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Time Lapse Camera

a small market ($66K/yr) — Time Lapse Camera doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

34
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Market size 17Growth 22Conversion 19Competition 19Returns 49Price range 18Avg price 63Brand share 27Review moat 66Quality gap 87
This niche Category average

Is Time Lapse Camera profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Time Lapse Camera is a £66K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (32K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 89% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 34/100.

Time Lapse Camera: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -5.4% over the last 90 days and 1.5% of searches end in a purchase.

£66K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr750
Search volume / yr-5.4%32K
Conversion rate1.5%
Avg price£136.69

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 89% of demand, so 11% of the market is open.

11%

open market share

Brands · sellers9 · 20
Top-5 product click share77%
Open market11%
Avg brand age17 months

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 · 13 products

Sponsored placement100%
New entrants (1y)0· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.1★
Avg reviews848

Top Time Lapse Camera products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 77% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£7K£13K£20K£26K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 falling

Sellers

20

Top-5 brand share

89%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

7%

  • Dsoon50%
  • ZIMOCE22%
  • Brinno7%
  • Caupureye5%
  • ASHATA4%
  • AKASO4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 7%)

Time Lapse Camera demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume32KCVR1.5%Products13Brands9Top 5 Brands89%OOS Rate8.8%Rating4.1★Reviews848Avg BSR#897
1K600Spike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2×

Top Time Lapse Camera search terms shoppers use

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

  • time lapse camera17K/yr
  • time lapse camera for construction4K/yr
  • timelapse cameras4K/yr
  • time lapse3K/yr
  • timelapse camera3K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Time Lapse Camera

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

77% of reviews
Value For Money21%

Excellent value for money

Quality-Overall13%

Good quality, easy to set up

Camera Quality9%

Fantastic camera

Image/Picture Clarity9%

The picture quality is really good

Assembly/Installation6%

Its very straightforward to get started with simple instructions included

What buyers complain about

51% of reviews
Battery Life12%

Batteries lasted approximately 3 weeks on 24/7 set to 15 second videos

Connectivity-Overall6%

Won't connect

Functionality-Overall5%

Completely stopped working

Camera Quality5%

Not happy at all :/ I can't get it how everyone else is so pleased with this action camera

Image/Picture Clarity5%

I just found a quality with the picture was not very good at all

Time Lapse Camera return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

3.1%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Functionality-Overall
16%
2Quality-Overall
10%
3Image/Picture Clarity
8%
4Connectivity-Overall
7%
5Recording Feature
5%

Common Time Lapse Camera questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Time Lapse Camera 34/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £66K/yr across 13 tracked products. Search demand moved -5.4% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Time Lapse Camera on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.2× the quietest.