bt recordable tv box
Skip itBrand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Quality gap
Great4.1★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Review moat
Great404.88avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Avg price
Great£97.19avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Price range
Good£34.27–£125.31cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Returns
Okay3.2%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Conversion
Bad1.7%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Growth
Bad-20.6%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Competition
Bad85%top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf
Market size
Bad£32K£32K/yr · 20K searches
Brand share
Bad100%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, bt recordable tv box is a £32K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (20K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Demand peaks in Sep. Verdict: Skip it — 32/100.
Data updated Jul 22, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
bt recordable tv box market data
- Units sold / yr
- 250–500
- avg 0–100/product
- Revenue / yr
- £24K–£49K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 1.7%
- Avg BSR
- #110
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 13%
- Sponsored
- 13%
- Out of stock
- 0.0%
- Avg brand age
- 55 months
- Avg seller age
- 195 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products capture 85% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.Brands
3 falling
Sellers
28
Top-5 brand share
100%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
85%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
0%
- BT50%
- Generic45%
- EE Ltd5%
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 86 weeks — -20.6% search growth over the last 90 days.Peak months: Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×
Top bt recordable tv box search terms
- bt box7K/yr
- bt youview box6K/yr
- bt tv box4K/yr
- bt youview box with recorder3K/yr
Top bt recordable tv box products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 8 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
BT G4 YouView+ Smart 500 GB Freeview HD Digital TV Recorder Set Top Box
BT£108.714.2★2,204 rev
BT YouView Box
BT£34.274.0★406 rev
BT Ultra HD 4K YouView Box (DTR-T4000) 500GB Recorder Twin Freeview HD Tuners 7-Day Scroll-Back & Catch-Up TV Pause/Rewind Live TV HDMI. NON WIFI
Generic£96.043.6★82 rev
BT/EE TV Box Pro - 1TB 4K Wireless Freeview TV Box Latest Model - (RTIW387)
Generic£125.314.3★94 rev
BT TV PRO Youview+ Set Top Box (1TB) Recorder with Twin HD Freeview and 7 Day Catch Up TV - no subscription (Refurb) Full 12 Months Warranty
Generic£101.544.0★8 rev
Newest
by launch date
EE TV Box Pro 4K HDR Set Top Box Recorder 1TB Storage Subscription Free Youview Receiver
EE Ltd£125.07326 rev
BT/EE TV Box Pro - 1TB 4K Wireless Freeview TV Box Latest Model - (RTIW387)
Generic£125.3194 rev
BT YOUVIEW BOX T2100 FREEVIEW RECORDER and 7 Day Catch Up TV No Subscription required 1000GB STORAGE
Generic£123.798 rev
BT TV PRO Youview+ Set Top Box (1TB) Recorder with Twin HD Freeview and 7 Day Catch Up TV - no subscription (Refurb) Full 12 Months Warranty
Generic£101.548 rev
BT Ultra HD YouView Box UHD DTR-T4000/500GB with Twin HD Freeview and 7 Day Catch Up TV (Refurbished)
BT£62.82111 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumBT TV PRO Youview+ Set Top Box (1TB) Recorder with Twin HD Freeview and 7 Day Catch Up TV - no subscription (Refurb) Full 12 Months Warranty
Generic£101.544.0★
BT/EE TV Box Pro - 1TB 4K Wireless Freeview TV Box Latest Model - (RTIW387)
Generic£125.314.3★
BT YouView Box
BT£34.274.0★
EE TV Box Pro 4K HDR Set Top Box Recorder 1TB Storage Subscription Free Youview Receiver
EE Ltd£125.074.3★
BT YOUVIEW BOX T2100 FREEVIEW RECORDER and 7 Day Catch Up TV No Subscription required 1000GB STORAGE
Generic£123.794.2★
What buyers say about bt recordable tv box
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Easy Set Up”
“Good quality and easy to set up”
“all the apps are now working perfectly”
“Good for the price”
“Easy to use”
“Does what I wanted”
“I have it connected to internet and aerial and works perfectly”
“Compact and tidy unit, it has blue tooth remote so it can go somewhere out of the way”
“its the same as the last one i bought which lasted me 9 yrs”
“Picture very clear”
What buyers complain about
“item does not function”
“Couldn't connect it to wifi”
“Not compatible”
“not very reliable”
“Picture quality is much poorer via the box than using the passthrough to the telly -”
“Poor features”
“Sent me a box which stopped working after two months”
“Try again if first set up fails”
“took a bit of time getting used to the changes”
“BT box can take over 45 minutes to load up it is very slow”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is bt recordable tv box profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?
- The niche generates £32K/yr across 8 tracked products. 90-day search growth is -20.6%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (32/100).
- How competitive is the bt recordable tv box niche?
- 3 brands and 28 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 85% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 100% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in bt recordable tv box?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Functionality-Overall, Connectivity-Overall, Compatibility-Overall. The return rate is 3.2%.
- When does demand for bt recordable tv box peak?
- Demand peaks in Sep; the busiest month runs 1.7× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the bt recordable tv box niche?
- Listings span £34.27–£125.31; the average listing price is £97.19 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 405 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.