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Electronic Chess Set

weak search conversion (0.5%) — Electronic Chess Set doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

34
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Market size 17Growth 15Conversion 6Competition 45Returns 24Price range 12Avg price 64Brand share 34Review moat 84Quality gap 85
This niche Category average

Is Electronic Chess Set profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Electronic Chess Set is a £68K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (108K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 85% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 34/100.

Electronic Chess Set: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -19.3% over the last 90 days and 0.5% of searches end in a purchase.

£68K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr1K
Search volume / yr-19.3%108K
Conversion rate0.5%
Avg price£134.36

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 85% of demand, so 15% of the market is open.

15%

open market share

Brands · sellers9 · 41
Top-5 product click share58%
Open market15%
Avg brand age56 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.2★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 16 products

Sponsored placement100%
New entrants (1y)4· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.2★
Avg reviews328

Top Electronic Chess Set products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 58% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond 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%)

Electronic Chess Set demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume108KCVR0.5%Products16Brands9Top 5 Brands85%OOS Rate9.0%Rating4.2★Reviews328Avg BSR#863
6K4KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

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

Top Electronic Chess Set search terms shoppers use

The exact queries 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

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Electronic Chess Set

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

84% of reviews
Fun/Entertainment Experience25%

They enjoy playing

Quality-Overall17%

Absolutely an incredible device

Ease Of Use11%

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

Value For Money11%

Value for money

Educational-Overall6%

This is a great piece of kit for learning

What buyers complain about

79% of reviews
Strength17%

The pieces revived are extremely flimsy

Value For Money16%

Very poor for the money

Quality-Overall13%

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

Durability12%

the whole thing seems to be dead now

Defective Material/Parts7%

pieces look bad

Electronic Chess Set return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

5.4%

Return rate

16%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Functionality-Overall
19%
2Defective Material/Parts
12%
3Quality-Overall
9%
4Size-Overall
8%
5Degree Of Motion
6%

Common Electronic Chess Set questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Electronic Chess Set 34/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £68K/yr across 16 tracked products. 1 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -19.3% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Electronic Chess Set on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 4.5× the quietest.