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Solar Net Lights

Fail

Shoppers spend only $43K a year here, so Solar Net Lights is a Fail.

Flapen Score
48
48 / 100
Top 44% of 370 Lighting niches · +1 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£43K/yr90K searches / yr
90-day growth
+56.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
58%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 15 sellers

Flapen Score

Solar Net Lights against its category

The dotted line is the Lighting average. Past it, Solar Net Lights is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

48Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Solar Net Lights market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Solar Net Lights 90K times last year and spent an estimated £43K. The top 5 brands take 89% of clicks. Demand peaks in Apr–May. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

3.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 90K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +56.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £43K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
90K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+56.2%
Conversion, latest week
3.9%
Market size, estimated
£43Ka year
Peak month
May8.2× the quietest month
Top search term
solar curtain lights outdoor garden17K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £12.17.

Listings sell for £12.17 on average, from £8.72 to £16.28. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £12.17 that is £0 to £1K a year per listing.

Average price
£12.17under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£8.72–£16.28
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£1K
Returns
2.6%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

73% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #277 within String Lights. It carries 601 reviews at 4.12 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
73%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
3.9%
Average rank
#277in String Lights
Average rating
4.12 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
601per listing
Listings tracked
22

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 34 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
34 months

Products

Top Solar Net Lights 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 58% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£4K£9K£13K£17K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

15

Top-5 brand share

89%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

58%

Top 20: 97%

Open market

9%

  • CCILAND32%
  • DBFAIRY25%
  • CERIAL17%
  • Generic12%
  • ZAIYW4%
  • Gcstnn2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 9%)

Demand

Solar Net Lights search demand

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

5K4KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 8.2×

Search terms

Top Solar Net Lights search terms shoppers use

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

  • solar curtain lights outdoor garden17K/yr
  • solar net lights outdoor garden13K/yr
  • solar curtain lights10K/yr
  • curtain lights outdoor15K/yr
  • solar net lights8K/yr
  • outdoor curtain lights14K/yr
  • curtain solar lights outdoor garden5K/yr
  • net solar lights outdoor garden4K/yr
  • solar light curtains outdoor garden3K/yr
  • net lights outdoor solar2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Solar Net Lights

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

Complain

Durability30%−0.31

Short lived

Didn't work after a few weeks

Stopped working after a week

Advertised Vs Actual Product16%−0.13

Nothing like the picture

Not as described

Not as advertised

Quality-Overall14%−0.02

the leaves are very cheaply made

Cheaply made

Poor Quality

Functionality-Overall8%−0.07

Not working

Don't' work for long

Do not work

Remote Control6%−0.05

But cannot get them to turn on with the remote

the remote does not work

the remote control that came with them doesnt work either

Love

Brightness/Shine/Glow36%+2.27

provide excellent lighting

Nice soft light

Nice & bright when turned on

Quality-Overall12%−0.02

Great quality

Amazing product

all look really good

Value For Money11%+0.83

great value and cover my fence nice

Good for the price

Value for money

Assembly/Installation6%+0.46

easy to attach to the wall

Easy to install

are easy to set up

Ease Of Use4%

Nice when the light up\nA pain to put up

Easy to unravel

Return

2.6% Return rate 39% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall21%▇▁▄▆██

Not working

Don't' work for long

Do not work

Size-Overall16%▃█▄▅▃▄
Defective Material/Parts12%▁▄▇▅█▄
Advertised Vs Actual Product10%▁▁██▅▄

Nothing like the picture

Not as described

Not as advertised

Color8%█▅▂▄▂▃

Just the wrong colour

It is white, barely there and only has a width of 2m

FAQ

Common Solar Net Lights questions

Answered from the same tracked data.