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Gold Plug Sockets

Fail

The top 5 brands take 99% of clicks, so Gold Plug Sockets is a Fail.

Flapen Score
36
36 / 100
Ranks 2,049 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −13 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£108K/yr273K searches / yr
90-day growth
-22.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
56%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 47 sellers

Flapen Score

Gold Plug Sockets against its category

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

36Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Gold Plug Sockets market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Gold Plug Sockets 273K times last year and spent an estimated £108K. The top 5 brands take 99% of clicks. Demand peaks in Feb. Flapen scores it 36 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 4.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 273K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 4.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -22.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £108K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
273K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-22.0%
Conversion, latest week
4.4%
Market size, estimated
£108Ka year
Peak month
February2.2× the quietest month
Top search term
gold light switch54K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.03.

Listings sell for £9.03 on average, from £4.58 to £18.94. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £9.03 that is £7K to £9K a year per listing.

Average price
£9.03under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.58–£18.94
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
20K–25K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£7K–£9K
Returns
2.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

65% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #60 within Electrical. It carries 306 reviews at 4.51 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
65%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.6%
Average rank
#60in Electrical
Average rating
4.51 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
306per listing
Listings tracked
23

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 48 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Gold Plug 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 56% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£11K£22K£32K£43K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

47

Est. top-5 brand share

99%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

56%

Top 20: 96%

Open market

0%

  • British General59%
  • Knightsbridge33%
  • LIDER4%
  • Varilight1%
  • Trendi Switch1%
  • BSEED1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Gold Plug Sockets search demand

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

5K3KSpike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.2×

Search terms

Top Gold Plug Sockets search terms shoppers use

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

  • gold light switch54K/yr
  • brass light switch47K/yr
  • gold plug sockets24K/yr
  • brushed brass light switch14K/yr
  • antique brass sockets14K/yr
  • brass sockets12K/yr
  • brushed gold sockets and switches5K/yr
  • gold sockets and switches11K/yr
  • gold sockets11K/yr
  • brushed gold light switch11K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Gold Plug Sockets

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

30%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
38%of negative reviews mention “Color”
2.4%of orders come back
“Darker then looks”
A buyer, on “Color”38% 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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Gold Plug 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