Tascam
brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — Tascam doesn't clear our bar today.
Flapen Score
Is Tascam profitable on Amazon?
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.
Tascam: the Amazon niche in one read
Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.
Is the demand real?
Not really. Search demand moved -11.2% over the last 90 days and 0.5% of searches end in a purchase.
£80K
revenue / yr
Who owns the niche?
The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand, so 0% of the market is open.
0%
open market share
Is there a way in?
Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.
0/100
page quality · 22 products
Top Tascam products & what they sell for
Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.
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
- Price
- £68.43
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 1,324
- Age
- 2y ago
ZOOM H4essential Handy Recorder 4-Track Recorder with 32-Bit Float X/Y Microphones XLR/TRS Inputs For Music Podcasts Film Sound Black
- Price
- £133.57
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 639
- Age
- 2y ago
Zoom H5 4-Track Portable Recorder for Audio for Video Music and Podcasting Stereo Microphones 2 XLR/TRS Inputs USB Audio Interface Battery Powered
- Price
- £151.60
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 1,094
- Age
- 12y ago
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
- Price
- £172.15
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 13
- Age
- 3mo ago
ZOOM H2essential Handy Recorder Portable 32-Bit Float Audio Recorder with 3 Microphones for Surround Recording Ideal for Podcasts Music Livestreams Black
- Price
- £108.43
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 172
- Age
- 1y ago
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
- Price
- £172.15
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 13
- Age
- 3mo ago
Zoom R4 MultiTrak SD Recorder and USB Audio Interface
- Price
- £177.52
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 171
- Age
- 2y ago
Tascam DR-07XP - 2-Channel 32-Bit Float Portable Handheld Recorder With Adjustable Microphones and USB-C Audio Interface
- Price
- £107.98
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 85
- Age
- 1y ago
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
- Price
- £293.01
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 65
- Age
- 10mo ago
TASCAM Model 12 - Mixer | Interface | Recorder | Controller - Integrated Production Suite
- Price
- £415.99
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 112
- Age
- 6y ago
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
- Price
- £172.15
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 13
- Age
- 3mo ago
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
- Price
- £293.01
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 65
- Age
- 10mo ago
Tascam DR-07XP - 2-Channel 32-Bit Float Portable Handheld Recorder With Adjustable Microphones and USB-C Audio Interface
- Price
- £107.98
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 85
- Age
- 1y ago
Tascam DR-05XP - 2-Channel 32-Bit Float Portable Handheld Recorder With USB-C Audio Interface
- Price
- £75.86
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 268
- Age
- 1y ago
ZOOM H2essential Handy Recorder Portable 32-Bit Float Audio Recorder with 3 Microphones for Surround Recording Ideal for Podcasts Music Livestreams Black
- Price
- £108.43
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 172
- Age
- 1y ago
Competition: brands, sellers & click 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%
Tascam demand & seasonality
Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.
Peak months: Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×
Top Tascam search terms shoppers use
The exact queries shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth and conversion.
- 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
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Tascam
What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.
What buyers love
86% of reviews“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”
What buyers complain about
81% of reviews“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”
Tascam return rate & reasons
Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.
4.9%
Return rate
4%
Fixable by listing
The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.
Common Tascam questions
The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.
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