youview box with recorder
Skip itA small market ($11K/yr) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Quality gap
Great4.2★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Avg price
Good£124.29avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Competition
Good49%top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
Review moat
Good1,238.04avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Price range
Okay£52.29–£228.37cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Brand share
Bad90%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
Returns
Bad5.7%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Growth
Bad-13.0%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Conversion
Bad0.4%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Market size
Bad£11K£11K/yr · 21K searches
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, youview box with recorder is a £11K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (21K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 90% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 33/100.
Data updated Jul 22, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
youview box with recorder market data
- Units sold / yr
- 250–500
- avg 0–100/product
- Revenue / yr
- £31K–£62K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 0.4%
- Avg BSR
- #73
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 31%
- Sponsored
- 23%
- Out of stock
- 0.0%
- Avg brand age
- 76 months
- Avg seller age
- 184 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products take 49% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.Brands
11 rising
Sellers
85
Top-5 brand share
90%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
49%
Top 20: 94%
Open market
6%
- Manhattan51%
- Generic12%
- Panasonic10%
- EE Ltd9%
- BT8%
- August4%
- Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 6%)
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 90 weeks — -13.0% search growth over the last 90 days.Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.3×
Top youview box with recorder search terms
- manhattan freeview recorder7K/yr
- youview box with recorder5K/yr
- video recorders for tv3K/yr
- hdd recorder for tv2K/yr
- manhattan freeview box with recorder1K/yr
- manhattan t4-r 500gb freeview play 4k tv recorder2K/yr
Top youview box with recorder products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 24 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Manhattan T4-R 500GB Freeview Play 4K TV Recorder
Manhattan£143.224.3★1,393 rev
EE TV Box Pro 4K HDR Set Top Box Recorder 1TB Storage Subscription Free Youview Receiver
EE Ltd£125.074.3★326 rev
Manhattan T4-R 1TB Freeview Play 4K TV Recorder
Manhattan£174.114.3★1,393 rev
Manhattan T2-R 500 GB Freeview HD Recorder - Black
Manhattan£117.594.3★2,371 rev
BT G4 YouView+ Smart 500 GB Freeview HD Digital TV Recorder Set Top Box
BT£108.714.2★2,204 rev
Newest
by launch date
Manhattan Aero 4K TV Streamer with Freely
Manhattan£73.50251 rev
ANNKE 4CH 3K Lite Digital Video Recorder with SSD Internal Solid State Hard Drive 1TB 4 Channel DVR with AI Human/Vehicle Detection H.265 Hybrid 5-in-1 Security DVR Hardware Encryption
ANNKE£78.9052 rev
EE TV Box Pro 4K HDR Set Top Box Recorder 1TB Storage Subscription Free Youview Receiver
EE Ltd£125.07326 rev
BT/EE TV Box Pro - 1TB 4K Wireless Freeview TV Box Latest Model - (RTIW387)
Generic£125.3194 rev
BT YOUVIEW T2100 FREEVIEW RECORDER: 1TB SSD Storage 3 Channels HDMI Connectivity
Generic£148.8850 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumManhattan Aero 4K TV Streamer with Freely
Manhattan£73.504.5★
ANNKE 4CH 3K Lite Digital Video Recorder with SSD Internal Solid State Hard Drive 1TB 4 Channel DVR with AI Human/Vehicle Detection H.265 Hybrid 5-in-1 Security DVR Hardware Encryption
ANNKE£78.904.4★
Panasonic DMR-HWT150EB Smart Network HDD Recorder with Freeview Play Black
Panasonic£123.934.2★
Humax HDR-2000T 500GB Freeview HD Digital TV Recorder
HUMAX£131.793.9★
ClonerAlliance Box Pro 1080p@60fps Video Recorder DVR with HDMI Capture Playback on TV. RCA/YPbPr/VGA to Digital Converter. No PC Required. Supports PVR/OTA.
ClonerAlliance£158.704.3★
What buyers say about youview box with recorder
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Easy to install”
“Value for money”
“Good quality and easy to set up”
“Easy to use”
“Does what it says on the box”
“All major apps are available”
“Nice compact box”
“Item was connected”
“new device no problem”
“VERY PLEASED WITH THIS EASY REMOTE CONTROL TO USE HAD WORKING IN MINUTES HAS EVERTHING A FREEVIEW SHOULD HAVE 7 DAY EPG HD CHANNELS RECORDING FOR PROGAMS REWIND PAUSE LIVE TV”
What buyers complain about
“Poor features”
“not very reliable”
“Keeps losing channels”
“Could not even set up this item”
“it has taken me months to work out how to use it”
“user interface is a bit bizarre so numerous returns to the manual”
“This is a one-off cost”
“Not compatible”
“Just a big tick”
“Unreliable and didnt even last 6 months”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is youview box with recorder profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?
- The niche generates £11K/yr across 26 tracked products. 2 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -13.0%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (33/100).
- How competitive is the youview box with recorder niche?
- 11 brands and 85 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 49% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 90% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in youview box with recorder?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Functionality-Overall, Quality-Overall, Connectivity-Overall. The return rate is 5.7% — above our launch gate.
- When does demand for youview box with recorder peak?
- Demand peaks in Nov–Dec; the busiest month runs 2.3× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the youview box with recorder niche?
- Listings span £52.29–£228.37; the average listing price is £124.29 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 1,238 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.