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Activity Trackers

Fail

Buyers convert on only 1.4% of searches, so Activity Trackers is a Fail.

Flapen Score
44
44 / 100
Ranks 570 of 792 Sports & Outdoors niches · −6 vs the category median of 50
Market size
£125K/yr200K searches / yr
90-day growth
-5.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
70%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 35 sellers

Flapen Score

Activity Trackers against its category

The dotted line is the Sports & Outdoors average. Past it, Activity Trackers is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

44Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Activity Trackers market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Activity Trackers 200K times last year and spent an estimated £125K. The top 5 brands take 82% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

1.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 200K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -5.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £125K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
200K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-5.2%
Conversion, latest week
1.4%
Market size, estimated
£125Ka year
Peak month
January1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
step tracker37K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £45.56.

Listings sell for £45.56 on average, from £7.60 to £116.74. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £45.56 that is £0 to £5K a year per listing.

Average price
£45.56inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£7.60–£116.74
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–£5K
Returns
1.8%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

81% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #35 within Sports Technology. It carries 5,590 reviews at 4.08 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
81%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
5.1%
Average rank
#35in Sports Technology
Average rating
4.08 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
5,590per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

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

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 23 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

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

Products

Top Activity Trackers 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 70% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£12K£25K£37K£50K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

35

Top-5 brand share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

14%

  • Garmin35%
  • 3DActive21%
  • XIAOMI12%
  • Fitbit8%
  • Runlio6%
  • Generic4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 14%)

Demand

Activity Trackers search demand

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

6K4KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Activity Trackers search terms shoppers use

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

  • step tracker37K/yr
  • sleep tracker51K/yr
  • health tracker27K/yr
  • steps tracker15K/yr
  • activity tracker12K/yr
  • sleep monitor15K/yr
  • smart tracker7K/yr
  • slim smart watch9K/yr
  • fitness tracker for women5K/yr
  • pedometer step counter watch7K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Activity Trackers

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

Complain

Charging8%−0.10

it doesnt charge

Stopped charging

Difficult to charge

Software/Application7%−0.05

Terrible app

the app no longer works

the software is therefore very buggy

Quality-Overall7%+0.25

Low quality

Garbage

Seems cheaply made

Durability7%−0.10

after a year it is breaking

Doesnt last

Broke After 6 Weeks

Health Monitoring5%−0.02

Heart rate 15% inaccurate

Blood pressure reading very inaccurate -25 points

Not good for step counting

Love

Value For Money18%+1.55

Excellent value for money

Excellent value for money

Great buy

Quality-Overall10%+0.25

the actual watch quality surprised me for the price

Excellent product

Looks and feels high quality, works very smoothly

Ease Of Use10%+0.79

easy to use out the box

Easy to use

easy to read

Battery Life9%+0.62

Good battery

Battery life is amazing

Battery lasts ages

Health Monitoring7%−0.02

HR/HRV very accurate

the blood pressure is also very accurate

works well tracking me vitals

Return

1.8% Return rate 9% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall20%▆██▇▇▇

Not working

Really awful in terms of functionality

Doesn't work properly

Charging9%█▅▇▆▆▄

it doesnt charge

Stopped charging

Difficult to charge

Connectivity-Overall9%▄▅█▅▅▄
Size-Overall6%█▆▅▆▅▆

The screen is super small

Too small

Fit was uncomfortable

Compatibility-Overall6%█▄▃▆▃▄

FAQ

Common Activity Trackers questions

Answered from the same tracked data.