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Astronomical Timer

Fail

Returns run at 6.0% of orders, so Astronomical Timer is a Fail.

Flapen Score
43
43 / 100
Ranks 6,589 of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · −5 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$132K/yr27K searches / yr
90-day growth
-5.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
64%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 143 sellers

Flapen Score

Astronomical Timer against its category

The dotted line is the Tools & Home Improvement average. Past it, Astronomical Timer is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

43Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Astronomical Timer market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Astronomical Timer 27K times last year and spent an estimated $132K. The top 5 brands take 79% of clicks. Demand peaks in Aug–Sep–Oct. Flapen scores it 43 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

7.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 27K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 7.6% 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 $132K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
27K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-5.1%
Conversion, latest week
7.6%
Market size, estimated
$132Ka year
Peak month
October4.5× the quietest month
Top search term
astronomical timer switch7K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $64.57.

Listings sell for $64.57 on average, from $11.86 to $276.89. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $64.57 that is $6K to $16K a year per listing.

Average price
$64.57inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$11.86–$276.89
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
3K–3K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$6K–$16K
Returns
6.0%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

74% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 74% ship with Prime. On an average day, 10.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #131 within Switches & Dimmers. It carries 1,405 reviews at 4.31 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
74%
Prime listings
74%
Out of stock, average day
10.7%
Average rank
#131in Switches & Dimmers
Average rating
4.31 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,405per listing
Listings tracked
19

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 82 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
82 months

Products

Top Astronomical Timer products & what they sell for

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

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 64% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$13K$26K$40K$53K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

10 rising

Sellers

143

Top-5 brand share

79%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

64%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

14%

  • Honeywell27%
  • BN-LINK19%
  • GE14%
  • Leviton10%
  • Intermatic8%
  • NSI7%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 14%)

Demand

Astronomical Timer search demand

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

3K2KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Aug, Sep, Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.5×

Search terms

Top Astronomical Timer search terms shoppers use

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

  • astronomical timer switch7K/yr
  • astronomical timer7K/yr
  • honeywell timer switch6K/yr
  • honeywell light switch timer4K/yr
  • honeywell programmable light switch4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Astronomical Timer

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

24%of positive reviews mention “Assembly/Installation”
17%of negative reviews mention “Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting”
6.0%of orders come back
“Instructions not great”
A buyer, on “Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting”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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Astronomical Timer questions

Answered from the same tracked data.