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Plug

Fail

Prices span $2.08–$10.27, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Plug is a Fail.

Flapen Score
48
48 / 100
Ranks 1,131 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −1 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£360K/yr522K searches / yr
90-day growth
-0.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
60%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 49 sellers

Flapen Score

Plug against its category

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

48Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Plug market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Plug 522K times last year and spent an estimated £360K. The top 5 brands take 77% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 10.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 522K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 10.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -0.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £360K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
522K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-0.4%
Conversion, latest week
10.5%
Market size, estimated
£360Ka year
Peak month
December1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
plug400K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.57.

Listings sell for £6.57 on average, from £2.08 to £10.27. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 50K to 60K a year. The average listing sells 2,000 to 2,500 of them. At £6.57 that is £13K to £16K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.57under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.08–£10.27
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
50K–60K
Units per listing a year
2,000–2,500
Revenue per listing a year
£13K–£16K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

79% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #23 within Electrical. It carries 3,135 reviews at 4.49 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
79%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
4.5%
Average rank
#23in Electrical
Average rating
4.49 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,135per listing
Listings tracked
19

04 · Newcomers

2 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 40 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
40 months

Products

Top Plug 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 60% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£36K£72K£108K£144K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

49

Est. top-5 brand share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

60%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

18%

  • Double Dragon37%
  • TEYASI16%
  • LOVEAI12%
  • Bediaca6%
  • Rekavin6%
  • Aioneus6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 18%)

Demand

Plug search demand

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

15K10KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Plug search terms shoppers use

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

  • plug400K/yr
  • plugs114K/yr
  • plug head6K/yr
  • plug heads uk3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Plug

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

28%of positive reviews mention “Charging”
36%of negative reviews mention “Charging”
0.5%of orders come back
“Not fast charger”
A buyer, on “Charging”36% 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.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Plug 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