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Fail

Buyers convert on only 0.9% of searches, so Camera is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Top 33% of 8,347 Electronics niches · +4 vs the category median of 43
Market size
$54.5M/yr49.7M searches / yr
90-day growth
+17.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
63%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 74 sellers

Flapen Score

Camera against its category

The dotted line is the Electronics average. Past it, Camera is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

47Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Camera market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Camera 49.7M times last year and spent an estimated $54.5M. The top 5 brands take 89% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 0.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 49.7M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 0.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +17.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $54.5M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
49.7M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+17.4%
Conversion, latest week
0.9%
Market size, estimated
$54.5Ma year
Peak month
December2.4× the quietest month
Top search term
digital camera18.5M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $120.54.

Listings sell for $120.54 on average, from $16.66 to $487.28. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 400K to 500K a year. The average listing sells 15,000 to 20,000 of them. At $120.54 that is $1.8M to $2.4M a year per listing.

Average price
$120.54above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$16.66–$487.28
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
400K–500K
Units per listing a year
15,000–20,000
Revenue per listing a year
$1.8M–$2.4M
Returns
3.9%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 92% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #16 within Digital Cameras. It carries 4,622 reviews at 4.36 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
92%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#16in Digital Cameras
Average rating
4.36 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
4,622per listing
Listings tracked
24

04 · Newcomers

7 of last year's 7 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

7 products launched here in the last 12 months. 7 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 34 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
7
Successful launches
7Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
34 months

Products

Top Camera products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 25, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 63% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$5.4M$10.9M$16.3M$21.8M1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

74

Est. top-5 brand share

89%

Top 20: 99%

Est. top-5 click share

63%

Top 20: 95%

Open market

10%

  • KODAK61%
  • CAMKORY12%
  • Duluvulu6%
  • Lecran6%
  • Canon4%
  • QUIOF2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 10%)

Demand

Camera search demand

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

2.0M1.5MSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.4×

Search terms

Top Camera search terms shoppers use

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

  • digital camera18.5M/yr
  • camera10.4M/yr
  • kodak pixpro fz553.7M/yr
  • cameras for photography2.6M/yr
  • vlogging camera1.6M/yr
  • sony camera1.6M/yr
  • kodak pixpro fz451.1M/yr
  • camara1.1M/yr
  • cameras1.2M/yr
  • sony cybershot1.0M/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Camera

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

14%of positive reviews mention “Image/Picture Clarity”
9%of negative reviews mention “Camera Quality”
3.9%of orders come back
“Terrible camera”
A buyer, on “Camera Quality”9% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Camera questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data