tascam
Skip itBrand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Review moat
Great383.55avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Avg price
Good£164.28avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Quality gap
Good4.4★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Competition
Okay59%top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
Returns
Okay4.9%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Market size
Bad£80K£80K/yr · 95K searches
Growth
Bad-11.2%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Price range
Bad£68.43–£415.99cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Conversion
Bad0.5%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Brand share
Bad100%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, tascam is a £80K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (95K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov. Verdict: Skip it — 28/100.
Data updated Jul 28, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
tascam market data
- Units sold / yr
- 750–1K
- avg 0–100/product
- Revenue / yr
- £123K–£164K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 0.5%
- Avg BSR
- #184
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 91%
- Sponsored
- 45%
- Out of stock
- 6.9%
- Avg brand age
- 44 months
- Avg seller age
- 179 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products take 59% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.Brands
3 falling
Sellers
33
Top-5 brand share
100%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
59%
Top 20: 98%
Open market
0%
- Zoom74%
- TASCAM25%
- BOSS1%
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -11.2% search growth over the last 90 days.Peak months: Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×
Top tascam search terms
- zoom recorder30K/yr
- tascam16K/yr
- tascam recorder14K/yr
- field recorder9K/yr
- 4 track recorder5K/yr
- multitrack recorder5K/yr
- zoom microphone3K/yr
- zoom h43K/yr
- 32 bit float recorder2K/yr
- portable recording devices3K/yr
Top tascam products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 22 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
ZOOM H1essential Handy Recorder Portable Audio Recorder with 32-Bit Float for Music Podcast Film & Content Creation Black
Zoom£68.434.2★1,324 rev
ZOOM H4essential Handy Recorder 4-Track Recorder with 32-Bit Float X/Y Microphones XLR/TRS Inputs For Music Podcasts Film Sound Black
Zoom£133.574.4★639 rev
Zoom H5 4-Track Portable Recorder for Audio for Video Music and Podcasting Stereo Microphones 2 XLR/TRS Inputs USB Audio Interface Battery Powered
Zoom£151.604.5★1,094 rev
TASCAM DR-40XP 4-Channel 32-Bit Float Portable Handheld Field Recorder and USB-C Audio Interface With 2 XLR/TRS Inputs and Adjustable Mics for Music Audio for Video and Interviews
TASCAM£172.154.5★13 rev
ZOOM H2essential Handy Recorder Portable 32-Bit Float Audio Recorder with 3 Microphones for Surround Recording Ideal for Podcasts Music Livestreams Black
Zoom£108.434.5★172 rev
Newest
by launch dateTASCAM DR-40XP 4-Channel 32-Bit Float Portable Handheld Field Recorder and USB-C Audio Interface With 2 XLR/TRS Inputs and Adjustable Mics for Music Audio for Video and Interviews
TASCAM£172.1513 rev
ZOOM H6studio Mobile Recorder 6+2 track 32-bit float recording device for music podcasts and films studio-quality sound for every recording wherever you are
Zoom£293.0165 rev
Tascam DR-07XP - 2-Channel 32-Bit Float Portable Handheld Recorder With Adjustable Microphones and USB-C Audio Interface
TASCAM£107.9885 rev
Tascam DR-05XP - 2-Channel 32-Bit Float Portable Handheld Recorder With USB-C Audio Interface
TASCAM£75.86268 rev
ZOOM H2essential Handy Recorder Portable 32-Bit Float Audio Recorder with 3 Microphones for Surround Recording Ideal for Podcasts Music Livestreams Black
Zoom£108.43172 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumTASCAM DR-40XP 4-Channel 32-Bit Float Portable Handheld Field Recorder and USB-C Audio Interface With 2 XLR/TRS Inputs and Adjustable Mics for Music Audio for Video and Interviews
TASCAM£172.154.5★
Zoom R4 MultiTrak SD Recorder and USB Audio Interface
Zoom£177.524.5★
Tascam DR-07XP - 2-Channel 32-Bit Float Portable Handheld Recorder With Adjustable Microphones and USB-C Audio Interface
TASCAM£107.984.4★
ZOOM H6studio Mobile Recorder 6+2 track 32-bit float recording device for music podcasts and films studio-quality sound for every recording wherever you are
Zoom£293.014.6★
TASCAM Model 12 - Mixer | Interface | Recorder | Controller - Integrated Production Suite
TASCAM£415.994.3★
What buyers say about tascam
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Great for practising or putting together quality demos”
“Good sound recordings”
“Easy to use”
“found the sound quality really good”
“The lavalier mic is discreet yet robust”
“great for the money”
“Does the job”
“Good pre-amps”
“Battery life is unbelievable having used it for around 10 hours so far”
“and the set-up was incredibly easy”
What buyers complain about
“The user interface is awful - looks like something from the 80s, and it's very fiddly with tiny buttons and submenus”
“bad body noise when handling”
“Awful sound quality”
“saying it wasn't present so couldn't record even though it was a good quality SanDisk 256GB Extreme microSDXC card”
“Does not do as says”
“Works well...difficulty learning the complete instructions”
“Not as good as the original”
“I was disappointed that it drained two brand new AAA batteries within 40mins of use”
“ok, feels cheap and complicated to use”
“a bit cheap feeling”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is tascam profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?
- The niche generates £80K/yr across 22 tracked products. 2 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -11.2%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (28/100).
- How competitive is the tascam niche?
- 3 brands and 33 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 59% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 100% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in tascam?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Touch/Button Controls, Noise Level, Audio Quality. The return rate is 4.9%.
- When does demand for tascam peak?
- Demand peaks in Nov; the busiest month runs 1.7× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the tascam niche?
- Listings span £68.43–£415.99; the average listing price is £164.28 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 384 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.