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Freesat Box

Fail

Returns run at 8.4% of orders, so Freesat Box is a Fail.

Flapen Score
44
44 / 100
Ranks 708 of 1,488 Electronics & Photo niches · on the category median
Market size
£1.1M/yr415K searches / yr
90-day growth
-9.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
59%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 68 sellers

Flapen Score

Freesat Box against its category

The dotted line is the Electronics & Photo average. Past it, Freesat Box is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

44Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Freesat Box market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Freesat Box 415K times last year and spent an estimated £1.1M. The top 5 brands take 94% of clicks. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

2.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 415K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -9.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.1M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
415K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-9.7%
Conversion, latest week
2.0%
Market size, estimated
£1.1Ma year
Peak month
November1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
freesat box108K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £128.24.

Listings sell for £128.24 on average, from £22.04 to £308.60. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £128.24 that is £32K to £64K a year per listing.

Average price
£128.24above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£22.04–£308.60
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£32K–£64K
Returns
8.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

21% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 47% ship with Prime. On an average day, 10.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #37 within Home Cinema, TV & Video. It carries 1,031 reviews at 4.04 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
21%
Prime listings
47%
Out of stock, average day
10.7%
Average rank
#37in Home Cinema, TV & Video
Average rating
4.04 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,031per listing
Listings tracked
19

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 47 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
47 months

Products

Top Freesat Box 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 59% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£108K£216K£324K£432K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

68

Top-5 brand share

94%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

59%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

3%

  • Manhattan38%
  • Freesat33%
  • HUMAX9%
  • iView HD8%
  • Generic5%
  • Designo3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 3%)

Demand

Freesat Box search demand

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

15K10KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Freesat Box search terms shoppers use

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

  • freesat box108K/yr
  • freesat 4k tv box recordable89K/yr
  • freesat boxes for tv uk28K/yr
  • freesat36K/yr
  • manhattan freesat box20K/yr
  • satellite receiver box25K/yr
  • freesat recorder23K/yr
  • free sat boxes for tv uk16K/yr
  • freesat box with recorder13K/yr
  • freesat 4k tv box8K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Freesat Box

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

Complain

Quality-Overall9%+0.09

Absolute rubbish

Piece of rubbish

Not as good as discribed

Ease Of Use6%

the user interface is not great

Over complicated to select channels

Difficult to operate

Durability6%−0.08

will breakdown in about 5 years

Stopped working after 8 weeks

2 days old and faulty already

Software/Application6%

not per app level

the software - it's a bit clunky

Poor software

Functionality-Overall6%−0.14

Half of the channels did not work correctly

A lack of functionality lets the recorder down

It didnt work

Love

Assembly/Installation22%+1.72

Quick set up

Easy to install

Easy set up

Value For Money16%+1.01

Value for money

Good value for money

Good for the price

Quality-Overall11%+0.09

Nice quality, easy set up and works well

excellent product

Good quality performance

Advertised Vs Actual Product10%+0.67

Does what it says on the box

As described

Works as it should

Ease Of Use10%

Ease of use

easy to read

easy to operate

Return

8.4% Return rate 3% Fixable by listing

Compatibility-Overall34%▇█▆█▇▇

Incompatible frequency- old tec

It will not connect to wif is it compatible with 5g

Not suited for Irish channels

Functionality-Overall15%█▆▇▇▆█

Half of the channels did not work correctly

A lack of functionality lets the recorder down

It didnt work

Connectivity-Overall15%▇▇▇▆▇█
Signal Strength5%▆█▇▆▇▆
Defective Material/Parts3%▃▇▅▅█▆

FAQ

Common Freesat Box questions

Answered from the same tracked data.