Wd
brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — Wd doesn't clear our bar today.
Flapen Score
Ranks 948 of 1,375 Computer & Zubehör niches · −5 vs the category median of 41
Is Wd profitable on Amazon?
According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Wd is a €395K/yr Amazon Germany market (243K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Demand peaks in Mar–Jun. Verdict: Skip it — 36/100.
Wd: the Amazon niche in one read
Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.
Is the demand real?
Not really. Search demand moved -16.9% over the last 90 days and 1.1% of searches end in a purchase.
€395K
revenue / yr
Who owns the niche?
The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand, so 0% of the market is open.
0%
open market share
Is there a way in?
Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.
0/100
page quality · 33 products
Top Wd products & what they sell for
Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
WD Elements Portable externe Festplatte 6 TB (mobiler Speicher USB 3.0-Schnittstelle Plug-and-Play für Windows formatiert) Schwarz
- Price
- €128.13
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 297,053
- Age
- 2y ago
WD My Passport externe Festplatte 5 TB (mobiler Speicher schlankes Design herunterladbare Software automatische Backups Passwortschutz) Schwarz - auch kompatibel mit PC Xbox und PS4
- Price
- €104.17
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 24,285
- Age
- 6y ago
WD Elements Desktop-Speicher 22 TB (Desktop-Speicher USB 3.0-kompatibel Zusatzspeicher für Fotos Musik Videos und alle anderen Dateien stoßfest) Schwarz
- Price
- €337.23
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 19,718
- Age
- 3y ago
WD BWLG0200HBK-EESN Elements Desktop-Speicher (USB 3.0-kompatibel Zusatzspeicher für Fotos Musik Videos und alle anderen Dateien stoßfest) Schwarz 20 TB
- Price
- €301.30
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 19,717
- Age
- 4y ago
WD Elements AE 5 TB Tragbare Externe Festplatte SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen 1/USB 3.0 Plug-and-Play-Erweiterung Formatiert für Windows Schwarz
- Price
- €107.83
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 297,053
- Age
- 11mo ago
Trending
90-day click momentumWD Elements Desktop-Speicher 22 TB (Desktop-Speicher USB 3.0-kompatibel Zusatzspeicher für Fotos Musik Videos und alle anderen Dateien stoßfest) Schwarz
- Price
- €337.23
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 19,718
- Age
- 3y ago
WD Elements AE 4 TB Tragbare Externe Festplatte SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen 1/USB 3.0 Plug-and-Play-Erweiterung Formatiert für Windows Schwarz
- Price
- €100.36
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 297,053
- Age
- 11mo ago
WD My Passport Ultra externe Festplatte 5 TB (mobiler Speicher Metallgehäuse herunterladbare Software automatische Backups Passwortschutz) Blau - auch kompatibel mit PC Xbox PS4 und PS5
- Price
- €125.91
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 5,100
- Age
- 6y ago
WD_BLACK P10 Game Drive 6 TB externe Festplatte (mobile und robuste High-Perfomance-Festplatte HDD für Konsole und PC bis zu 150 Spiele speichern) Schwarz
- Price
- €161.76
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 395
- Age
- 2y ago
Seagate Portable Drive 2TB tragbare externe Festplatte 2.5 Zoll USB 3.0 inkl. Datenrettungsdienst (STGX2000400)
- Price
- €66.03
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 264,399
- Age
- 8y ago
Newest
by launch dateWD Elements AE 5 TB Tragbare Externe Festplatte SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen 1/USB 3.0 Plug-and-Play-Erweiterung Formatiert für Windows Schwarz
- Price
- €107.83
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 297,053
- Age
- 11mo ago
WD Elements AE 4 TB Tragbare Externe Festplatte SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen 1/USB 3.0 Plug-and-Play-Erweiterung Formatiert für Windows Schwarz
- Price
- €100.36
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 297,053
- Age
- 11mo ago
WD Elements AE 2 TB Tragbare Externe Festplatte SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen 1/USB 3.0 Plug-and-Play-Erweiterung Formatiert für Windows Schwarz
- Price
- €70.31
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 297,053
- Age
- 11mo ago
WD Elements AE 6 TB Tragbare Externe Festplatte SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen 1/USB 3.0 Plug-and-Play-Erweiterung Formatiert für Windows Schwarz
- Price
- €147.79
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 297,040
- Age
- 11mo ago
WD Elements Desktop-Speicher 24 TB (Desktop-Speicher USB 3.0-kompatibel Zusatzspeicher für Fotos Musik Videos und alle anderen Dateien stoßfest) Schwarz
- Price
- €376.08
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 19,717
- Age
- 2y ago
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 55% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.
Brands
4 rising
Sellers
381
Top-5 brand share
100%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
55%
Top 20: 91%
Open market
0%
- WD77%
- Western Digital17%
- Seagate5%
- Intenso1%
- Open — no brand owns it (0%)
Wd demand & seasonality
Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.
Peak months: Mar, Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.4×
Top Wd search terms shoppers use
The exact queries shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth and conversion.
- wd elements51K/yr
- western digital externe festplatte33K/yr
- western digital30K/yr
- wd externe festplatte15K/yr
- wd festplatte extern13K/yr
- externe festplatte wd11K/yr
- wd festplatte12K/yr
- wd elements desktop6K/yr
- wd elements portable6K/yr
- wd hdd7K/yr
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Wd
What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.
What buyers love
76% of reviews“Idealer Backup Speicher”
“Produkt wie beschrieben”
“Super Backup-Lösung”
“Super Preisleistung”
“Beste Ware”
What buyers complain about
71% of reviews“Nach 2 Jahren defekt”
“Sehr schlechte Performance bzgl”
“Funktioniert nicht”
“Verbindung müll”
“laufgeräusche sind laut”
Wd return rate & reasons
Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.
1.5%
Return rate
0%
Fixable by listing
The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.
Common Wd questions
The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.
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