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Radar Detector

Fail

Prices span $48.06–$776.83, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Radar Detector 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
$20.5M/yr4.3M searches / yr
90-day growth
+0.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
67%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 65 sellers

Flapen Score

Radar Detector against its category

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

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

Market

The Radar Detector market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Radar Detector 4.3M times last year and spent an estimated $20.5M. The top 5 brands take 97% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 40 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.6% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 4.3M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +0.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $20.5M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
4.3M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+0.1%
Conversion, latest week
1.6%
Market size, estimated
$20.5Ma year
Peak month
December1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
radar detector1.4M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $292.38.

Listings sell for $292.38 on average, from $48.06 to $776.83. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 60K to 80K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At $292.38 that is $877K to $1.2M a year per listing.

Average price
$292.38above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$48.06–$776.83
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
60K–80K
Units per listing a year
3,000–4,000
Revenue per listing a year
$877K–$1.2M
Returns
7.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

60% 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 #30 within Car & Vehicle Electronics. It carries 1,877 reviews at 4.21 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
60%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#30in Car & Vehicle Electronics
Average rating
4.21 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,877per listing
Listings tracked
20

04 · Newcomers

3 of last year's 4 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. 3 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 45 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
45 months

Products

Top Radar Detector 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 67% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

8 rising

Sellers

65

Top-5 brand share

97%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

67%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

2%

  • Brand 157%
  • Brand 233%
  • Brand 34%
  • Brand 42%
  • Brand 51%
  • Brand 61%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 2%)

Demand

Radar Detector search demand

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

125K75KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Radar Detector search terms shoppers use

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

  • radar detector1.4M/yr
  • radar detectors for cars701K/yr
  • uniden r8366K/yr
  • police radar detector268K/yr
  • uniden r7272K/yr
  • uniden radar detector167K/yr
  • uniden138K/yr
  • cobra radar detector144K/yr
  • uniden r3142K/yr
  • uniden r8w86K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Radar Detector

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

20%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
17%of negative reviews mention “Functionality-Overall”
7.1%of orders come back
“DOESNT WORK”
A buyer, on “Functionality-Overall”17% 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.

20 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Radar Detector questions

Answered from the same tracked data.