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Matter Smart Plug

Fail

The top 5 brands take 97% of clicks, so Matter Smart Plug is a Fail.

Flapen Score
46
46 / 100
Ranks 1,352 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −3 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£193K/yr144K searches / yr
90-day growth
-28.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
54%top-5 click share · 7 brands · 78 sellers

Flapen Score

Matter Smart Plug against its category

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

46Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Matter Smart Plug market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Matter Smart Plug 144K times last year and spent an estimated £193K. The top 5 brands take 97% of clicks. Flapen scores it 46 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

6.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 144K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -28.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £193K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
144K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-28.6%
Conversion, latest week
6.5%
Market size, estimated
£193Ka year
Top search term
meross smart plug57K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £20.50.

Listings sell for £20.50 on average, from £7.96 to £37.42. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £20.50 that is £5K to £10K a year per listing.

Average price
£20.50inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£7.96–£37.42
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£5K–£10K
Returns
2.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

76% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 18.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #68 within Electrical. It carries 3,830 reviews at 4.41 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
76%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
18.9%
Average rank
#68in Electrical
Average rating
4.41 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,830per listing
Listings tracked
25

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 36 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
36 months

Products

Top Matter Smart Plug 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 54% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£8K£15K£23K£31K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

7 flat

Sellers

78

Top-5 brand share

97%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

54%

Top 20: 94%

Open market

1%

  • meross46%
  • Tapo35%
  • Amazon Basics10%
  • Eightree5%
  • Amythe2%
  • Philips Hue2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 1%)

Demand

Matter Smart Plug search demand

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

4K3KSpike '26DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: Jan, Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.3× · 8 of 12 months tracked

Search terms

Top Matter Smart Plug search terms shoppers use

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

  • meross smart plug57K/yr
  • matter smart plug20K/yr
  • tapo p110m15K/yr
  • homekit smart plug10K/yr
  • p110m5K/yr
  • homekit plug6K/yr
  • smart plug apple homekit8K/yr
  • smart plug homekit5K/yr
  • smart plug matter4K/yr
  • matter plug3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Matter Smart Plug

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

Complain

Connectivity-Overall28%−0.15

Doesn't connect

Poor Connectivity

Impossible to connect

Durability11%−0.08

after a few months they just fail

every one is now broken

Failed after a year

Value For Money6%+0.25

Overpriced for what it is

Pricing is a bit strange you can buy 2 packs of 2 for less that a pack of 4

Its a little expensive

Assembly/Installation5%+1.49

Issues with set up

the setup is quite odd

Not the easiest to set up

Functionality-Overall5%−0.03

Doesnt work

It does not work consistently

stopped working

Love

Assembly/Installation18%+1.49

Easy set up

Easy enough to configure

Easy to install

Quality-Overall16%+0.78

Excellent Product

The build quality feels solid

the product build quality feels solid

Socket/Port/Plug14%+0.80

Great plug

Great smart socket

Fantastic socket

Ease Of Use9%+0.73

Easy to use

Make life so easy

no effort at all

Connectivity-Overall8%−0.15

Easy to Connect

Connectivity is great

No connection issues

Return

2.0% Return rate 4% Fixable by listing

Connectivity-Overall36%█▇█▇▆▇

Doesn't connect

Poor Connectivity

Impossible to connect

Compatibility-Overall23%▆▆▇█▇▆

couldn't pair

it proved to be incompatible

Doesnt work with Home Kit / apple

Functionality-Overall15%▆▆▅▅▆█

Doesnt work

It does not work consistently

stopped working

Socket/Port/Plug5%█▅▆█▇▇

especially at hard to get to sockets

However, the socket melted

I wish the sockets were a bit more spaced out

Defective Material/Parts4%▅▇▇▅█▅

FAQ

Common Matter Smart Plug questions

Answered from the same tracked data.