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Satellite Phones

Fail

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

Flapen Score
38
38 / 100
Ranks 5,797 of 8,347 Electronics niches · −5 vs the category median of 43
Market size
$7.5M/yr1.6M searches / yr
90-day growth
+5.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
71%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 110 sellers

Flapen Score

Satellite Phones against its category

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

38Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Satellite Phones market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Satellite Phones 1.6M times last year and spent an estimated $7.5M. All 5 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Oct. Flapen scores it 38 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.5% 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 1.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +5.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $7.5M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.6M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+5.1%
Conversion, latest week
1.5%
Market size, estimated
$7.5Ma year
Peak month
October2.1× the quietest month
Top search term
satellite phones426K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $323.08.

Listings sell for $323.08 on average, from $42.85 to $753.31. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At $323.08 that is $485K to $646K a year per listing.

Average price
$323.08above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$42.85–$753.31
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
20K–25K
Units per listing a year
1,500–2,000
Revenue per listing a year
$485K–$646K
Returns
4.3%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

93% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 80% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #110 within GPS, Finders & Accessories. It carries 775 reviews at 4.49 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
93%
Prime listings
80%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#110in GPS, Finders & Accessories
Average rating
4.49 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
775per listing
Listings tracked
15

04 · Newcomers

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

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. 4 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 43 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Satellite Phones 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 71% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

5 falling

Sellers

110

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

71%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 177%
  • Brand 211%
  • Brand 39%
  • Brand 42%
  • Brand 52%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Satellite Phones search demand

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

100K60KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×

Search terms

Top Satellite Phones search terms shoppers use

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

  • satellite phones426K/yr
  • garmin inreach204K/yr
  • garmin inreach mini 2148K/yr
  • satellite phone162K/yr
  • satellite communicator78K/yr
  • handheld gps65K/yr
  • garmin inreach mini48K/yr
  • inreach mini 252K/yr
  • sat phone43K/yr
  • garmin mini 236K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Satellite Phones

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

10%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
12%of negative reviews mention “Value For Money”
4.3%of orders come back
“Not inexpensive”
A buyer, on “Value For Money”12% 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 Satellite Phones questions

Answered from the same tracked data.