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Presence Sensor

Fail

The top 5 brands take 99% of clicks, so Presence Sensor is a Fail.

Flapen Score
44
44 / 100
Ranks 1,524 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −5 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£174K/yr231K searches / yr
90-day growth
-11.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
42%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 15 sellers

Flapen Score

Presence Sensor against its category

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

44Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Presence Sensor market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Presence Sensor 231K times last year and spent an estimated £174K. The top 5 brands take 99% of clicks. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

1.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 231K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -11.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £174K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
231K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-11.1%
Conversion, latest week
1.6%
Market size, estimated
£174Ka year
Top search term
aqara183K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £47.57.

Listings sell for £47.57 on average, from £11.24 to £155.28. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £47.57 that is £0 to £5K a year per listing.

Average price
£47.57inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£11.24–£155.28
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£5K
Returns
4.7%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

94% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #87 within Electrical. It carries 1,018 reviews at 4.09 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
94%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
3.0%
Average rank
#87in Electrical
Average rating
4.09 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,018per listing
Listings tracked
34

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 4 of last year's 8 launches as successful.

8 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 4 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 32 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
8
Successful launches
4Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
32 months

Products

Top Presence Sensor 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 42% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£7K£14K£21K£28K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

15

Top-5 brand share

99%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

42%

Top 20: 84%

Open market

0%

  • Aqara83%
  • SONOFF10%
  • SwitchBot3%
  • meross2%
  • LinknLink1%
  • Hoite1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Presence Sensor search demand

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

13K8KSpike '26DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: Apr, Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.0× · 8 of 12 months tracked

Search terms

Top Presence Sensor search terms shoppers use

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

  • aqara183K/yr
  • presence sensor22K/yr
  • aquara12K/yr
  • zigbee presence sensor5K/yr
  • mmwave sensor5K/yr
  • human presence sensor3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Presence Sensor

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

Complain

Connectivity-Overall10%−0.19

Unable to connect

Poor connectivity

Disconnects constantly

Functionality-Overall9%−0.28

Just did not provide the features promised

Did not work

Unable to make it work

Battery Life7%

Reported battery dropped like a stone. probably due to temperature

Poor battery life

Batteries get eaten up for fun

Value For Money6%−0.04

Overpriced I know

Yes, it's expensive

Its not the cheapest option out there

Assembly/Installation5%+0.29

Difficulties setting up

It is VERY difficult to install

Not straightforward to set up

Love

Quality-Overall9%

Solid quality for the price

Great quality

It looks to be well made so Im happy

Sensor9%+0.90

Good reliable sensor

Really handy sensor

Great Sensor

Assembly/Installation9%+0.29

Easy set up

easy to mount

Easy to install

Connectivity-Overall7%−0.19

connectivity has been rock solid so far

Simple to connect

everything connected beautifully

Value For Money6%−0.04

Value for Money

Good for the price

Great Value

Return

4.7% Return rate 6% Fixable by listing

Connectivity-Overall23%▇▇▇██▇

Unable to connect

Poor connectivity

Disconnects constantly

Compatibility-Overall23%▇██▇██

Shame they dont pair

issues pairing with apple home

This will NOT work with other Meross devices directly

Functionality-Overall21%█▇▆▅▇▅

Just did not provide the features promised

Did not work

Unable to make it work

Defective Material/Parts5%▆█▆█▅▆
Size-Overall3%▂▅█▄▄█

One is ever so slightly bigger when placed next to the other one

Tiny

tight

FAQ

Common Presence Sensor questions

Answered from the same tracked data.