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Smartbud

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Smartbud is a Fail.

Flapen Score
42
42 / 100
Ranks 1,521 of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · −6 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£75K/yr41K searches / yr
90-day growth
-22.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
66%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 9 sellers

Flapen Score

Smartbud against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Personal Care average. Past it, Smartbud is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

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

Market

The Smartbud market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Smartbud 41K times last year and spent an estimated £75K. All 5 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Feb–Mar–Apr. Flapen scores it 42 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

5.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 41K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 5.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -22.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £75K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
41K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-22.4%
Conversion, latest week
5.3%
Market size, estimated
£75Ka year
Peak month
February2.8× the quietest month
Top search term
bebird ear cleaner14K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £34.53.

Listings sell for £34.53 on average, from £13.65 to £68.27. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £34.53 that is £0 to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£34.53inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£13.65–£68.27
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
2K–3K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£3K
Returns
1.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 13.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #422 within Medical Supplies & Equipment. It carries 1,947 reviews at 4.43 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
13.1%
Average rank
#422in Medical Supplies & Equipment
Average rating
4.43 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,947per listing
Listings tracked
18

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 9 of last year's 14 launches as successful.

14 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 9 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 23 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
14
Successful launches
9Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
23 months

Products

Top Smartbud 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 66% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£7K£15K£22K£30K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

5 falling

Sellers

9

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

66%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • BEBIRD53%
  • Bebird Pro32%
  • LMECHN6%
  • Smartbud5%
  • AZHE4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Smartbud search demand

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

20K15KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Feb, Mar, Apr · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.8×

Search terms

Top Smartbud search terms shoppers use

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

  • bebird ear cleaner14K/yr
  • bebird9K/yr
  • smartbud9K/yr
  • smart bud3K/yr
  • smartbud ear cleaner3K/yr
  • smart bud ear cleaner3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Smartbud

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

Complain

Quality-Overall15%−0.12

not the greatest of video quality

Cheap rubbish

quality is poor

Connectivity-Overall12%−0.10

the wifi connection is so unreliable it's basically unusable

connection keeps dropping

WiFi connectivity doesn't work

Durability9%−0.17

Broke upon first use

Incredibly fragile and now broken after one use

Broke within 2 months of use

Ear Hygiene5%+1.16

It is awful for a small ear

I have long time issue with my ear was

Your inner ear is VERY sensitive

Ease Of Use5%+1.16

It does take a bit of getting used to

But I am actually scared to use them

fiddly to attach to the probe

Love

Ear Hygiene23%+1.16

Best ear cleaner ever

effective ear cleaning solution

Really impressed with this ear cleaner

Quality-Overall14%−0.12

looks a decent set

Excellent product

well made for the price

Ease Of Use14%+1.16

hassle free

easy to handle

Super easy to operate

Value For Money9%+0.96

Worth every penny

Good value

Good value for money

Connectivity-Overall7%−0.10

no connection problems what so ever

Easy to connect

Connects well and works as advertised,

Return

1.1% Return rate 10% Fixable by listing

Connectivity-Overall23%█▆▅▇█▅

the wifi connection is so unreliable it's basically unusable

connection keeps dropping

WiFi connectivity doesn't work

Functionality-Overall17%▅▂█▄▅▄

I can't see anything

so no longer works

Defective Material/Parts7%▂█▄▃▂▄
Quality-Overall6%▁▁▃█▃▃

not the greatest of video quality

Cheap rubbish

quality is poor

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%▆▄▁▄▆█

FAQ

Common Smartbud questions

Answered from the same tracked data.