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Robotime

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Robotime is a Fail.

Flapen Score
39
39 / 100
Ranks 1,153 of 1,773 Toys & Games niches · −5 vs the category median of 44
Market size
£9K/yr41K searches / yr
90-day growth
-20.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
35%top-5 click share · 2 brands · 32 sellers

Flapen Score

Robotime against its category

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

39Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Robotime market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Robotime 41K times last year and spent an estimated £9K. All 2 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Jan–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 39 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

0.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 41K 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 -20.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £9K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
41K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-20.1%
Conversion, latest week
0.5%
Market size, estimated
£9Ka year
Peak month
December6.8× the quietest month
Top search term
ugears33K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £46.38.

Listings sell for £46.38 on average, from £9.53 to £148.01. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 500 to 750 a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £46.38 that is £0 to £5K a year per listing.

Average price
£46.38inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£9.53–£148.01
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
500–750
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£5K
Returns
1.1%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. 97% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #326 within Jigsaws & Puzzles. It carries 1,350 reviews at 4.50 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
97%
Out of stock, average day
2.4%
Average rank
#326in Jigsaws & Puzzles
Average rating
4.50 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,350per listing
Listings tracked
30

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 6 launches as successful.

6 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 43 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
43 months

Products

Top Robotime 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 only 35% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£259£519£778£1K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

2 falling

Sellers

32

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

35%

Top 20: 88%

Open market

0%

  • UGEARS95%
  • ROKR5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Robotime search demand

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

7K5KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 6.8×

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Robotime

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

Complain

Assembly/Installation18%−0.10

its not easy to put together

A difficult build,

Difficult to build

Functionality-Overall7%−0.08

I need to find out why the track does not work

Does not function as it should

But again it didnt work

Value For Money5%+0.23

a bit pricey

wow its expensive

Price is unjustified

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting5%−0.03

I do NOT think the instructions are good

I found that some of the instructions were in my opinion in the wrong order

find it frustrating when the instructions call for 2 parts from 4 different sprues

Defective Material/Parts5%−0.08

Broken part

Model doesnt work

Lots of parts didn't fit

Love

Design-Overall23%+2.15

A masterpiece of design

This is an excellent model to build

This kit is superbly presented

Quality-Overall18%+0.85

Excellent quality

Ovely quality great gift

Good quality components, enjoyable build, looks great

Value For Money9%+0.23

Fantastic value for money

worth it

Good price

Fun/Entertainment Experience9%+0.35

Great fun to build

enjoyable build

Great fun

Gifting Purpose8%+0.27

Great gift for grandson

Gift for friend

Fabulous gift

Return

1.1% Return rate 10% Fixable by listing

Defective Material/Parts41%▆▇▆▆█▆

Broken part

Model doesnt work

Lots of parts didn't fit

Functionality-Overall19%▄▇▆█▅▁

I need to find out why the track does not work

Does not function as it should

But again it didnt work

Assembly/Installation6%▃▁█▁▁▇

its not easy to put together

A difficult build,

Difficult to build

Size-Overall5%▂▁▄▁▁█

Bit dispointed at the size

some were a little loose

the bigger of the two

Value For Money5%▇█▅▁▁▁

a bit pricey

wow its expensive

Price is unjustified

FAQ

Common Robotime questions

Answered from the same tracked data.