How competitive is the Thule Bike Rack niche on Amazon United Kingdom?

3 brands and 25 sellers compete in Thule Bike Rack on Amazon United Kingdom. The top 5 Thule Bike Rack products take 66% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 100% of demand.

What do buyers complain about in Thule Bike Rack?

Thule Bike Rack buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Assembly/Installation, Strap/String Quality, Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 2.9%.

What does it cost to enter the Thule Bike Rack niche?

Thule Bike Rack sells for £247.20 on average on Amazon United Kingdom, outside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span £18.90–£689.90. The average incumbent carries 911 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

Thule Bike Rack

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — Thule Bike Rack doesn't clear our bar today.

Signals High Price

Flapen Score

Skip it

Ranks 711 of 811 Automotive niches · −11 vs the category median of 49

This niche Category average · 811 niches

Is Thule Bike Rack profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Thule Bike Rack is a £94K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (24K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Demand peaks in Apr–May–Jul–Aug. Verdict: Skip it — 38/100.

Thule Bike Rack: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved +38.8% over the last 90 days and 1.6% of searches end in a purchase.

£94K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr250

Search volume / yr+38.8%24K

Conversion rate1.6%

Avg price£247.20

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand, so 0% of the market is open.

open market share

Brands · sellers3 · 25

Top-5 product click share66%

Open market0%

Avg brand age60 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 19 products

Top Thule Bike Rack 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

Thule 598001 ProRide 598 Roof Bike Rack Silver

Price: £109.20
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 1,952
Age: 10y ago

Thule Velocompact 13-pin Platform Towbar Bike Rack Black/aluminum 3(4) bikes

Price: £416.95
Rating: 4.0/5
Reviews: 52
Age: 4y ago

Thule Velocompact 13-pin Platform Towbar Bike Rack Black/aluminum 2 bikes

Price: £343.43
Rating: 4.0/5
Reviews: 52
Age: 4y ago

Thule 532002 FreeRide Roof Mounted Bike Carrier

Price: £67.79
Rating: 4.2/5
Reviews: 1,915
Age: 15y ago

Thule TH9700 Xpress 2-Bike Silver/Black

Price: £70.40
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 1,896
Age: 16y ago

Newest

by launch date

Thule EasyFold 3 Platform Towbar Bike Rack 2 Bike Black

Price: £689.90
Rating: 0.0/5
Reviews: 0
Age: 3mo ago

DazSpirit Rear Bike Rack Adjustable Bicycle Rear Cargo Rack MTB Rear Rack Bike Rear Seat Luggage Rack Quick Release Load 60kg Aluminum Alloy Material with Reflector for Cycling Camping Touring

Price: £18.90
Rating: 4.2/5
Reviews: 201
Age: 6mo ago

Thule Velocompact 13-pin Platform Towbar Bike Rack Black/aluminum 3(4) bikes

Price: £416.95
Rating: 4.0/5
Reviews: 52
Age: 4y ago

Thule Velocompact 13-pin Platform Towbar Bike Rack Black/aluminum 2 bikes

Price: £343.43
Rating: 4.0/5
Reviews: 52
Age: 4y ago

Thule Outway Hanging Boot Bike Rack

Price: £286.39
Rating: 3.9/5
Reviews: 31
Age: 5y ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 66% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

3 falling

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

66%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

Thule95%
WITTER4%
DazSpirit1%

Thule Bike Rack demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume24KCVR1.6%Products19Brands3Top 5 Brands100%OOS Rate5.6%Rating4.3★Reviews911Avg BSR#82

Peak months: Apr, May, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.1×

Top Thule Bike Rack search terms shoppers use

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

thule bike rack21K/yr +45.8%0.9% conv.
thule bike carrier2K/yr -3.1%0.3% conv.
thule tow bar bike rack1K/yr +29.1%1.9% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Thule Bike Rack

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

78% of reviews

Quality-Overall22%

“The good news about this carrier is that it is well made”

Value For Money14%

“Truly worth the money”

Strength11%

“The bikes are steady”

Weight Light10%

“Lightweight and strong”

Ease Of Use5%

“It's so easy to fasten to the towball”

What buyers complain about

63% of reviews

Assembly/Installation22%

“Very difficult to assemble”

Strap/String Quality17%

“The straps are missing”

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting11%

“with fairly poor instructions”

Mounting8%

“lots of rage to mount three bikes”

Value For Money4%

“at £799, it is already an expensive piece of kit and having to pay an extra £57 for the ramp was/is not acceptable”

Thule Bike Rack return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

2.9%

Return rate

34%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall

30%

2Defective Material/Parts

21%

3Assembly/Installation

4Compatibility-Overall

5Product Condition

Common Thule Bike Rack questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Thule Bike Rack 38/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £94K/yr across 19 tracked products. 0 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +38.8% over the last 90 days.