6tb Hard Drive
FailPrices span $96.09–$331.44, mostly outside the sweet spot, so 6tb Hard Drive is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 38 / 100Ranks 693 of 1,028 Computers & Accessories niches · −4 vs the category median of 4238
- Market size
- £271K/yr115K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -15.0%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 55%top-5 click share · 7 brands · 188 sellers
Flapen Score
6tb Hard Drive against its category
The dotted line is the Computers & Accessories average. Past it, 6tb Hard Drive is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The 6tb Hard Drive market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for 6tb Hard Drive 115K times last year and spent an estimated £271K. The top 5 brands take 98% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar. Flapen scores it 38 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
1.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.
Shoppers searched for this 115K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -15.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £271K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 115K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -15.0%
- Conversion, latest week
- 1.7%
- Market size, estimated
- £271Ka year
- Peak month
- March2.7× the quietest month
- Top search term
- 6tb external hard drive32K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth £136.92.
Listings sell for £136.92 on average, from £96.09 to £331.44. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £136.92 that is £0 to £14K a year per listing.
- Average price
- £136.92above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- £96.09–£331.44
- Amazon United Kingdom median price
- £12.12across 27,606 niches
- Units sold a year
- 2K–3K
- Units per listing a year
- 0–100
- Revenue per listing a year
- £0–£14K
- Returns
- 2.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is reviews.
64% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 96% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #24 within Data Storage. It carries 26,162 reviews at 4.36 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 64%
- Prime listings
- 96%
- Out of stock, average day
- 7.1%
- Average rank
- #24in Data Storage
- Average rating
- 4.36 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
- Average reviews
- 26,162per listing
- Listings tracked
- 25
04 · Newcomers
Amazon counts 3 of last year's 3 launches as successful.
3 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 3 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 47 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
- 47 months
Products
Top 6tb Hard Drive products & what they sell for
Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
WD 6TB Elements AE Portable External Hard Drive SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen 1/USB 3.0 Plug-and-Play Formatted for Windows Black
- Price
- £123.17
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 675
- Age
- 11mo ago

Seagate BarraCuda 6 TB Internal Hard Drive HDD 3.5 Inch SATA 6 Gb/s 5400 RPM 256 MB Cache for Computer Desktop PC (ST6000DM003)
- Price
- £151.55
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 28,574
- Age
- 8y ago

Seagate Expansion Desktop 6TB External Hard Drive USB 3.0 Data Rescue Services (STKP6000400)
- Price
- £104.13
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 18,468
- Age
- 6y ago

WD 6TB Elements portable external hard drive USB 3.0 portable external storage Plug-and-Play SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen 1 Formatted for PC and Mac Black
- Price
- £126.10
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 285,536
- Age
- 2y ago

ModusTech 6TB Desktop External Hard Drive (NOT-PORTABLE) Vault USB-C 3.1 (5Gbps) High-Speed HDD for PC Mac Laptop & Console Backup Storage 2-Year Warranty
- Price
- £96.88
- Rating
- 4.0/5
- Reviews
- 103
- Age
- 7mo ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
Sonnics 6TB External Hard Drive USB 3.0 Compatible with XBOX ONE / PS4 / Windows PC/Mac (Desktop not Portable) (Red)
- Price
- £111.70
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 34
- Age
- 3y ago

Seagate IronWolf 4TB NAS Internal Hard Drive CMR 3.5 Inch SATA 6GB/s 5.400 RPM 256MB Cache for RAID Network Attached Storage Data Rescue Services (ST4000VNZ06)
- Price
- £96.09
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 7,068
- Age
- 1y ago

ModusTech 6TB Desktop External Hard Drive (NOT-PORTABLE) Vault USB-C 3.1 (5Gbps) High-Speed HDD for PC Mac Laptop & Console Backup Storage 2-Year Warranty
- Price
- £96.88
- Rating
- 4.0/5
- Reviews
- 103
- Age
- 7mo ago

WD 6TB My Passport portable external storage external hard drive USB 3.0 portable HDD with software for device management backup and password protection works with PC Xbox &Playstation White
- Price
- £129.52
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 412
- Age
- 2y ago

WD 6TB My Passport portable external storage external hard drive USB 3.0 portable HDD with software for device management backup and password protection works with PC Xbox &Playstation Red
- Price
- £130.15
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 412
- Age
- 2y ago
Newest
by launch date
ModusTech 6TB Desktop External Hard Drive (NOT-PORTABLE) Vault USB-C 3.1 (5Gbps) High-Speed HDD for PC Mac Laptop & Console Backup Storage 2-Year Warranty
- Price
- £96.88
- Rating
- 4.0/5
- Reviews
- 103
- Age
- 7mo ago

WD 6TB Elements AE Portable External Hard Drive SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen 1/USB 3.0 Plug-and-Play Formatted for Windows Black
- Price
- £123.17
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 675
- Age
- 11mo ago

WD 5TB Elements AE Portable External Hard Drive SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen 1/USB 3.0 Plug-and-Play Formatted for Windows Black
- Price
- £99.22
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 675
- Age
- 11mo ago

Crucial X10 6TB External Portable SSD Drive - Up to 2100MB/s USB-C 3.2 Gen2 IP65 Dust and Water Resistant External Solid State Drive Matte Blue - CT6000X10SSD9-02
- Price
- £331.44
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 2,296
- Age
- 1y ago

Seagate IronWolf 4TB NAS Internal Hard Drive CMR 3.5 Inch SATA 6GB/s 5.400 RPM 256MB Cache for RAID Network Attached Storage Data Rescue Services (ST4000VNZ06)
- Price
- £96.09
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 7,068
- Age
- 1y ago
Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 55% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
7 rising
Sellers
188
Top-5 brand share
98%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
55%
Top 20: 95%
Open market
1%
- Seagate39%
- Western Digital35%
- WD16%
- ModusTech7%
- Toshiba2%
- Sonnics1%
- Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 1%)
Demand
6tb Hard Drive search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Mar · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.7×
Search terms
Top 6tb Hard Drive search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- 6tb external hard drive32K/yr
- 6tb hard drive32K/yr
- 6tb hdd15K/yr
- 6tb8K/yr
- external hard drive 6tb6K/yr
- 6tb nas drive4K/yr
- hard drive 6tb4K/yr
- 6tb internal hard drive4K/yr
- 6tb portable hard drive4K/yr
- hdd 6tb3K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about 6tb Hard Drive
What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.
Complain
Broke Immediately
Failure after 2 weeks
Failed after 4 months
immediately failed, wouldn't read or write, couldn't even run a health check on the disk, think the actuator arm was actually broken
did not work
lost all data after it fail a few weeks after pruchase
these are becoming unaffordable
shocking price rises
Expensive
It VERY noisy
The drive is noisy
So Noisy
Miserably poor performance
Hard drive rubbish
Very poor quality
Love
Brilliant storage capacity
Good storage
loads of storage space
Good Value
Excellent value for money
Decent value for good product
The drive itself perfectly fine
Excellent product
Reliable
Portable Hard Drive
Portable much better
Excellent portable drive
Easy to install
Easy to set up
Fast and easy to setup
Return
2.2% Return rate 9% Fixable by listing
immediately failed, wouldn't read or write, couldn't even run a health check on the disk, think the actuator arm was actually broken
did not work
lost all data after it fail a few weeks after pruchase
Haven't connected this yet
Disconnects when in use
However, wasn't to clear on how it connects to a PC or Laptop computer
It VERY noisy
The drive is noisy
So Noisy
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