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Virgin Remote Control

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 93% of clicks) — Virgin Remote Control doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

49
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Market size 38Growth 20Conversion 100Competition 20Returns 79Price range 40Avg price 60Brand share 17Review moat 84Quality gap 80
This niche Category average

Is Virgin Remote Control profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Virgin Remote Control is a £188K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (64K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 93% of demand. Demand peaks in Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 49/100.

Virgin Remote Control: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -9.3% over the last 90 days and 22.3% of searches end in a purchase.

£188K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr13K
Search volume / yr-9.3%64K
Conversion rate22.3%
Avg price£13.17

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 93% of demand, so 7% of the market is open.

7%

open market share

Brands · sellers8 · 16
Top-5 product click share75%
Open market7%
Avg brand age47 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.2★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 14 products

Sponsored placement86%
New entrants (1y)6· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.2★
Avg reviews320

Top Virgin Remote Control 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 75% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£19K£38K£56K£75K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 rising

Sellers

16

Top-5 brand share

93%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

4%

  • Generic50%
  • Retailverse16%
  • DragonSat15%
  • ElectraWiz7%
  • RYQIF5%
  • EETU2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 4%)

Virgin Remote Control demand & seasonality

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

Volume64KCVR22.3%Products14Brands8Top 5 Brands93%OOS Rate2.9%Rating4.2★Reviews320Avg BSR#628
2K2KSepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Top Virgin Remote Control search terms shoppers use

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

  • virgin media remote control43K/yr
  • virgin remote control4K/yr
  • virgin tv remote control5K/yr
  • virgin 360 remote control4K/yr
  • virgin remote4K/yr
  • virgin remote control replacement4K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Virgin Remote Control

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

What buyers love

91% of reviews
Remote Control44%

Great TV remote

Advertised Vs Actual Product10%

Just what I needed

Value For Money7%

Great value

Connectivity-Overall7%

Paired in seconds

Compatibility-Overall6%

Compatibility perfect

What buyers complain about

81% of reviews
Functionality-Overall19%

Doesn't work

Audio Volume17%

Remote faulty on the volume button it appears to not working it's stuck can u send a replacement

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting10%

Instructions are rubbish

Compatibility-Overall10%

one star because it only syncs with the tivo box

Value For Money7%

Waste of money

Virgin Remote Control return rate & reasons

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

1.8%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

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

1Compatibility-Overall
39%
2Functionality-Overall
25%
3Connectivity-Overall
16%
4Defective Material/Parts
5%
5Audio Volume
4%

Common Virgin Remote Control questions

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

Flapen scores Virgin Remote Control 49/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £188K/yr across 14 tracked products. 1 of 6 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -9.3% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Virgin Remote Control on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Dec, where the busiest month runs 1.9× the quietest.