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Security Camera Outdoor

Maybe

Shoppers spend $4.9M a year here. But the average product has 19,611 reviews to catch up to, so Security Camera Outdoor is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
57
57 / 100
Top 14% of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · +8 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£4.9M/yr7.0M searches / yr
90-day growth
+5.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
43%top-5 click share · 19 brands · 92 sellers

Flapen Score

Security Camera Outdoor against its category

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

57Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Security Camera Outdoor market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Security Camera Outdoor 7.0M times last year and spent an estimated £4.9M. The top 5 brands take 85% of clicks. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

2.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 7.0M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +5.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £4.9M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
7.0M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+5.7%
Conversion, latest week
2.4%
Market size, estimated
£4.9Ma year
Peak month
June1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
tapo camera948K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £28.86.

Listings sell for £28.86 on average, from £11.00 to £94.36. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 150K to 200K a year. The average listing sells 4,000 to 5,000 of them. At £28.86 that is £115K to £144K a year per listing.

Average price
£28.86inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£11.00–£94.36
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
150K–200K
Units per listing a year
4,000–5,000
Revenue per listing a year
£115K–£144K
Returns
3.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #17 within Safety & Security. It carries 19,611 reviews at 4.39 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#17in Safety & Security
Average rating
4.39 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
19,611per listing
Listings tracked
45

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 9 of last year's 9 launches as successful.

9 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 9 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 29 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
9
Successful launches
9Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
29 months

Products

Top Security Camera Outdoor 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 43% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£197K£394K£590K£787K1001K10K100K1.0M Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

19 rising

Sellers

92

Top-5 brand share

85%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

43%

Top 20: 76%

Open market

13%

  • Tapo74%
  • Ring4%
  • blurams3%
  • Outinput3%
  • Imou2%
  • GALAYOU2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (13 brands, 13%)

Demand

Security Camera Outdoor search demand

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

250K150KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Security Camera Outdoor search terms shoppers use

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

  • tapo camera948K/yr
  • tapo970K/yr
  • security camera614K/yr
  • cctv camera575K/yr
  • tapo outdoor camera485K/yr
  • indoor camera486K/yr
  • security camera outdoor wireless516K/yr
  • outdoor camera438K/yr
  • cctv316K/yr
  • cameras house security241K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Security Camera Outdoor

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

Complain

Connectivity-Overall14%−0.11

Connection Issues

they are very slow to connect

loses connection all the time

Durability9%−0.08

Broken

Did not last

Broken after a few months

Functionality-Overall9%−0.08

Did not work

Never worked

Stopped Working

Camera Quality5%+1.72

does not work very well due camera isn't showing anything

Terrible camera

Rubbish camera

Quality-Overall5%+0.45

Cheap rubbish

Low quality

The quality is blurry

Love

Camera Quality24%+1.72

Camera is clear

Great Little Camera

Best camera

Value For Money14%+1.09

Cheap price

not expensive

not expensive

Quality-Overall12%+0.45

Build quality is solid

Amazing quality

solid overall quality

Assembly/Installation9%+0.43

easy to install

EASY TO INSTALL

easy to assemble

Night Vision5%+0.33

Night vision is very clear

Good Night vision

I was particularly impressed by the night vision performance

Return

3.1% Return rate 8% Fixable by listing

Connectivity-Overall31%██████

Connection Issues

they are very slow to connect

loses connection all the time

Functionality-Overall14%████▇▇

Did not work

Never worked

Stopped Working

Compatibility-Overall10%███▆█▇
Camera Quality5%▇█▆▆▇▆

does not work very well due camera isn't showing anything

Terrible camera

Rubbish camera

Size-Overall4%▇▇██▇█

FAQ

Common Security Camera Outdoor questions

Answered from the same tracked data.