Universal Remote
FailPrices span $8.32–$12.55, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Universal Remote is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 43 / 100Ranks 4,131 of 8,347 Electronics niches · on the category median43
- Market size
- $3.4M/yr4.0M searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -6.5%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 85%top-5 click share · 7 brands · 15 sellers
Flapen Score
Universal Remote against its category
The dotted line is the Electronics average. Past it, Universal Remote is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Universal Remote market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Universal Remote 4.0M times last year and spent an estimated $3.4M. The top 5 brands take 95% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 43 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
An estimated 8.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 4.0M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 8.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -6.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $3.4M a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 4.0M
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -6.5%
- Conversion, latest week
- 8.5%
- Market size, estimated
- $3.4Ma year
- Peak month
- December1.5× the quietest month
- Top search term
- universal remote control1.5M searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth $9.96.
Listings sell for $9.96 on average, from $8.32 to $12.55. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 300K to 400K a year. The average listing sells 40,000 to 50,000 of them. At $9.96 that is $398K to $498K a year per listing.
- Average price
- $9.96under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- $8.32–$12.55
- Amazon United States median price
- $24.38across 115,062 niches
- Units sold a year
- 300K–400K
- Units per listing a year
- 40,000–50,000
- Revenue per listing a year
- $398K–$498K
- Returns
- 2.6%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is reviews.
89% 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 #162 within Remote Controls. It carries 35,562 reviews at 4.40 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 89%
- Prime listings
- 100%
- Out of stock, average day
- 0.0%
- Average rank
- #162in Remote Controls
- Average rating
- 4.40 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
- Average reviews
- 35,562per listing
- Listings tracked
- 9
04 · Newcomers
3 of last year's 3 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.
3 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 49 months on average, so the names here are settling in.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 3
- Successful launches
- 3Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 49 months
Products
Top Universal Remote 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 85% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.
Brands
7 falling
Sellers
15
Top-5 brand share
95%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
85%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
2%
- Brand 146%
- Brand 220%
- Brand 313%
- Brand 411%
- Brand 56%
- Brand 63%
- Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 2%)
Demand
Universal Remote search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×
Search terms
Top Universal Remote search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- universal remote control1.5M/yr
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- remote340K/yr
- universal tv remote292K/yr
- tv remote273K/yr
- remote control288K/yr
- tv remote control universal170K/yr
- remote controls121K/yr
- control universal para tv78K/yr
- universal tv remote control52K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Universal Remote
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“Not functioning properly”
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
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Common Universal Remote questions
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