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Roof Box

Maybe

Search demand grew +112.1% this quarter. But buyers convert on only 1.1% of searches, so Roof Box is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
64
64 / 100
Top 4% of 811 Automotive niches · +15 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£455K/yr562K searches / yr
90-day growth
+112.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
39%top-5 click share · 18 brands · 29 sellers

Flapen Score

Roof Box against its category

The dotted line is the Automotive average. Past it, Roof Box is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

64Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Roof Box market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Roof Box 562K times last year and spent an estimated £455K. The top 5 brands take 62% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 64 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 562K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +112.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £455K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
562K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+112.1%
Conversion, latest week
1.1%
Market size, estimated
£455Ka year
Peak month
July6.4× the quietest month
Top search term
roof box170K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £70.32.

Listings sell for £70.32 on average, from £24.53 to £258.34. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £70.32 that is £7K to £18K a year per listing.

Average price
£70.32inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£24.53–£258.34
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
5K–6K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£7K–£18K
Returns
3.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

93% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 67% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #16 within Towing & Transporting. It carries 799 reviews at 4.32 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
93%
Prime listings
67%
Out of stock, average day
5.7%
Average rank
#16in Towing & Transporting
Average rating
4.32 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
799per listing
Listings tracked
42

04 · Newcomers

3 of last year's 5 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

5 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 43 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
43 months

Products

Top Roof Box 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 only 39% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

18 falling

Sellers

29

Top-5 brand share

62%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

39%

Top 20: 78%

Open market

32%

  • Brand 121%
  • Brand 216%
  • Brand 311%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 57%
  • Brand 67%

Demand

Roof Box search demand

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

35K25KSpike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 6.4×

Search terms

Top Roof Box search terms shoppers use

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

  • roof box170K/yr
  • roof bag132K/yr
  • car roof bag63K/yr
  • car roof box55K/yr
  • car roof boxes13K/yr
  • roof bag without roof rack20K/yr
  • roof boxes for cars with roof bars19K/yr
  • car roof bag no rack needed7K/yr
  • roof boxes16K/yr
  • car roof storage8K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Roof Box

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

16%of positive reviews mention “Storage Capacity”
15%of negative reviews mention “Water Resistance”
3.2%of orders come back
“our things were wet”
A buyer, on “Water Resistance”15% 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 Roof Box questions

Answered from the same tracked data.