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Silver Light Switches

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Silver Light Switches is a Fail.

Flapen Score
30
30 / 100
Ranks 2,191 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −19 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£73K/yr132K searches / yr
90-day growth
-31.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
71%top-5 click share · 2 brands · 41 sellers

Flapen Score

Silver Light Switches against its category

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

30Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Silver Light Switches market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Silver Light Switches 132K times last year and spent an estimated £73K. All 2 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Feb–Oct. Flapen scores it 30 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

11.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 132K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 11.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -31.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £73K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
132K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-31.8%
Conversion, latest week
11.1%
Market size, estimated
£73Ka year
Peak month
February1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
chrome light switch34K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.03.

Listings sell for £5.03 on average, from £3.12 to £13.28. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At £5.03 that is £8K to £10K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.03under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.12–£13.28
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
20K–25K
Units per listing a year
1,500–2,000
Revenue per listing a year
£8K–£10K
Returns
1.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

71% 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 #40 within Electrical. It carries 2,393 reviews at 4.66 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
71%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#40in Electrical
Average rating
4.66 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,393per listing
Listings tracked
14

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 61 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
61 months

Products

Top Silver Light Switches 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 71% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£7K£15K£22K£29K1001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

2 falling

Sellers

41

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

71%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • British General82%
  • Alliance Electrical18%

Demand

Silver Light Switches search demand

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

4K3KSpike '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Feb, Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Silver Light Switches search terms shoppers use

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

  • chrome light switch34K/yr
  • silver light switches23K/yr
  • bg nexus brushed steel21K/yr
  • brushed chrome light switch13K/yr
  • brushed steel light switches14K/yr
  • silver light switch7K/yr
  • polished chrome light switches5K/yr
  • metal light switch4K/yr
  • bg nexus4K/yr
  • light switch silver3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Silver Light Switches

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

Complain

Quality-Overall22%−0.05

Cheap and faulty

Obviously cheap rubbish

Poor quality

Assembly/Installation11%

nice switch although it doesn't come with the screws to install

Charging11%−0.05

Ok, however you cannot plug in 2 chargers at the same time

Durability11%−0.06

Fell apart after one week

Switch broke

Functionality-Overall6%−0.03

Pity it didnt work in the first place

Love

Quality-Overall29%−0.05

Excellent Product

really good quality kit

Well made at a good price

Value For Money21%+1.70

Worth buying

Good Value

Good value for money

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%+0.91

As advertised

Just what I needed

As expected

Socket/Port/Plug8%+0.49

Good sockets so far

Well made sockets

Great plug sockets

Design-Overall7%+0.42

Good design

slim profile give it a modern

Sleek

Return

1.4% Return rate 54% Fixable by listing

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Pity it didnt work in the first place

Quality-Overall5%▃▃▂▄█▃

Cheap and faulty

Obviously cheap rubbish

Poor quality

FAQ

Common Silver Light Switches questions

Answered from the same tracked data.