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title: "Dvd Recorder — £28K/yr Amazon UK Niche (2026) - Flapen"
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description: "Niche score 34/100 · £28K/yr market · 46K searches/yr · £174.45 avg price. Doesn't clear our bar today. Data updated Jul 2026."
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# **dvd recorder**
**Skip it**
Weak search conversion (0.4%) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Market size 7Growth 13Conversion 4Competition 55Returns 61Price range 29Avg price 50Brand share 12Review moat 65Quality gap 81
**Quality gap**
**Great****4.2★**
avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
**Review moat**
**Good****903.32**
avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
**Returns**
**Good****2.6%**
return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
**Competition**
**Good****52%**
top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
**Avg price**
**Good****£174.45**
avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
**Price range**
**Okay****£14.83–£304.36**
cheapest 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**
**Bad****95%**
top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
**Market size**
**Bad****£28K**
£28K/yr · 46K searches
**Conversion**
**Bad****0.4%**
search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
**Signals**[** High Price**](https://flapen.com/research/niches?market=uk&signal=high_price "Avg price > $50")
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 ~~](https://flapen.com/research/methodology)
## **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.
2K1KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25 seasonSepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay
Peak months: Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×
[**Open Trend **](https://flapen.com/research/uk/electronics-photo/dvd-recorder/trend)
## **Top dvd recorder search terms**
- **dvd recorder**19K/yr-28.2%0.3% conv. - **dvd recorders**11K/yr-23.4%0.2% conv. - **dvd recorder for tv recording and playing**8K/yr-37.9%0.2% conv. - **dvd recorder player**4K/yr+7.3%0.3% conv. - **panasonic dvd recorder**4K/yr-9.0%1.3% conv. - **dvd recorders with hard drive and dvd record**438/yr-70.8%0.0% conv. [**All search terms **](https://flapen.com/research/uk/electronics-photo/dvd-recorder/search-terms)
## **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.
0%10%£3K20%£6K30%£8K40%£11K101001K10K Reviews — right = deep review moatMarket share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)
All 22 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
### **Top sellers**
by 90-day click share
[1**Panasonic DMR-EX97EB-K DVD Recorder With Freeview HD Black**Panasonic**£225.90**4.4★683 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B015341TLG) [2**Panasonic DMR-EZ48VEBK - DVD Recorder & VCR Combination - With 1080P Up-Conversion & Freeview - Black**Panasonic**£249.34**4.1★206 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0015M2HPS) [3**Panasonic DMR-EX773EBK Multi Format DVD Recorder & 160GB HDD Hard Drive Recorder With Freeview+ and HDMI 1080P USB**Panasonic**£89.43**3.8★267 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0038VZXMS) [4**Sony RDR-HXD870 - DVD Recorder With 160GB Hard Drive - With Freeview - Black**Sony**£110.12**4.2★189 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000OQ7878) [5**Panasonic DMR-EZ49V DVD VCR VHS Freeview Recorder (Dolby Digital)**Panasonic**£242.42**4.2★92 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0037HP2ME)
**~~View all top sellers →~~**
### **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**£78.90**52 rev8mo ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G1W2LL1N) [**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**£14.83**2,371 rev1y ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F91DFPQQ) [**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**£24.82**2,130 rev5y ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09J3DFNPF) [**Toshiba VHS to DVD Recorder VCR Combo w/Remote HDMI**Toshiba**£304.36**129 rev6y ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07X9D4MQN) [**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**£158.70**2,038 rev10y ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B012T1D0IG)
**~~View all new products →~~**
### **Trending**
90-day click momentum
[**Sony DVPSR760H DVD Upgrade Player (HDMI 1080 Pixel Upscaling USB Connectivity) UK 3 Pin Plug Black**Sony**£32.84**4.5★**▲ 119%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007NXAD5O) [**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**£78.90**4.4★**▲ 105%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G1W2LL1N) [**TOSHIBA SD16VB DVD PLAYER & VCR VHS VIDEO PLAYER COMBINATION - WITH REMOTE CONTROL**Toshiba**£227.07**4.7★**▲ 96%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0009F0T5M) [**Panasonic DMR-EZ49vEBK Super Multi Format Combi Recorder with Freeview**Panasonic**£252.94**4.1★**▲ 49%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0038VZXKK) [**Sony RDR-HXD870 - DVD Recorder With 160GB Hard Drive - With Freeview - Black**Sony**£110.12**4.2★**▲ 42%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000OQ7878)
**~~View all trending →~~**
## **What buyers say about dvd recorder**
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.
### **What buyers love **
**Value For Money**23%
*“Excellent price”*
**Quality-Overall**15%
*“Fabulous product”*
**Assembly/Installation**12%
*“Easy set up”*
**Ease Of Use**10%
*“Easy to use”*
**Advertised Vs Actual Product**8%
*“Works as described”*
**Compactness**7%
*“Very compact unit”*
**Audio Quality**3%
*“sound very good”*
**Compatibility-Overall**3%
*“Works great on a laptop that has a media player installed”*
**Functionality-Overall**2%
*“It responds well”*
**Size-Overall**2%
*“just the right size”*
### **What buyers complain about **
**Functionality-Overall**20%
*“it has stopped working”*
**Quality-Overall**16%
*“Absolute garbage”*
**Durability**11%
*“Bought it a year ago and broke already”*
**Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting**5%
*“The instruction book wasnt too informative”*
**Compatibility-Overall**4%
*“Mental compatibility issues”*
**Audio Quality**4%
*“Absolutely useless, no sound”*
**Assembly/Installation**3%
*“Could not even set up this item”*
**Value For Money**3%
*“This is a one-off cost”*
**Noise Level**2%
*“And it's is rather loud when the disk is spinning”*
**Touch/Button Controls**2%
*“The limited controls on the unit are on the top”*
### **Top return reasons **
**Functionality-Overall**36%
**Compatibility-Overall**22%
**Defective Material/Parts**6%
**Connectivity-Overall**5%
**Noise Level**4%
**Quality-Overall**3%
**Size-Overall**2%
**Audio Quality**2%
**Image/Picture Clarity**2%
**Advertised Vs Actual Product**2%
## **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.
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