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Dvr

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 99% of clicks) — Dvr doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

41
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Market size 41Growth 22Conversion 22Competition 70Returns 16Price range 25Avg price 79Brand share 3Review moat 79Quality gap 76
This niche Category average

Is Dvr profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Dvr is a £211K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (131K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 99% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan. Verdict: Skip it — 41/100.

Dvr: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -5.9% over the last 90 days and 1.8% of searches end in a purchase.

£211K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr3K
Search volume / yr-5.9%131K
Conversion rate1.8%
Avg price£89.15

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 99% of demand, so 1% of the market is open.

1%

open market share

Brands · sellers6 · 11
Top-5 product click share43%
Open market1%
Avg brand age45 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 32 products

Sponsored placement94%
New entrants (1y)2· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews419

Top Dvr 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 43% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£11K£21K£32K£42K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

11

Top-5 brand share

99%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

43%

Top 20: 84%

Open market

0%

  • ANNKE78%
  • TOWODE12%
  • SANSCO4%
  • maisi2%
  • JUSTOP1%
  • SANNCE1%

Dvr demand & seasonality

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

Volume131KCVR1.8%Products32Brands6Top 5 Brands99%OOS Rate1.2%Rating4.3★Reviews419Avg BSR#86
5K3KSpike '24Black Friday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Top Dvr search terms shoppers use

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

  • annke cctv camera27K/yr
  • dvr for cctv19K/yr
  • annke cctv camera systems14K/yr
  • annke12K/yr
  • dvr12K/yr
  • annke camera10K/yr
  • cctv dvr8K/yr
  • annke cctv6K/yr
  • cctv recorder6K/yr
  • cctv recorder with hard drive5K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Dvr

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

What buyers love

77% of reviews
Quality-Overall18%

Its a good quality piece of kit

Value For Money17%

Good value

Assembly/Installation11%

Simple and easy to install

Ease Of Use6%

Easy to use

Camera Quality6%

Good Camera

What buyers complain about

61% of reviews
Assembly/Installation14%

Tricky to set up

Functionality-Overall9%

the camera picked nothing up

Camera Quality6%

Good set, except 1 camera didn't work

Connectivity-Overall6%

I had trouble connecting to the internet via my TP link mains extender

Compatibility-Overall6%

Cctv failure

Dvr return rate & reasons

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

7.4%

Return rate

5%

Fixable by listing

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

1Compatibility-Overall
36%
2Functionality-Overall
16%
3Connectivity-Overall
13%
4Camera Quality
5%
5Assembly/Installation
4%

Common Dvr questions

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

Flapen scores Dvr 41/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £211K/yr across 32 tracked products. 1 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -5.9% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Dvr on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Jan, where the busiest month runs 1.6× the quietest.