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Wireless Light Switch

Fail

Demand is soft, at -18.7% this quarter, so Wireless Light Switch is a Fail.

Flapen Score
38
38 / 100
Ranks 1,956 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −11 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£102K/yr160K searches / yr
90-day growth
-18.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
81%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 10 sellers

Flapen Score

Wireless Light Switch against its category

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

38Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Wireless Light Switch market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Wireless Light Switch 160K times last year and spent an estimated £102K. The top 5 brands take 94% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Dec. Flapen scores it 38 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

3.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 160K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -18.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £102K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
160K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-18.7%
Conversion, latest week
3.8%
Market size, estimated
£102Ka year
Peak month
January2.4× the quietest month
Top search term
wireless light switch39K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £17.07.

Listings sell for £17.07 on average, from £6.22 to £36.51. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £17.07 that is £9K to £13K a year per listing.

Average price
£17.07inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£6.22–£36.51
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£9K–£13K
Returns
2.8%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

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 #195 within Electrical. It carries 283 reviews at 4.38 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
#195in Electrical
Average rating
4.38 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
283per listing
Listings tracked
11

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 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 46 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
46 months

Products

Top Wireless Light Switch 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 81% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£10K£20K£31K£41K101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

10

Top-5 brand share

94%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

81%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • ECO-NEWLEAF33%
  • Candeo27%
  • Thinkbee17%
  • Elecora11%
  • ZLinkStar7%
  • DEWENWILS6%

Demand

Wireless Light Switch search demand

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

7K5KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.4×

Search terms

Top Wireless Light Switch search terms shoppers use

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

  • wireless light switch39K/yr
  • kinetic switch26K/yr
  • wireless switch24K/yr
  • kinetic switch and receiver14K/yr
  • quinetic switch10K/yr
  • kinetic light switch and receiver7K/yr
  • wireless switch and receiver9K/yr
  • kinetic light switch8K/yr
  • wireless light switch kit6K/yr
  • quinetic switch and receiver7K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Wireless Light Switch

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

Complain

Connectivity-Overall13%−0.17

Unfortunately, the switch does not connect to the relay

Even on the bench it is hard enough to make a secure connection

When the connection drops. which has happened more times than Id like.

Value For Money9%+0.86

expensive job

Had my doubts based on the price

Durability9%−0.17

before it died

Worked fine for a week then wouldnt come on

Size-Overall7%−0.17

The receiver is BIG

to big make it smaller Kinetic

You get a fairly small. but a bit deeper than ideal

Touch/Button Controls7%−0.10

They make quite a 'click' as the front panel moves quite a way

The switch on this one just gets stuck when pressing

Love

Quality-Overall26%+1.49

Excellent product

First off, the build quality feels reassuringly solid

Excellent, reliable piece of kit

Value For Money13%+0.86

Good value

really good value for money

Well worth the money

Ease Of Use11%+0.47

which is super handy

Easy to use

simple to control

Efficiency8%+0.66

Does the job

Works great

The ZlinkStar switch works perfectly well

Battery Life4%+0.13

The standout feature is that these switches are completely battery free

Very reliable wireless light switches with no batteries required

No maintenance, no worrying about changing batteries

Return

2.8% Return rate 16% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall35%█▇▆▇█▆
Compatibility-Overall19%▅█▆▇▅█
Size-Overall12%█▇▄▄█▄

The receiver is BIG

to big make it smaller Kinetic

You get a fairly small. but a bit deeper than ideal

Connectivity-Overall12%▄▄▆█▆▅

Unfortunately, the switch does not connect to the relay

Even on the bench it is hard enough to make a secure connection

When the connection drops. which has happened more times than Id like.

Defective Material/Parts5%█▆▄▃▃▄

Totally defective switch

FAQ

Common Wireless Light Switch questions

Answered from the same tracked data.