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Matter Smart Plug

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 97% of clicks) — Matter Smart Plug doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

46
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Market size 38Growth 11Conversion 71Competition 52Returns 75Price range 76Avg price 89Brand share 7Review moat 27Quality gap 57
This niche Category average

Is Matter Smart Plug profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Matter Smart Plug is a £193K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (144K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 97% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 46/100.

Matter Smart Plug: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -28.6% over the last 90 days and 6.5% of searches end in a purchase.

£193K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr13K
Search volume / yr-28.6%144K
Conversion rate6.5%
Avg price£20.50

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 97% of demand, so 3% of the market is open.

3%

open market share

Brands · sellers7 · 78
Top-5 product click share54%
Open market3%
Avg brand age36 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 25 products

Sponsored placement76%
New entrants (1y)4· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews3,830

Top Matter Smart Plug 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 54% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond 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%)

Matter Smart Plug demand & seasonality

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

Volume144KCVR6.5%Products25Brands7Top 5 Brands97%OOS Rate18.9%Rating4.4★Reviews3,830Avg BSR#68
4K3KSpike '26Dec '25Jan '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26

Top Matter Smart Plug search terms shoppers use

The exact queries 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

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Matter Smart Plug

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

What buyers love

83% of reviews
Assembly/Installation18%

Easy set up

Quality-Overall16%

Excellent Product

Socket/Port/Plug14%

Great plug

Ease Of Use9%

Easy to use

Connectivity-Overall8%

Easy to Connect

What buyers complain about

71% of reviews
Connectivity-Overall28%

Doesn't connect

Durability11%

after a few months they just fail

Value For Money6%

Overpriced for what it is

Assembly/Installation5%

Issues with set up

Functionality-Overall5%

Doesnt work

Matter Smart Plug return rate & reasons

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

2.0%

Return rate

4%

Fixable by listing

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

1Connectivity-Overall
36%
2Compatibility-Overall
23%
3Functionality-Overall
15%
4Socket/Port/Plug
5%
5Defective Material/Parts
4%

Common Matter Smart Plug questions

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

Flapen scores Matter Smart Plug 46/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £193K/yr across 25 tracked products. 1 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -28.6% over the last 90 days.
Matter Smart Plug buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Connectivity-Overall, Durability, Value For Money, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 2.0%.