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Cat5e

Fail

Demand is soft, at -8.2% this quarter, so Cat5e is a Fail.

Flapen Score
40
40 / 100
Ranks 5,198 of 8,347 Electronics niches · −3 vs the category median of 43
Market size
$95K/yr44K searches / yr
90-day growth
-8.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
60%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 40 sellers

Flapen Score

Cat5e against its category

The dotted line is the Electronics average. Past it, Cat5e is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

40Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Cat5e market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Cat5e 44K times last year and spent an estimated $95K. The top 5 brands take 77% of clicks. Flapen scores it 40 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 3.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 44K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 3.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -8.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $95K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
44K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-8.2%
Conversion, latest week
3.9%
Market size, estimated
$95Ka year
Peak month
November1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
cat5e25K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $55.10.

Listings sell for $55.10 on average, from $3.52 to $160.03. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At $55.10 that is $0 to $6K a year per listing.

Average price
$55.10inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$3.52–$160.03
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
2K–3K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
$0–$6K
Returns
2.5%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

88% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #22 within Ethernet Cables. It carries 5,828 reviews at 4.64 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
88%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#22in Ethernet Cables
Average rating
4.64 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
5,828per listing
Listings tracked
25

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 75 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
75 months

Products

Top Cat5e products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 60% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

40

Top-5 brand share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

60%

Top 20: 95%

Open market

17%

  • Brand 124%
  • Brand 220%
  • Brand 316%
  • Brand 49%
  • Brand 58%
  • Brand 67%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 17%)

Demand

Cat5e search demand

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

1K600Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Cat5e search terms shoppers use

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

  • cat5e25K/yr
  • cat 5e18K/yr
  • cat 5e+737/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cat5e

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

30%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
18%of negative reviews mention “Connectivity-Overall”
2.5%of orders come back
“Every new line since then has had bad connections. not all 8 lines would confirm”
A buyer, on “Connectivity-Overall”18% 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.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Cat5e questions

Answered from the same tracked data.