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Smart Radiator Valve

Fail

Demand is soft, at -66.0% this quarter, so Smart Radiator Valve is a Fail.

Flapen Score
27
27 / 100
Ranks 2,210 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −22 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£45K/yr83K searches / yr
90-day growth
-66.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
75%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 72 sellers

Flapen Score

Smart Radiator Valve against its category

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

27Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Smart Radiator Valve market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Smart Radiator Valve 83K times last year and spent an estimated £45K. The top 5 brands take 99% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 27 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

0.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 83K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 0.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -66.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £45K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
83K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-66.0%
Conversion, latest week
0.8%
Market size, estimated
£45Ka year
Peak month
December14.5× the quietest month
Top search term
smart radiator valve27K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £69.90.

Listings sell for £69.90 on average, from £19.76 to £198.88. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 2K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £69.90 that is £7K to £17K a year per listing.

Average price
£69.90inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£19.76–£198.88
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
2K–2K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£7K–£17K
Returns
6.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

77% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #169 within Building Supplies. It carries 687 reviews at 4.14 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
77%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
5.3%
Average rank
#169in Building Supplies
Average rating
4.14 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
687per listing
Listings tracked
13

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 42 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
42 months

Products

Top Smart Radiator Valve 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 75% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£4K£9K£13K£18K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

72

Top-5 brand share

99%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • SONOFF43%
  • TP-Link31%
  • tado17%
  • Hive6%
  • SwitchBot2%
  • Honeywell Home1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Smart Radiator Valve search demand

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

18K13KSpike '24Black Friday '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 14.5×

Search terms

Top Smart Radiator Valve search terms shoppers use

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

  • smart radiator valve27K/yr
  • smart trv15K/yr
  • smart radiator thermostat11K/yr
  • sonoff trv5K/yr
  • tapo radiator valve5K/yr
  • smart trv radiator valves5K/yr
  • zigbee trv3K/yr
  • nest compatible radiator valves4K/yr
  • smart radiator thermostat valve3K/yr
  • smart thermostat radiator valve5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Smart Radiator Valve

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

Complain

Functionality-Overall13%−0.29

Not feasible as it doesn't read the room temperature properly

Do not work

One of them fail to work properly

Connectivity-Overall8%+0.46

Clunky and unreliable installation and connection

for the connection issue

have to be reconnected

Quality-Overall7%

Really terrible and a definite deterioration in quality of product and customer service

Garbage

Absolute rubbish - does not do what it should

Size-Overall7%+0.35

A bit fiddly to fit

Took a bit of time to fit

I only wish they were a bit smaller

Compatibility-Overall7%−0.01

Matter compatibility is rudimentary

many problems pairing

incompatible hub compatibility

Love

Quality-Overall16%

Very high quality, easy installed and connectivity

Good quality and easy to set up

Very good quality

Assembly/Installation16%+1.15

Easy to install

Easy set up

Good installation guide

Value For Money9%

Well worth the investment

Great value and solid performance

Great value

Size-Overall6%+0.35

Perfect fit

Easy to fit

Plenty of fitting options so it should fit almost any radiator

Ease Of Use5%

Easy to use

Easy to fit

handy to have

Return

6.3% Return rate 13% Fixable by listing

Compatibility-Overall30%█▇█▆█▅

Matter compatibility is rudimentary

many problems pairing

incompatible hub compatibility

Connectivity-Overall16%▃▅▄▄▄█

Clunky and unreliable installation and connection

for the connection issue

have to be reconnected

Functionality-Overall13%▆▇▄██▄

Not feasible as it doesn't read the room temperature properly

Do not work

One of them fail to work properly

Size-Overall9%▅▅▆▄█▅

A bit fiddly to fit

Took a bit of time to fit

I only wish they were a bit smaller

Defective Material/Parts8%▆▅▆█▇▂

FAQ

Common Smart Radiator Valve questions

Answered from the same tracked data.