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Parking Sensors

Fail

Demand is soft, at -15.0% this quarter, so Parking Sensors is a Fail.

Flapen Score
42
42 / 100
Ranks 845 of 1,488 Electronics & Photo niches · −2 vs the category median of 44
Market size
£99K/yr181K searches / yr
90-day growth
-15.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
61%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 30 sellers

Flapen Score

Parking Sensors against its category

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

42Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Parking Sensors market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Parking Sensors 181K times last year and spent an estimated £99K. The top 5 brands take 79% of clicks. Flapen scores it 42 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

1.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 181K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -15.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £99K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
181K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-15.0%
Conversion, latest week
1.7%
Market size, estimated
£99Ka year
Peak month
November1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
parking sensors59K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £31.62.

Listings sell for £31.62 on average, from £9.29 to £115.81. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £31.62 that is £3K to £8K a year per listing.

Average price
£31.62inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£9.29–£115.81
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–3K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£8K
Returns
4.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

77% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #16 within Car & Vehicle Electronics. It carries 510 reviews at 4.25 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
77%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.6%
Average rank
#16in Car & Vehicle Electronics
Average rating
4.25 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
510per listing
Listings tracked
22

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 40 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
40 months

Products

Top Parking Sensors 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 61% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£5K£10K£15K£20K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

30

Top-5 brand share

79%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

61%

Top 20: 98%

Open market

15%

  • Dolphin Automotive22%
  • Aiuphing17%
  • AUTOUTLET16%
  • Tosucs14%
  • Valeo10%
  • CISBO6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 15%)

Demand

Parking Sensors search demand

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

5K4KPrime Day '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Parking Sensors search terms shoppers use

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

  • parking sensors59K/yr
  • parking sensor kit14K/yr
  • car parking sensors16K/yr
  • reversing sensor kit12K/yr
  • parking sensor7K/yr
  • reverse parking sensors kit7K/yr
  • car sensors for parking front and back7K/yr
  • rear parking sensor kit5K/yr
  • wireless parking sensors no drilling4K/yr
  • reverse sensors for cars7K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Parking Sensors

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

Complain

Durability17%−0.24

Didn't even last 6 months

Stopped working after a couple of months

in all i had the feeling the whole thing may fall apart at any time

Size-Overall14%+0.66

difficult to fit myself

Unfortunately they are too short for a Fiat Ducato so the control box has to be hidden within the back pillar

Small size size

Quality-Overall13%

cheap tat, avoid, video quality rubbish, LCD screen had black area - damage, and thought if i removed the protective film the black area may disappear, and the screen cracked while trying to remove the film, in all i had the feeling the whole thing may fall apart at any time

Very poor quality

Rubbish quality

Value For Money10%+1.55

Not worth the postage

Not worth the money

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting6%+0.33

the guidance really needs to be far clearer

The instructions are not very clear

poor instructions made installation take far longer than needed

Love

Value For Money22%+1.55

Excellent value for money

Excellent product for the money

worth it

Size-Overall18%+0.66

Easy fit

Easy to fit

decided for the money i would try these the sensors come in black so had to re-paint them with model paint to match my van bumpers drill bit was perfect size so happy with purchase

Quality-Overall18%

Good quality

Excellent product for the money

No complaints

Assembly/Installation15%

Easy to install

Easy installation and it is sensitive enough to allow me a safe space when parking

Without a doubt -.this is the most simple and direct way to get an effective rear view camera setup in a car / van / other

Camera Quality5%+0.44

Great camera

Excellent camera and customer service

Great camera for the price

Return

4.5% Return rate 24% Fixable by listing

Compatibility-Overall19%▇▅▂█▅▆
Size-Overall14%▇█▆▆█▅

difficult to fit myself

Unfortunately they are too short for a Fiat Ducato so the control box has to be hidden within the back pillar

Small size size

Functionality-Overall10%▅█▇▄▆▆

Avoid don't work

Assembly/Installation9%▅▅█▅▆▇
Defective Material/Parts8%█▃█▄▆▆

FAQ

Common Parking Sensors questions

Answered from the same tracked data.