External Hard Drive
MaybeShoppers spend $7.0M a year here. But the average product has 42,477 reviews to catch up to, so External Hard Drive is a Maybe.
- Flapen Score
- 56 / 100Top 7% of 1,028 Computers & Accessories niches · +14 vs the category median of 4256
- Market size
- £7.0M/yr4.1M searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -10.3%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 40%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 312 sellers
Flapen Score
External Hard Drive against its category
The dotted line is the Computers & Accessories average. Past it, External Hard Drive is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The External Hard Drive market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for External Hard Drive 4.1M times last year and spent an estimated £7.0M. The top 5 brands take 80% of clicks. Flapen scores it 56 out of 100, a Maybe.
01 · Demand
2.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.
Shoppers searched for this 4.1M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -10.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £7.0M a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 4.1M
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -10.3%
- Conversion, latest week
- 2.3%
- Market size, estimated
- £7.0Ma year
- Peak month
- December1.5× the quietest month
- Top search term
- external hard drive1.2M searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth £75.59.
Listings sell for £75.59 on average, from £18.74 to £279.04. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 80K to 100K a year. The average listing sells 2,000 to 2,500 of them. At £75.59 that is £151K to £189K a year per listing.
- Average price
- £75.59inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- £18.74–£279.04
- Amazon United Kingdom median price
- £12.12across 27,606 niches
- Units sold a year
- 80K–100K
- Units per listing a year
- 2,000–2,500
- Revenue per listing a year
- £151K–£189K
- Returns
- 2.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is reviews.
81% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 98% ship with Prime. On an average day, 8.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #12 within Data Storage. It carries 42,477 reviews at 4.33 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 81%
- Prime listings
- 98%
- Out of stock, average day
- 8.6%
- Average rank
- #12in Data Storage
- Average rating
- 4.33 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
- Average reviews
- 42,477per listing
- Listings tracked
- 42
04 · Newcomers
Amazon counts 7 of last year's 8 launches as successful.
8 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 7 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 54 months on average, so the names here are settling in.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 8
- Successful launches
- 7Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 54 months
Products
Top 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
UnionSine External Hard Drive 500GB Ultra Slim Portable Hard Drive USB 3.0 HDD Storage Compatible for PC Mac Laptop Xbox Xbox one PS4(Black)
- Price
- £23.11
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 51,194
- Age
- 5y ago

Seagate Portable Drive 2TB External Hard Drive Dark Grey for PC Laptop and Mac Data Rescue Services Amazon Exclusive (STGX2000400)
- Price
- £60.91
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 264,395
- Age
- 8y ago

ModusTech Facet 1TB External Hard Drive Portable USB-C/USB 3.1 Plug & Play Ultra-Slim HDD Hard drive for Backup Gaming PC Mac Laptop PS4 Xbox Smart TV (Black)
- Price
- £36.08
- Rating
- 4.1/5
- Reviews
- 2,584
- Age
- 1y ago

Toshiba Canvio Partner 2TB Portable 2.5 External Hard Drive USB 3.2 Mac & Windows compatible. (HDTB520EK3AB)
- Price
- £60.44
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 12,239
- Age
- 3y ago

Seagate Portable Drive 4TB External Hard Drive Dark Grey for PC Laptop and Mac Data Rescue Services Amazon Exclusive (STGX4000400)
- Price
- £90.81
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 264,395
- Age
- 8y ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
Meyritech 750GB USB 3.0 Hard Drive Type-C for Portable External Data Storage Macbook iMacs PCs Laptops Xbox One & PS4 Consoles (Capacity 750GB)
- Price
- £23.00
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 1,701
- Age
- 3y ago

1TB External Hard Drive Portable USB-C/USB 3.0 Plug & Play Ultra-Slim HDD
- Price
- £36.33
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 61
- 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

Seagate Portable Drive 4TB External Hard Drive Dark Grey for PC Laptop and Mac Data Rescue Services Amazon Exclusive (STGX4000400)
- Price
- £90.81
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 264,395
- Age
- 8y ago

WD 2TB Elements AE Portable External Hard Drive SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen 1/USB 3.0 Plug-and-Play Formatted for Windows Black
- Price
- £68.19
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 675
- Age
- 11mo ago
Newest
by launch date
ModusTech 4TB 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
- £73.53
- Rating
- 4.0/5
- Reviews
- 103
- Age
- 7mo ago

WD 2TB Elements AE Portable External Hard Drive SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen 1/USB 3.0 Plug-and-Play Formatted for Windows Black
- Price
- £68.19
- 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

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

1TB External Hard Drive Portable USB-C/USB 3.0 Plug & Play Ultra-Slim HDD
- Price
- £36.33
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 61
- Age
- 1y ago
Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take only 40% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.
Brands
13 flat
Sellers
312
Top-5 brand share
80%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
40%
Top 20: 84%
Open market
14%
- Seagate28%
- UnionSine18%
- Western Digital13%
- ModusTech12%
- Toshiba10%
- ezekers6%
- Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 14%)
Demand
External Hard Drive search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×
Search terms
Top External Hard Drive search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- external hard drive1.2M/yr
- hard drive745K/yr
- external hard drives258K/yr
- 1tb external hard drive233K/yr
- hdd193K/yr
- 2tb external hard drive164K/yr
- external hard drive 1tb195K/yr
- portable hard drive141K/yr
- 4tb external hard drive110K/yr
- seagate external hard drive125K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about External Hard Drive
What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.
Complain
Broke very quickly
Didn't last
Broken
It did not turn on
Didn't work
never worked
constantly disconnects
Keeps Disconnecting
Connection issues
Not compatible
Not as compatible as it claims
it didnt work on any of those either
A little pricey
It could have been a bit cheaper since it is Amazon's own product
Its not cheap
Love
Build quality feels solid and reliable
Excellent Product
A well made product
Good value for money
Excellent value for money
Cost effective
Loads of storage
Good Storage
large capacity
transfer speed is good
Fast read/write speeds
Easy access and transfer
Very easy to use
Super handy
Easy to use just plug
Return
2.1% Return rate 4% Fixable by listing
Not compatible
Not as compatible as it claims
it didnt work on any of those either
It did not turn on
Didn't work
never worked
constantly disconnects
Keeps Disconnecting
Connection issues
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