dvd recorder
Skip itWeak search conversion (0.4%) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Quality gap
Great4.2★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Review moat
Good903.32avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Returns
Good2.6%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Competition
Good52%top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
Avg price
Good£174.45avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Price range
Okay£14.83–£304.36cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Growth
Bad-24.9%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Brand share
Bad95%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
Market size
Bad£28K£28K/yr · 46K searches
Conversion
Bad0.4%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, dvd recorder is a £28K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (46K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 95% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov. Verdict: Skip it — 34/100.
Data updated Jul 22, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
dvd recorder market data
- Units sold / yr
- 250–500
- avg 0–100/product
- Revenue / yr
- £44K–£87K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 0.4%
- Avg BSR
- #167
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 32%
- Sponsored
- 32%
- Out of stock
- 0.0%
- Avg brand age
- 66 months
- Avg seller age
- 185 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products take 52% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.Brands
8 flat
Sellers
49
Top-5 brand share
95%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
52%
Top 20: 99%
Open market
3%
- Panasonic62%
- Toshiba15%
- Sony10%
- DBPOWER5%
- ANNKE3%
- Samsung2%
- Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 3%)
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -24.9% search growth over the last 90 days.Peak months: Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×
Top dvd recorder search terms
- dvd recorder19K/yr
- dvd recorders11K/yr
- dvd recorder for tv recording and playing8K/yr
- dvd recorder player4K/yr
- panasonic dvd recorder4K/yr
- dvd recorders with hard drive and dvd record438/yr
Top dvd recorder 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 22 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Panasonic DMR-EX97EB-K DVD Recorder With Freeview HD Black
Panasonic£225.904.4★683 rev
Panasonic DMR-EZ48VEBK - DVD Recorder & VCR Combination - With 1080P Up-Conversion & Freeview - Black
Panasonic£249.344.1★206 rev
Panasonic DMR-EX773EBK Multi Format DVD Recorder & 160GB HDD Hard Drive Recorder With Freeview+ and HDMI 1080P USB
Panasonic£89.433.8★267 rev
Sony RDR-HXD870 - DVD Recorder With 160GB Hard Drive - With Freeview - Black
Sony£110.124.2★189 rev
Panasonic DMR-EZ49V DVD VCR VHS Freeview Recorder (Dolby Digital)
Panasonic£242.424.2★92 rev
Newest
by launch date
ANNKE 4CH 3K Lite Digital Video Recorder with SSD Internal Solid State Hard Drive 1TB 4 Channel DVR with AI Human/Vehicle Detection H.265 Hybrid 5-in-1 Security DVR Hardware Encryption
ANNKE£78.9052 rev
PeroBuno External CD DVD Drive USB 3.0 Type-C Optical Drive 0.5-inch Ultra-Slim Portable DVD CD ROM Disc Player Reader Writer Rewriter Burner Recorder for Laptop PC Macbook Windows Linux Mac OS
PeroBuno£14.832,371 rev
DBPOWER DVD Player for TV DVD Players with HDMI & AV Cable Full HD 1080P All-Region Free DVD CD MP3 Player with Remote Control USB Port (non blueray)
DBPOWER£24.822,130 rev
Toshiba VHS to DVD Recorder VCR Combo w/Remote HDMI
Toshiba£304.36129 rev
ClonerAlliance Box Pro 1080p@60fps Video Recorder DVR with HDMI Capture Playback on TV. RCA/YPbPr/VGA to Digital Converter. No PC Required. Supports PVR/OTA.
ClonerAlliance£158.702,038 rev
Trending
90-day click momentum
Sony DVPSR760H DVD Upgrade Player (HDMI 1080 Pixel Upscaling USB Connectivity) UK 3 Pin Plug Black
Sony£32.844.5★
ANNKE 4CH 3K Lite Digital Video Recorder with SSD Internal Solid State Hard Drive 1TB 4 Channel DVR with AI Human/Vehicle Detection H.265 Hybrid 5-in-1 Security DVR Hardware Encryption
ANNKE£78.904.4★
TOSHIBA SD16VB DVD PLAYER & VCR VHS VIDEO PLAYER COMBINATION - WITH REMOTE CONTROL
Toshiba£227.074.7★
Panasonic DMR-EZ49vEBK Super Multi Format Combi Recorder with Freeview
Panasonic£252.944.1★
Sony RDR-HXD870 - DVD Recorder With 160GB Hard Drive - With Freeview - Black
Sony£110.124.2★
What buyers say about dvd recorder
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Excellent price”
“Fabulous product”
“Easy set up”
“Easy to use”
“Works as described”
“Very compact unit”
“sound very good”
“Works great on a laptop that has a media player installed”
“It responds well”
“just the right size”
What buyers complain about
“it has stopped working”
“Absolute garbage”
“Bought it a year ago and broke already”
“The instruction book wasnt too informative”
“Mental compatibility issues”
“Absolutely useless, no sound”
“Could not even set up this item”
“This is a one-off cost”
“And it's is rather loud when the disk is spinning”
“The limited controls on the unit are on the top”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is dvd recorder profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?
- The niche generates £28K/yr across 22 tracked products. 1 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -24.9%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (34/100).
- How competitive is the dvd recorder niche?
- 8 brands and 49 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 52% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 95% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in dvd recorder?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Functionality-Overall, Quality-Overall, Durability. The return rate is 2.6%.
- When does demand for dvd recorder peak?
- Demand peaks in Nov; the busiest month runs 1.8× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the dvd recorder niche?
- Listings span £14.83–£304.36; the average listing price is £174.45 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 903 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.