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Time Lapse Camera

Fail

Shoppers spend only $66K a year here, so Time Lapse Camera is a Fail.

Flapen Score
34
34 / 100
Ranks 1,308 of 1,488 Electronics & Photo niches · −10 vs the category median of 44
Market size
£66K/yr32K searches / yr
90-day growth
-5.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
77%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 20 sellers

Flapen Score

Time Lapse Camera against its category

The dotted line is the Electronics & Photo average. Past it, Time Lapse Camera is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

34Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Time Lapse Camera market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Time Lapse Camera 32K times last year and spent an estimated £66K. The top 5 brands take 89% of clicks. Flapen scores it 34 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

1.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 32K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -5.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £66K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
32K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-5.4%
Conversion, latest week
1.5%
Market size, estimated
£66Ka year
Peak month
January1.2× the quietest month
Top search term
time lapse camera17K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £136.69.

Listings sell for £136.69 on average, from £32.65 to £408.71. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 500 to 750 a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £136.69 that is £0 to £14K a year per listing.

Average price
£136.69above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£32.65–£408.71
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
500–750
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£14K
Returns
3.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 8.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #897 within Camera & Photo. It carries 848 reviews at 4.12 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
8.8%
Average rank
#897in Camera & Photo
Average rating
4.12 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
848per listing
Listings tracked
13

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are young.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 17 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

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

Products

Top Time Lapse Camera 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 77% of clicks. A locked 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%)

Demand

Time Lapse Camera search demand

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

1K600Spike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2×

Search terms

Top Time Lapse Camera search terms shoppers use

The exact words 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

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Time Lapse Camera

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

Complain

Battery Life12%

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

The batteries dont last long

Battery life is ridiculous

Connectivity-Overall6%−0.09

Won't connect

Doesnt connect to WiFi

Won't connect to WiFi or my phone so its basically useless

Functionality-Overall5%−0.09

Completely stopped working

Can't get the thing to work

After 3 days with the camera buried in dry rice it still would not work

Camera Quality5%

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

Seems an ok cheap camera

Average cheap camrra

Image/Picture Clarity5%+0.12

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

It just does not take a photo

Very grainy, not smooth and clear picture and it's constantly blurry and ghosting everytime I turn my head

Love

Value For Money21%+1.62

Excellent value for money

Excellent value

Excellent price

Quality-Overall13%+1.36

Good quality, easy to set up

Excellent build quality

Excellent product

Camera Quality9%

Fantastic camera

Impressive camera for the price

This camera is easy to set up and use and the camera quality is really good and very clear

Image/Picture Clarity9%+0.12

The picture quality is really good

Picture quality is very good nice and clear

Picture quality is good for the price

Assembly/Installation6%

Its very straightforward to get started with simple instructions included

Easy set up

set up

Return

3.1% Return rate 0% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall16%▅█▅▆▅▆

Completely stopped working

Can't get the thing to work

After 3 days with the camera buried in dry rice it still would not work

Quality-Overall10%▄▃▇█▅▃
Image/Picture Clarity8%▅█▃▁▃▂

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

It just does not take a photo

Very grainy, not smooth and clear picture and it's constantly blurry and ghosting everytime I turn my head

Connectivity-Overall7%▃▁▄▆█▇

Won't connect

Doesnt connect to WiFi

Won't connect to WiFi or my phone so its basically useless

Recording Feature5%▄▆▅▁█▅

FAQ

Common Time Lapse Camera questions

Answered from the same tracked data.