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Fingerbot

Fail

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

Flapen Score
38
38 / 100
Ranks 1,956 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −11 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£212K/yr168K searches / yr
90-day growth
+1.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
50%top-5 click share · 2 brands · 5 sellers

Flapen Score

Fingerbot against its category

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

38Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Fingerbot market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Fingerbot 168K times last year and spent an estimated £212K. All 2 brands take every click. Flapen scores it 38 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

1.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 168K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +1.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £212K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
168K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+1.8%
Conversion, latest week
1.8%
Market size, estimated
£212Ka year
Top search term
switchbot115K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £72.27.

Listings sell for £72.27 on average, from £11.53 to £247.66. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £72.27 that is £18K to £36K a year per listing.

Average price
£72.27inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£11.53–£247.66
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£18K–£36K
Returns
5.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

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 #153 within Electrical. It carries 6,440 reviews at 4.30 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
#153in Electrical
Average rating
4.30 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
6,440per listing
Listings tracked
27

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 4 of last year's 5 launches as successful.

5 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 4 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 28 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
4Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
28 months

Products

Top Fingerbot 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 50% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£21K£42K£64K£85K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

2 falling

Sellers

5

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

50%

Top 20: 90%

Open market

0%

  • SwitchBot95%
  • MOES5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Fingerbot search demand

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

9K7KSpike '26JanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0× · 7 of 12 months tracked

Search terms

Top Fingerbot search terms shoppers use

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

  • switchbot115K/yr
  • switch bot25K/yr
  • button pusher8K/yr
  • fingerbot9K/yr
  • smart button pusher6K/yr
  • finger bot5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Fingerbot

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

Complain

Functionality-Overall11%−0.17

Does not work well

But unable to make it work

Did not work

Connectivity-Overall11%−0.12

it drops connection

Difficult to pair

it won't establish a connection

Durability4%−0.09

Failed within hours

Quality and longevity disappoints

Failed 60. Days in

Touch/Button Controls4%−0.03

The switch bot doesnt work on it

struggling to turn the key when the button is pressed

not for touch screens

Battery Life4%

It just will not function. new battery installed

battery seems to run down quickly

Battery life is awful

Love

Ease Of Use15%+1.07

Easy to use

easy to read

which is handy

Quality-Overall9%−0.06

I like the quality

Good quality little piece of kit

Excellent piece of kit

Assembly/Installation7%+0.66

This was easy to set up

Easy to install

easy to mount

Battery Life6%

very long battery life

Battery life is great

with battery is also quite good

Value For Money5%+0.16

Not overly expensive either

great price

Worth the money

Return

5.4% Return rate 9% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall21%▇▅▅█▅▄

Does not work well

But unable to make it work

Did not work

Compatibility-Overall18%▆▆█▆▇█

It works on the app but dont work with Alexa.

Had to faff with the router to get it to work. doesn't like EE's compatibility setting

Apparently the fan matter compatibility is in beta

Connectivity-Overall17%▆██▅▄▅

it drops connection

Difficult to pair

it won't establish a connection

Strength5%▅▆▃▃█▅
Size-Overall5%▆▄▄▇▃█

Work well the wife said it was bigger than she wanted

Small size

The fan head is smaller than a traditional pedestal fan

FAQ

Common Fingerbot questions

Answered from the same tracked data.