2%
Conversion, latest week
8.6%
Market size, estimated
£36Ka year
Peak month
October1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
chrome double socket11K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.57.

Listings sell for £8.57 on average, from £3.75 to £29.00. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £8.57 that is £2K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.57under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.75–£29.00
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£4K
Returns
1.7%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

73% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 93% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #178 within Electrical. It carries 1,187 reviews at 4.65 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
73%
Prime listings
93%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#178in Electrical
Average rating
4.65 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,187per listing
Listings tracked
15

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 1 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 70 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
70 months

Products

Top Chrome Sockets products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 22, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 71% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£4K£7K£11K£14K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

3 falling

Sellers

32

Est. top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

71%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • British General73%
  • Alliance Electrical23%
  • SURAIELEC3%

Demand

Chrome Sockets search demand

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

1K750Spike '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Chrome Sockets search terms shoppers use

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

  • chrome double socket11K/yr
  • chrome sockets8K/yr
  • chrome plug sockets double8K/yr
  • silver double plug socket5K/yr
  • polished chrome double socket7K/yr
  • polished chrome sockets3K/yr
  • chrome plug socket3K/yr
  • aet3K/yr
  • chrome double sockets1K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Chrome Sockets

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

31%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
33%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
1.7%of orders come back
“Poor quality”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”33% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Chrome Sockets questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data