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Radio Controlled Clock

Radio Controlled Clock shows a fragmented shelf (top 5 take 24% of clicks), but soft demand (-21.7% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

50
Worth a look
Market size 15Growth 14Conversion 41Competition 91Returns 67Price range 65Avg price 83Brand share 28Review moat 67Quality gap 78
This niche Category average

Is Radio Controlled Clock profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Radio Controlled Clock is a £59K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (100K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 88% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 50/100.

Radio Controlled Clock: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -21.7% over the last 90 days and 3.3% of searches end in a purchase.

£59K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr3K
Search volume / yr-21.7%100K
Conversion rate3.3%
Avg price£18.02

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 88% of demand, so 12% of the market is open.

12%

open market share

Brands · sellers23 · 86
Top-5 product click share24%
Open market12%
Avg brand age40 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 77 products

Sponsored placement86%
New entrants (1y)6· 2 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews803

Top Radio Controlled Clock 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

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (24% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£1K£2K£4K£5K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

23 falling

Sellers

86

Top-5 brand share

88%

Top 20: 99%

Top-5 click share

24%

Top 20: 58%

Open market

10%

  • Acctim42%
  • Youshiko31%
  • Precision11%
  • Coopers of Stortford3%
  • OCEST2%
  • TFA2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (17 brands, 10%)

Radio Controlled Clock demand & seasonality

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

Volume100KCVR3.3%Products77Brands23Top 5 Brands88%OOS Rate5.3%Rating4.3★Reviews803Avg BSR#264
5K4KSpike '26Dec '25Jan '26Feb '26Mar '26May '26Jun '26

Top Radio Controlled Clock search terms shoppers use

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

  • radio controlled clock53K/yr
  • acctim radio controlled clock8K/yr
  • acctim wall clock8K/yr
  • wifi clock7K/yr
  • atomic clock7K/yr
  • radio controlled wall clock uk9K/yr
  • radio controlled digital wall clock5K/yr
  • youshiko radio controlled wall clock3K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Radio Controlled Clock

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

What buyers love

80% of reviews
Value For Money19%

Good deal

Alarm/Timer Accuracy12%

Works well and to time

Advertised Vs Actual Product10%

As advertised

Ease Of Use9%

easy to see and read

Quality-Overall8%

Great Quality and easy setup out of the box

What buyers complain about

70% of reviews
Durability15%

Broke

Quality-Overall13%

ZERO Quality Control

Functionality-Overall12%

never worked properly

Battery Life6%

Battery only lasts 1-2 months

Size-Overall6%

Larger than expected

Radio Controlled Clock return rate & reasons

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

2.3%

Return rate

23%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
18%
2Functionality-Overall
17%
3Alarm/Timer Accuracy
17%
4Defective Material/Parts
8%
5Display-Overall
6%

Common Radio Controlled Clock questions

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

Flapen scores Radio Controlled Clock 50/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £59K/yr across 77 tracked products. 2 of 6 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -21.7% over the last 90 days.
Radio Controlled Clock buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Durability, Quality-Overall, Functionality-Overall, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 2.3%.