Freeview
Freeview shows a $1.7M/yr market, but soft demand (-7.8% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.
Flapen Score
Is Freeview profitable on Amazon?
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Freeview is a £1.7M/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (807K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 83% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 52/100.
Freeview: the Amazon niche in one read
Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.
Is the demand real?
Worth a look. Search demand moved -7.8% over the last 90 days and 2.0% of searches end in a purchase.
£1.7M
revenue / yr
Who owns the niche?
The top 5 brands hold 83% of demand, so 17% of the market is open.
17%
open market share
Is there a way in?
Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.1★ — the gap to enter on.
0/100
page quality · 32 products
Top Freeview products & what they sell for
Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Manhattan SX Freesat HD Box
- Price
- £53.54
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 7,619
- Age
- 8y ago
Manhattan T4-R 500GB Freeview Play 4K TV Recorder
- Price
- £143.22
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 1,393
- Age
- 2y ago
FULL HD Freeview Set Top Box Receiver Digi Box Digital TV Terrestrial Tuner USB HD Recorder HDMI or SCART Connections
- Price
- £23.00
- Rating
- 3.5/5
- Reviews
- 86
- Age
- 3y ago
NEW Freeview HD Set Top Digi Box FULL HD 1080P Digital TV Receiver Tuner Terrestrial
- Price
- £25.11
- Rating
- 4.0/5
- Reviews
- 360
- Age
- 7y ago
EE TV Box Pro 4K HDR Set Top Box Recorder 1TB Storage Subscription Free Youview Receiver
- Price
- £125.07
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 326
- Age
- 1y ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
UK FULL HD 1080P Built in Wi-Fi Freeview HD Receiver Digital TV Set Top Box Tuner
- Price
- £24.89
- Rating
- 2.6/5
- Reviews
- 4
- Age
- 4mo ago
FULL HD Freeview Set Top Box Receiver Digi Box Digital TV Terrestrial Tuner USB HD Recorder HDMI or SCART Connections
- Price
- £23.00
- Rating
- 3.5/5
- Reviews
- 86
- Age
- 3y ago
Manhattan SX Freesat HD Box
- Price
- £53.54
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 7,619
- Age
- 8y ago
UK FULL HD 1080P Built in Wi-Fi Freeview HD Receiver Digital TV Set Top Box Tuner Digi-box Terrestrial
- Price
- £26.37
- Rating
- 4.0/5
- Reviews
- 21
- Age
- 3y ago
BT/EE TV Box Pro - 1TB 4K Wireless Freeview TV Box Latest Model - (RTIW387)
- Price
- £125.31
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 94
- Age
- 1y ago
Newest
by launch dateUK FULL HD 1080P Built in Wi-Fi Freeview HD Receiver Digital TV Set Top Box Tuner
- Price
- £24.89
- Rating
- 2.6/5
- Reviews
- 4
- Age
- 4mo ago
Roku Streaming Stick 2025 HD Roku Streaming Device for TV with Voice Remote Free and Live TV
- Price
- £21.72
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 1,607
- Age
- 1y ago
EE TV Box Pro 4K HDR Set Top Box Recorder 1TB Storage Subscription Free Youview Receiver
- Price
- £125.07
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 326
- Age
- 1y ago
BT/EE TV Box Pro - 1TB 4K Wireless Freeview TV Box Latest Model - (RTIW387)
- Price
- £125.31
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 94
- Age
- 1y ago
August DVB502 256GB SSD Freeview HD Set Top Receiver Box - Twin Tuner HDMI 1080p TV Recorder with EPG Timeshift Pause/Rewind - Not Compatible Satellite Internet
- Price
- £52.29
- Rating
- 3.6/5
- Reviews
- 521
- Age
- 2y ago
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 46% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.
Brands
13 falling
Sellers
139
Top-5 brand share
83%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
46%
Top 20: 89%
Open market
11%
- Manhattan38%
- Generic19%
- HUMAX10%
- iView HD9%
- EE Ltd8%
- August6%
- Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 11%)
Freeview demand & seasonality
Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×
Top Freeview search terms shoppers use
The exact queries shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth and conversion.
- freeview box144K/yr
- freeview box with recorder114K/yr
- freeview boxes for tv uk54K/yr
- humax freeview box with recorder49K/yr
- freeview recording box31K/yr
- manhattan t4-r freeview recorder34K/yr
- tv recorder box32K/yr
- wifi freeview box no aerial needed14K/yr
- freeview boxes for tv8K/yr
- freeview23K/yr
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Freeview
What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.
What buyers love
84% of reviews“Easy installation”
“Money well spent”
“Quality seems fair”
“app choice is amazing”
“Easy to use”
What buyers complain about
61% of reviews“Software crashes regularly”
“Does not work”
“Poor quality”
“Keeps disconnecting”
“Not compatible”
Freeview return rate & reasons
Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.
4.9%
Return rate
4%
Fixable by listing
The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.
Common Freeview questions
The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.
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