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Digital Timer Plug Socket Uk

Fail

Demand is soft, at -30.1% this quarter, so Digital Timer Plug Socket Uk is a Fail.

Flapen Score
41
41 / 100
Ranks 1,774 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −8 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£116K/yr95K searches / yr
90-day growth
-30.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
70%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 14 sellers

Flapen Score

Digital Timer Plug Socket Uk against its category

The dotted line is the DIY & Tools average. Past it, Digital Timer Plug Socket Uk is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

41Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Digital Timer Plug Socket Uk market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Digital Timer Plug Socket Uk 95K times last year and spent an estimated £116K. The top 5 brands take 90% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 41 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

11.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 95K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 11.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -30.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £116K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
95K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-30.1%
Conversion, latest week
11.3%
Market size, estimated
£116Ka year
Peak month
December5.2× the quietest month
Top search term
digital timer plug socket uk41K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £10.78.

Listings sell for £10.78 on average, from £4.94 to £17.92. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £10.78 that is £5K to £8K a year per listing.

Average price
£10.78under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.94–£17.92
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£5K–£8K
Returns
2.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

85% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #18 within Electrical. It carries 1,329 reviews at 4.33 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
85%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#18in Electrical
Average rating
4.33 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,329per listing
Listings tracked
13

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 52 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Digital Timer Plug Socket Uk 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 70% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£12K£23K£35K£46K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 falling

Sellers

14

Top-5 brand share

90%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

7%

  • Status41%
  • ORIDGET20%
  • NOVKIT13%
  • MECHEER12%
  • Awootsv4%
  • SURFOU3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 7%)

Demand

Digital Timer Plug Socket Uk search demand

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

6K4KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.2×

Search terms

Top Digital Timer Plug Socket Uk search terms shoppers use

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

  • digital timer plug socket uk41K/yr
  • digital timer plug18K/yr
  • digital plug timer11K/yr
  • plug timer digital6K/yr
  • digital plug timer socket uk7K/yr
  • timer plugs digital5K/yr
  • 7 day programmable timer plug socket uk3K/yr
  • digital timers for plugs uk3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Digital Timer Plug Socket Uk

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

Complain

Assembly/Installation18%−0.06

The app to set them up can be a bit of a pain

Complicated to set up

Bit difficult to set up

Functionality-Overall14%−0.18

Did not work

Sometimes work, sometimes doesnt work randomly

It turns things on and off

Durability11%−0.12

Stopped working after few wks

1 broke after 2 weeks

Stopped working after 6 months

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting9%−0.04

Instructions almost impossible to follow

difficult instructions

Instructions not easy to follow

Alarm/Timer Accuracy7%+0.86

Complicated timer

Complicated to set the timer

Hard to set timer needed magnifying glass to see time and days

Love

Alarm/Timer Accuracy17%+0.86

keeps good time

Great timer

Great timer switch

Quality-Overall14%+0.95

Great item well made

A higher quality product than expected

Excellent product

Ease Of Use13%+0.79

ease of use

easy controls

Works easily

Assembly/Installation12%−0.06

Easy to install

Easy set up

Product was set up as per instruction

Value For Money8%+0.51

Good price

Great value for money

Good value for money

Return

2.0% Return rate 5% Fixable by listing

Alarm/Timer Accuracy21%▇▇▅█▇▇

Complicated timer

Complicated to set the timer

Hard to set timer needed magnifying glass to see time and days

Functionality-Overall17%▇▆▆▇█▅

Did not work

Sometimes work, sometimes doesnt work randomly

It turns things on and off

Connectivity-Overall12%▃▅▅█▇▆

Wouldn't connect to a 5G network so returned

Don't buy unless you're sure your WiFi runs at 2.4ghz

Compatibility-Overall11%▆▃▇▄█▆

Not compatible with energy saving light bulbs

Not compatible with energy saving bulbs

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting6%▄▅█▄▃▃

Instructions almost impossible to follow

difficult instructions

Instructions not easy to follow

FAQ

Common Digital Timer Plug Socket Uk questions

Answered from the same tracked data.