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Smart Plug

Maybe

Shoppers spend $2.5M a year here. But the top 5 brands take 95% of clicks, so Smart Plug is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
56
56 / 100
Top 17% of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · +7 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£2.5M/yr1.9M searches / yr
90-day growth
+1.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
57%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 72 sellers

Flapen Score

Smart Plug against its category

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

56Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Smart Plug market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Smart Plug 1.9M times last year and spent an estimated £2.5M. The top 5 brands take 95% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 56 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

8.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.9M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 8.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +1.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £2.5M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.9M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+1.8%
Conversion, latest week
8.9%
Market size, estimated
£2.5Ma year
Peak month
December7.1× the quietest month
Top search term
smart plug739K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £15.28.

Listings sell for £15.28 on average, from £6.09 to £28.80. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 150K to 200K a year. The average listing sells 8,000 to 10,000 of them. At £15.28 that is £122K to £153K a year per listing.

Average price
£15.28inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£6.09–£28.80
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
150K–200K
Units per listing a year
8,000–10,000
Revenue per listing a year
£122K–£153K
Returns
1.9%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

88% 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 Electrical. It carries 7,575 reviews at 4.45 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
88%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#17in Electrical
Average rating
4.45 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
7,575per listing
Listings tracked
26

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 6 launches as successful.

6 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 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
6
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
32 months

Products

Top Smart Plug 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 57% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£101K£201K£302K£403K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

72

Top-5 brand share

95%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

57%

Top 20: 95%

Open market

2%

  • Tapo62%
  • Amazon Basics15%
  • Eightree8%
  • UPXNBOR5%
  • TVLIVE5%
  • Oblinple4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 2%)

Demand

Smart Plug search demand

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

200K150KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 7.1×

Search terms

Top Smart Plug search terms shoppers use

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

  • smart plug739K/yr
  • tapo smart plug276K/yr
  • alexa plug150K/yr
  • smart plugs that work with alexa100K/yr
  • smart plugs95K/yr
  • tapo plug53K/yr
  • amazon smart plug67K/yr
  • alexa smart plug56K/yr
  • wifi plug43K/yr
  • smart socket35K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Smart Plug

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

Complain

Connectivity-Overall27%−0.14

Very difficult to connect

Poor Connectivity

Impossible to connect

Durability17%−0.10

Breaks very quickly

Broken

Failed within 12 months

Assembly/Installation6%+1.06

can have issues setting up

not easy to set up

setup very poor

Functionality-Overall6%−0.03

stopped working

Didnt work

It does not work consistently

Quality-Overall4%+0.70

Seriously poor reliability

Poor quality

May not be the most reliable

Love

Assembly/Installation17%+1.06

Easy setup

Easy to install

Easy enough to configure

Socket/Port/Plug16%+0.89

Great smart socket

Fantastic socket

Great plugs

Quality-Overall15%+0.70

Solid build quality

the product build quality feels solid

Excellent Product

Ease Of Use12%+0.95

It is easy to control

Ease of use

no effort at all

Value For Money8%+0.50

Excellent price

Reasonable price

Amazing value

Return

1.9% Return rate 3% Fixable by listing

Connectivity-Overall43%█▇█▇██

Very difficult to connect

Poor Connectivity

Impossible to connect

Compatibility-Overall19%▆█▇█▇▇

so it was not compatible

Wouldnt pair

you can't pair the two things

Functionality-Overall15%██▆▆▇▇

stopped working

Didnt work

It does not work consistently

Socket/Port/Plug5%█▅▇█▇▄

especially at hard to get to sockets

the plug has failed

one by one the plugs started to break

Defective Material/Parts4%▆▇██▆▆

FAQ

Common Smart Plug questions

Answered from the same tracked data.