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Uplighter

Maybe

Products sell for $24.35 on average, inside the sweet spot. But demand is soft, at -38.8% this quarter, so Uplighter is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
50
50 / 100
Top 36% of 370 Lighting niches · +3 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£44K/yr123K searches / yr
90-day growth
-38.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
40%top-5 click share · 21 brands · 29 sellers

Flapen Score

Uplighter against its category

The dotted line is the Lighting average. Past it, Uplighter is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

50Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Uplighter market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Uplighter 123K times last year and spent an estimated £44K. The top 5 brands take 59% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Sep–Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

1.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 123K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -38.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £44K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
123K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-38.8%
Conversion, latest week
1.5%
Market size, estimated
£44Ka year
Peak month
November5.0× the quietest month
Top search term
uplighter41K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £24.35.

Listings sell for £24.35 on average, from £10.35 to £48.94. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £24.35 that is £0 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£24.35inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£10.35–£48.94
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–£2K
Returns
1.8%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

97% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 78% ship with Prime. On an average day, 9.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #157 within Indoor Lighting. It carries 346 reviews at 4.43 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
97%
Prime listings
78%
Out of stock, average day
9.8%
Average rank
#157in Indoor Lighting
Average rating
4.43 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
346per listing
Listings tracked
32

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 5 of last year's 13 launches as successful.

13 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 5 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 42 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
13
Successful launches
5Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
42 months

Products

Top Uplighter 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 only 40% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£2K£4K£7K£9K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

21 falling

Sellers

29

Top-5 brand share

59%

Top 20: 99%

Top-5 click share

40%

Top 20: 84%

Open market

36%

  • HUAEU24%
  • MiniSun16%
  • Aukimo7%
  • Auraglow6%
  • BrightWish6%
  • GOODEA5%

Demand

Uplighter search demand

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

8K6KSpike '24Black Friday '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.0×

Search terms

Top Uplighter search terms shoppers use

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

  • uplighter41K/yr
  • uplighters21K/yr
  • floor uplighter18K/yr
  • uplight9K/yr
  • floor uplighters for living room9K/yr
  • led uplighter6K/yr
  • up lighters indoor7K/yr
  • uplighter lamp6K/yr
  • led uplighter floor lamp5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Uplighter

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

Complain

Brightness/Shine/Glow10%+1.69

Not bright enough to read under

not very bright

Could be a little more brighter

Size-Overall8%−0.08

it looks small

Short wore

a little larger than expected

Quality-Overall7%+0.11

POOR PRODUCT

a little cheaply made

Very poor quality

Value For Money6%+1.41

so not sure if the price is justified

Looks really expensive

It certainly looks a lot more expensive than it is - ironic however as it is designed to be hidden away

Remote Control4%−0.04

remote is rubbish

The remote is also rubbish you have to press on the buttons sooo hard to get them to work

the remote snapped

Love

Brightness/Shine/Glow33%+1.69

The brightness is excellent

Fantastic light

brightness is also good

Value For Money13%+1.41

Very good value for money

Good value

Good value for money

Quality-Overall11%+0.11

Good quality lamp

Excellent quality for where is needed as it adds just the amount of light

Excellent product

Assembly/Installation6%

Really easy to assemble

Easy to install

Easy to set up

Remote Control4%−0.04

the remote works well

Remote is fantastic

The remote control is handy

Return

1.8% Return rate 22% Fixable by listing

Brightness/Shine/Glow28%█▅▅▄▄▅

Not bright enough to read under

not very bright

Could be a little more brighter

Size-Overall15%▅▆▅▅█▇

it looks small

Short wore

a little larger than expected

Functionality-Overall11%▇▇▇▇▆█

It won't turn on straight away

one didn't work

all of a sudden it simply stopped working

Quality-Overall6%▃▆█▆▄▄

POOR PRODUCT

a little cheaply made

Very poor quality

Remote Control5%▆▄▂▇█▅

remote is rubbish

The remote is also rubbish you have to press on the buttons sooo hard to get them to work

the remote snapped

FAQ

Common Uplighter questions

Answered from the same tracked data.