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Fob

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — Fob doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

48
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Market size 29Growth 24Conversion 83Competition 6Returns 96Price range 91Avg price 95Brand share 0Review moat 96Quality gap 76
This niche Category average

Is Fob profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Fob is a £128K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (48K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 48/100.

Fob: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -1.6% over the last 90 days and 8.9% of searches end in a purchase.

£128K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr6K
Search volume / yr-1.6%48K
Conversion rate8.9%
Avg price£29.96

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand, so 0% of the market is open.

0%

open market share

Brands · sellers4 · 20
Top-5 product click share93%
Open market0%
Avg brand age36 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 · 7 products

Sponsored placement43%
New entrants (1y)0· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews79

Top Fob 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 capture 93% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£19K£38K£58K£77K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

4 flat

Sellers

20

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

93%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Paxton88%
  • SecureMyDoor5%
  • Generic4%
  • SAFEHITCH3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Fob demand & seasonality

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

Volume48KCVR8.9%Products7Brands4Top 5 Brands100%OOS Rate11.0%Rating4.3★Reviews79Avg BSR#2,278
1K750Spike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Top Fob search terms shoppers use

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

  • paxton fobs14K/yr
  • fob11K/yr
  • fobs6K/yr
  • paxton5K/yr
  • door entry key fob5K/yr
  • paxton net2 fobs3K/yr
  • paxton fob2K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Fob

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

What buyers love

100% of reviews
Value For Money75%

Best value

Compatibility-Overall17%

cards compatible with the system requirements

Quality-Overall8%

Good product

What buyers complain about

100% of reviews
Compatibility-Overall50%

Bought these and none worked with NET2 reader

Functionality-Overall50%

Dont work

Fob return rate & reasons

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

0.7%

Return rate

6%

Fixable by listing

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

1Compatibility-Overall
62%
2Functionality-Overall
19%
3Advertised Vs Actual Product
4%
4Defective Material/Parts
3%
5Certifications
2%

Common Fob questions

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

Flapen scores Fob 48/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £128K/yr across 7 tracked products. Search demand moved -1.6% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Fob on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.4× the quietest.