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Electronic Chess Set

Fail

Buyers convert on only 0.5% of searches, so Electronic Chess Set is a Fail.

Flapen Score
34
34 / 100
Ranks 1,428 of 1,773 Toys & Games niches · −10 vs the category median of 44
Market size
£68K/yr108K searches / yr
90-day growth
-19.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
58%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 41 sellers

Flapen Score

Electronic Chess Set against its category

The dotted line is the Toys & Games average. Past it, Electronic Chess Set is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

34Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Electronic Chess Set market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Electronic Chess Set 108K times last year and spent an estimated £68K. The top 5 brands take 85% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 34 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

0.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 108K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 0.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -19.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £68K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
108K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-19.3%
Conversion, latest week
0.5%
Market size, estimated
£68Ka year
Peak month
December4.5× the quietest month
Top search term
electronic chess board19K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £134.36.

Listings sell for £134.36 on average, from £38.05 to £572.82. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 750 to 1K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £134.36 that is £0 to £13K a year per listing.

Average price
£134.36above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£38.05–£572.82
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
750–1K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£13K
Returns
5.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 9.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #863 within Games & Accessories. It carries 328 reviews at 4.15 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
9.0%
Average rank
#863in Games & Accessories
Average rating
4.15 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
328per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 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 56 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
56 months

Products

Top Electronic Chess Set 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£7K£14K£20K£27K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

9 flat

Sellers

41

Top-5 brand share

85%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

58%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

9%

  • LEXIBOOK41%
  • Vonset13%
  • CNSENIOR12%
  • GoCube11%
  • Chessnut7%
  • MILLENNIUM6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 9%)

Demand

Electronic Chess Set search demand

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

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

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.5×

Search terms

Top Electronic Chess Set search terms shoppers use

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

  • electronic chess board19K/yr
  • chess computer18K/yr
  • electronic chess16K/yr
  • electronic chess set23K/yr
  • smart chess board5K/yr
  • computer chess9K/yr
  • electric chess board5K/yr
  • chess computers for adults6K/yr
  • electronic chess set for adults7K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Electronic Chess Set

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

Complain

Strength17%−0.11

The pieces revived are extremely flimsy

fragile figurines

But the pieces themselves are very fragile, be careful

Value For Money16%−0.09

Very poor for the money

Terrible waste of money that I regret spending

Would I pay $1,000 no way

Quality-Overall13%−0.03

I couldn't get drawers open at first because so cheap and flimsy

Do they realise that the product is of such poor quality

Rubbish

Durability12%−0.12

the whole thing seems to be dead now

wouldn't have lasted 5 minutes either

Faulty after 3 weeks

Defective Material/Parts7%−0.07

pieces look bad

Love

Fun/Entertainment Experience25%+2.62

They enjoy playing

Great fun

interesting game

Quality-Overall17%−0.03

Absolutely an incredible device

Expensive toy quality excellent

good quality

Ease Of Use11%−0.01

Easy to get going, lovely feel to the board and pieces, online play, stockfish bot and puzzles are brilliant on it

It's fairly easy to get the hang of

its very easy to shuffle pieces out of position

Value For Money11%−0.09

Value for money

Definitely worth the money if you want your kids to learn the game

money well spent

Educational-Overall6%+0.51

This is a great piece of kit for learning

Good for learning

Return

5.4% Return rate 16% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall19%▃▄▂▃▂█

Doesn't work

Defective Material/Parts12%▃▅▂▅█▅

pieces look bad

Quality-Overall9%▄▇█▃█▅

I couldn't get drawers open at first because so cheap and flimsy

Do they realise that the product is of such poor quality

Rubbish

Size-Overall8%▁█▇▂▇▁
Degree Of Motion6%█▃▄▁▆▁

FAQ

Common Electronic Chess Set questions

Answered from the same tracked data.