8tb External Hard Drive
FailPrices span $96.09–$438.63, mostly outside the sweet spot, so 8tb External Hard Drive is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 31 / 100Ranks 906 of 1,028 Computers & Accessories niches · −11 vs the category median of 4231
- Market size
- £286K/yr313K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -24.3%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 66%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 357 sellers
Flapen Score
8tb External Hard Drive against its category
The dotted line is the Computers & Accessories average. Past it, 8tb External Hard Drive is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The 8tb External Hard Drive market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for 8tb External Hard Drive 313K times last year and spent an estimated £286K. The top 5 brands take 99% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan. Flapen scores it 31 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
0.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.
Shoppers searched for this 313K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 0.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -24.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £286K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 313K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -24.3%
- Conversion, latest week
- 0.5%
- Market size, estimated
- £286Ka year
- Peak month
- January1.9× the quietest month
- Top search term
- 8tb hard drive94K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth £166.38.
Listings sell for £166.38 on average, from £96.09 to £438.63. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £166.38 that is £17K to £42K a year per listing.
- Average price
- £166.38above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- £96.09–£438.63
- Amazon United Kingdom median price
- £12.12across 27,606 niches
- Units sold a year
- 3K–4K
- Units per listing a year
- 100–250
- Revenue per listing a year
- £17K–£42K
- Returns
- 2.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is reviews.
54% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 92% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #22 within Data Storage. It carries 32,612 reviews at 4.39 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 54%
- Prime listings
- 92%
- Out of stock, average day
- 6.5%
- Average rank
- #22in Data Storage
- Average rating
- 4.39 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
- Average reviews
- 32,612per listing
- Listings tracked
- 24
04 · Newcomers
Amazon counts 4 of last year's 4 launches as successful.
4 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 4 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 48 months on average, so the names here are settling in.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 4
- Successful launches
- 4Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 48 months
Products
Top 8tb External 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
Seagate IronWolf 8TB Internal NAS HDD CMR 3.5 Inch SATA 6GB/s 5.400 RPM 256MB Cache Data Rescue Services (ST8000VNZ02)
- Price
- £162.48
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 7,068
- Age
- 1y ago

Seagate Desktop 8TB External Hard Drive HDD USB 3.0 for PC Laptop and Mac Black Data Rescue Services (STGY8000400)
- Price
- £124.30
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 18,468
- Age
- 8y ago

Seagate BarraCuda 8 TB Internal Hard Drive SATA 6 Gbit/s 3.5 5400 RPM 256 MB Cache for Desktop PC (ST8000DM004)
- Price
- £134.95
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 28,574
- Age
- 9y ago

Seagate IronWolf Pro 8TB Enterprise Internal NAS HDD CMR 3.5 Inch SATA 6GB/s 7.200 RPM 256MB Cache for RAID NAS Data Rescue Services Frustration Free Packaging (ST8000NTZ01)
- Price
- £191.24
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 987
- Age
- 1y ago

WD 8TB My Book external hard drive Desktop HDD with Password Protection USB 3.0 SuperSpeed USB software for device management backup hardware encryption works with PC and Mac Black
- Price
- £172.53
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 7,392
- Age
- 9y ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
Seagate One Touch Desktop 8TB Portbale External Hard Drive USB-C Powered 3.5 Inch USB 3.0 PC & Laptop Includes Data Rescue Service (STNB8000400)
- Price
- £199.14
- Rating
- 3.9/5
- Reviews
- 53
- Age
- 2mo ago

Seagate Expansion Desktop 8TB External Hard Drive USB 3.0 2 year Rescue Services (STKP8000400)
- Price
- £193.61
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 333
- Age
- 6y ago

WD 18TB My Book external hard drive Desktop HDD with Password Protection USB 3.0 SuperSpeed USB software for device management backup hardware encryption works with PC and Mac Black
- Price
- £279.04
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 7,392
- Age
- 5y 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

Seagate Portable Drive 5TB External Hard Drive Dark Grey for PC Laptop and Mac Data Rescue Services Amazon Exclusive (STGX5000400)
- Price
- £105.59
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 264,395
- Age
- 6y ago
Newest
by launch date
Seagate One Touch Desktop 8TB Portbale External Hard Drive USB-C Powered 3.5 Inch USB 3.0 PC & Laptop Includes Data Rescue Service (STNB8000400)
- Price
- £199.14
- Rating
- 3.9/5
- Reviews
- 53
- Age
- 2mo 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 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

SANDISK Extreme Portable SSD 8TB (up to 1050 MB/s Read 1 000MB/s Write USB-C NVMe Solid State Performance IP65 Rated for dust and Water Resistance Updated Firmware) Monterey
- Price
- £438.63
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 7,473
- Age
- 1y ago
Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 66% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
6 rising
Sellers
357
Top-5 brand share
99%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
66%
Top 20: 96%
Open market
0%
- Seagate74%
- Western Digital16%
- ModusTech3%
- WD3%
- Toshiba2%
- SanDisk1%
Demand
8tb External Hard Drive search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×
Search terms
Top 8tb External Hard Drive search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- 8tb hard drive94K/yr
- 8tb hdd41K/yr
- 8tb external hard drive40K/yr
- 8tb25K/yr
- external hard drives 8tb16K/yr
- hdd 8tb15K/yr
- external hard drive 8tb11K/yr
- hard drive 8tb10K/yr
- 8tb nas drive11K/yr
- 8 tb hard drives6K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about 8tb External Hard Drive
What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.
Complain
Breaks
Broke Immediately
Broke after three days
files not accessible
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
gone up hugely in price
Its not cheap
Expensive
Not that loud
noise level
It VERY noisy
The product is effectively being misrepresented
I was misled by the description from Amazon
Capability lower than advertised
Love
Good value for money
Good Value
Decent value for good product
Good storage
loads of storage space
lots of space
Quality product
Good performance, zero issues
Excellent hard drive
The transfer speed were absolutely acceptable
USB - C connectivity ensured fast data transfer
fast drive that gives me the extra storage I needed
Excellent portable drive
Portable Hard Drive
Portable much better
Return
2.2% Return rate 4% Fixable by listing
files not accessible
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
Disconnects when in use
However, wasn't to clear on how it connects to a PC or Laptop computer
At times all explorer windows stop responding at once when this device is connected
Not that loud
noise level
It VERY noisy
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