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Meshtastic

Maybe

The average product has only 171 reviews. But demand is soft, at -21.6% this quarter, so Meshtastic is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 15% of 8,347 Electronics niches · +9 vs the category median of 43
Market size
$1.4M/yr1.6M searches / yr
90-day growth
-21.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
51%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 13 sellers

Flapen Score

Meshtastic against its category

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

52Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Meshtastic market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Meshtastic 1.6M times last year and spent an estimated $1.4M. The top 5 brands take 90% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 1.6M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -21.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $1.4M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.6M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-21.6%
Conversion, latest week
1.1%
Market size, estimated
$1.4Ma year
Peak month
January4.2× the quietest month
Top search term
meshtastic781K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $74.83.

Listings sell for $74.83 on average, from $13.19 to $274.73. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $74.83 that is $19K to $37K a year per listing.

Average price
$74.83inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$13.19–$274.73
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$19K–$37K
Returns
2.4%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

84% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 90% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #305 within Single Board Computers. It carries 171 reviews at 4.23 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
84%
Prime listings
90%
Out of stock, average day
5.4%
Average rank
#305in Single Board Computers
Average rating
4.23 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
171per listing
Listings tracked
31

04 · Newcomers

12 of last year's 18 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

18 products launched here in the last 12 months. 12 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 39 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
18
Successful launches
12Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
39 months

Products

Top Meshtastic 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 51% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

11 rising

Sellers

13

Top-5 brand share

90%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

51%

Top 20: 89%

Open market

8%

  • Brand 136%
  • Brand 225%
  • Brand 314%
  • Brand 47%
  • Brand 57%
  • Brand 63%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 8%)

Demand

Meshtastic search demand

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

70K50KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.2×

Search terms

Top Meshtastic search terms shoppers use

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

  • meshtastic781K/yr
  • lora207K/yr
  • meshtastic devices300K/yr
  • meshtastic node66K/yr
  • lora radio47K/yr
  • heltec44K/yr
  • lora meshtastic31K/yr
  • esp32 lora16K/yr
  • meshtastic kit complete8K/yr
  • meshtastic kit19K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Meshtastic

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

12%of positive reviews mention “Assembly/Installation”
10%of negative reviews mention “Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting”
2.4%of orders come back
“Instructions are not written”
A buyer, on “Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting”10% 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 Meshtastic questions

Answered from the same tracked data.