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Thermostat

soft demand (-48.7% this quarter) — Thermostat doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

48
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Market size 80Growth 1Conversion 29Competition 62Returns 29Price range 67Avg price 88Brand share 26Review moat 59Quality gap 77
This niche Category average

Is Thermostat profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Thermostat is a £1.2M/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (771K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 90% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–Oct–Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 48/100.

Thermostat: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -48.7% over the last 90 days and 2.3% of searches end in a purchase.

£1.2M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr20K
Search volume / yr-48.7%771K
Conversion rate2.3%
Avg price£64.52

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 90% of demand, so 10% of the market is open.

10%

open market share

Brands · sellers13 · 84
Top-5 product click share48%
Open market10%
Avg brand age42 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 31 products

Sponsored placement71%
New entrants (1y)2· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews1,137

Top Thermostat products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 48% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£58K£115K£173K£231K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 rising

Sellers

84

Top-5 brand share

90%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

48%

Top 20: 89%

Open market

8%

  • tado57%
  • Hive16%
  • Salus Controls7%
  • TempPro5%
  • Honeywell Home5%
  • meross3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 8%)

Thermostat demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume771KCVR2.3%Products31Brands13Top 5 Brands90%OOS Rate6.5%Rating4.3★Reviews1,137Avg BSR#24
100K60KSpike '24Black Friday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 7.6×

Top Thermostat search terms shoppers use

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

  • thermostat137K/yr
  • smart thermostat125K/yr
  • tado82K/yr
  • tado smart thermostat86K/yr
  • tado x46K/yr
  • wireless thermostat34K/yr
  • central heating thermostats26K/yr
  • room thermostat19K/yr
  • smart thermostat for combi boiler42K/yr
  • smart thermostats for home10K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Thermostat

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

81% of reviews
Assembly/Installation16%

Easy set up

Ease Of Use15%

Easy to use

Quality-Overall14%

Sturdy quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%

Works Exactly as Stated

Value For Money9%

Good for the money

What buyers complain about

66% of reviews
Connectivity-Overall15%

Keeps on losing connection

Value For Money8%

And cheaper

Functionality-Overall8%

Loses time

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting6%

Instructions are extremely small

Durability6%

3 mos after purchase,already broken

Thermostat return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

4.7%

Return rate

7%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Compatibility-Overall
41%
2Connectivity-Overall
15%
3Functionality-Overall
14%
4Defective Material/Parts
6%
5Size-Overall
4%

Common Thermostat questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Thermostat 48/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £1.2M/yr across 31 tracked products. 1 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -48.7% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Thermostat on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Jan–Oct–Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 7.6× the quietest.