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Metal Detector Pinpointer

Maybe

Products sell for $22.41 on average, inside the sweet spot. But shoppers spend only $76K a year here, so Metal Detector Pinpointer is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
53
53 / 100
Top 40% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +2 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£76K/yr64K searches / yr
90-day growth
-10.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
51%top-5 click share · 19 brands · 32 sellers

Flapen Score

Metal Detector Pinpointer against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Metal Detector Pinpointer is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

53Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Metal Detector Pinpointer market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Metal Detector Pinpointer 64K times last year and spent an estimated £76K. The top 5 brands take 67% of clicks. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

5.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 64K 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 -10.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £76K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
64K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-10.5%
Conversion, latest week
5.3%
Market size, estimated
£76Ka year
Peak month
March1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
metal detector wand8K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £22.41.

Listings sell for £22.41 on average, from £9.91 to £97.21. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £22.41 that is £2K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£22.41inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£9.91–£97.21
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£6K
Returns
1.8%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

87% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 9.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #69 within Mowers & Outdoor Power Tools. It carries 1,406 reviews at 4.33 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
87%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
9.4%
Average rank
#69in Mowers & Outdoor Power Tools
Average rating
4.33 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,406per listing
Listings tracked
23

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 36 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
36 months

Products

Top Metal Detector Pinpointer 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 51% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£8K£15K£23K£30K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

19 falling

Sellers

32

Top-5 brand share

67%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

51%

Top 20: 97%

Open market

26%

  • SUNPOW27%
  • flintronic16%
  • Yosoo Health Gear9%
  • DR.ÖTEK8%
  • GLOBAL TECH7%
  • EXTSUD7%

Demand

Metal Detector Pinpointer search demand

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

1K750Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Metal Detector Pinpointer search terms shoppers use

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

  • metal detector wand8K/yr
  • pinpointer metal detector11K/yr
  • metal detector pinpointer14K/yr
  • pinpointer8K/yr
  • pin pointers for metal detecting7K/yr
  • handheld metal detector5K/yr
  • hand held metal detector wand4K/yr
  • small metal detector3K/yr
  • mini metal detector3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Metal Detector Pinpointer

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

Complain

Quality-Overall21%+0.47

unfortunately it had a quality control issue that made it work

Absolute garbage

Bad quality

Functionality-Overall14%−0.23

Doesnt work

Works but not very well

This product is completely non functional for its stated purpose

Value For Money13%+0.41

I think the standard price is slightly higher

I didnt want to spend a £100 plus on a pinpointer after paying out for a detector

Waste of money

Ease Of Use7%+1.36

difficult to fault really

definitely inconvenient enough

Measurement/Reading Accuracy5%−0.03

Something in the ground over an inch or two buried it doesnt pick up so not as accurate as perhaps youd hope

Doesn't pin point accurately

didnt seem very reliable when trying to locate anything properly

Love

Value For Money27%+0.41

Good value

Great value

Great value for money

Quality-Overall22%+0.47

The build quality feels solid

Its well made

Good quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product16%+1.86

As expected

Works like a charm

Exactly what I needed

Ease Of Use12%+1.36

very accurate and handy

Easy to use

it seems to be a handy little piece of kit

Water Resistance6%0.00

the waterproof rating is a bonus for muddy or wet conditions

waterproof

It is water proof

Return

1.8% Return rate 12% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall49%█▅▄▆▇▆

Doesnt work

Works but not very well

This product is completely non functional for its stated purpose

Defective Material/Parts10%▁▇▄▆█▅
Quality-Overall8%▁█▃▂▁▄

unfortunately it had a quality control issue that made it work

Absolute garbage

Bad quality

Size-Overall6%▇▃█▆▄▁
Metal Quality6%▃▁█▂▁▄

small metal detector

FAQ

Common Metal Detector Pinpointer questions

Answered from the same tracked data.