Hard Drive Docking Station
FailDemand is soft, at -23.7% this quarter, so Hard Drive Docking Station is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 38 / 100Ranks 693 of 1,028 Computers & Accessories niches · −4 vs the category median of 4238
- Market size
- £66K/yr88K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -23.7%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 63%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 20 sellers
Flapen Score
Hard Drive Docking Station against its category
The dotted line is the Computers & Accessories average. Past it, Hard Drive Docking Station is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Hard Drive Docking Station market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Hard Drive Docking Station 88K times last year and spent an estimated £66K. The top 5 brands take 85% of clicks. Flapen scores it 38 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
3.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.
Shoppers searched for this 88K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -23.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £66K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 88K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -23.7%
- Conversion, latest week
- 3.3%
- Market size, estimated
- £66Ka year
- Peak month
- November1.5× the quietest month
- Top search term
- hard drive docking station39K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth £22.74.
Listings sell for £22.74 on average, from £6.66 to £59.94. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £22.74 that is £2K to £6K a year per listing.
- Average price
- £22.74inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- £6.66–£59.94
- Amazon United Kingdom median price
- £12.12across 27,606 niches
- Units sold a year
- 3K–3K
- Units per listing a year
- 100–250
- Revenue per listing a year
- £2K–£6K
- Returns
- 3.7%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is ads and reviews.
95% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #14 within Hard Drive Accessories. It carries 4,198 reviews at 4.38 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 95%
- Prime listings
- 100%
- Out of stock, average day
- 0.0%
- Average rank
- #14in Hard Drive Accessories
- Average rating
- 4.38 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
- Average reviews
- 4,198per listing
- Listings tracked
- 20
04 · Newcomers
Amazon counts 1 of last year's 3 launches as successful.
3 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 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
- 3
- Successful launches
- 1Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 48 months
Products
Top Hard Drive Docking Station 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
FIDECO Hard Drive Docking Station USB 3.0 SATA HDD Docking Station for 2.5 and 3.5 inch SATA HDD SSD Dual Bay Support Offline Clone
- Price
- £19.46
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 5,683
- Age
- 6y ago
SABRENT Hard Drive Docking Station SSD Enclosure
- Price
- £18.59
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 36,334
- Age
- 11y ago
SABRENT Dual Bay Hard Drive Docking Station 2 Bay Enclosure
- Price
- £29.47
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 12,424
- Age
- 8y ago
UGREEN Hard Drive Enclosure SATA to USB 3.0 HDD Caddy for 2.5 3.5 inch SSD HDD Disk up to 22TB with DC Power Adapter Tool-free Lay-Flat Hard Drive Docking Station for Windows Linux macOS PS4 Xbox
- Price
- £15.82
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 2,944
- Age
- 8y ago
UGREEN Hard Drive Docking Station 2 Bay Hard Drive Enclosure for 2.5 & 3.5 inch SSD HDD Disk USB3.0 SATA HDD Enclosure Support Dual Bay Offline Clone for Windows Linux macOS PS5 Xbox
- Price
- £23.98
- Rating
- 5.0/5
- Reviews
- 31
- Age
- 10mo ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
BENFEI Hard Drive Docking Station with UASP Offline Clone Function USB C Dual Bay Dock for 2.5/3.5 HDD SSD Up to 5Gbps | Tool Free Installation
- Price
- £22.50
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 23
- Age
- 3mo ago
Xiaobi Hard Drive Docking Station USB C Dual Bay Dock for 2.5/3.5 SATA HDD SSD Hard Drive Reader Up to 5Gbps Support UASP Offline Clone Function
- Price
- £27.78
- Rating
- 4.1/5
- Reviews
- 34
- Age
- 6mo ago
UGREEN Hard Drive Docking Station 2 Bay Hard Drive Enclosure for 2.5 & 3.5 inch SSD HDD Disk USB3.0 SATA HDD Enclosure Support Dual Bay Offline Clone for Windows Linux macOS PS5 Xbox
- Price
- £23.98
- Rating
- 5.0/5
- Reviews
- 31
- Age
- 10mo ago
Wavlink Dual Bay External Hard Drive Docking Station Support 2x20TB USB 3.0 to SATA I/II/III for 2.5 or 3.5in HDD SSD with Offline Clone Function supports UASP SATA 5Gbps
- Price
- £18.49
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 202
- Age
- 2y ago
ELUTENG M.2 NVMe & SATA to USB C Docking Station Dual Protocol M.2 Adapter 10Gbps External SSD Enclosure for M Key B+M Key Support 2280 2260 2242 2230 SSDs with USB C to C+A 2in1 cable
- Price
- £14.23
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 248
- Age
- 2y ago
Newest
by launch dateBENFEI Hard Drive Docking Station with UASP Offline Clone Function USB C Dual Bay Dock for 2.5/3.5 HDD SSD Up to 5Gbps | Tool Free Installation
- Price
- £22.50
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 23
- Age
- 3mo ago
Xiaobi Hard Drive Docking Station USB C Dual Bay Dock for 2.5/3.5 SATA HDD SSD Hard Drive Reader Up to 5Gbps Support UASP Offline Clone Function
- Price
- £27.78
- Rating
- 4.1/5
- Reviews
- 34
- Age
- 6mo ago
UGREEN Hard Drive Docking Station 2 Bay Hard Drive Enclosure for 2.5 & 3.5 inch SSD HDD Disk USB3.0 SATA HDD Enclosure Support Dual Bay Offline Clone for Windows Linux macOS PS5 Xbox
- Price
- £23.98
- Rating
- 5.0/5
- Reviews
- 31
- Age
- 10mo ago
USB2.0 Hard Drive Docking Station with Offline Clone Function for 2.5 &3.5 inch HDD SSD SATA IDE External Dual Bay Dock Hard Drive
- Price
- £16.46
- Rating
- 4.0/5
- Reviews
- 68
- Age
- 2y ago
RSHTECH Hard Drive Docking Station Dual Bay Aluminum External 2.5 & 3.5 inch SATA HDD/SSD Enclosure USB 3.0 Type-C/A to SATA HDD Caddy Supports UASP Offline Clone Tool-Free 2x 22TB (RSH-DS01C)
- Price
- £24.45
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 582
- Age
- 2y ago
Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 63% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
11 rising
Sellers
20
Top-5 brand share
85%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
63%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
11%
- SABRENT32%
- FIDECO28%
- UGREEN13%
- Generic6%
- RSHTECH5%
- WAVLINK5%
- Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 11%)
Demand
Hard Drive Docking Station search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×
Search terms
Top Hard Drive Docking Station search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- hard drive docking station39K/yr
- hdd docking station17K/yr
- hard drive dock9K/yr
- hard drive docking stations9K/yr
- hdd dock7K/yr
- ssd docking station5K/yr
- ssd dock4K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hard Drive Docking Station
What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.
Complain
It does not work properly
Its not blazing fast
Didn't work
Breaks
Stopped working after 6 months
I can't see it lasting very long
Didn't appear to be MacOS compatible
No compatible
Didnt work with my drives
it was far too hot to handle
Immediately overheated my HDD
After diagnosis I realised that it had overheated causing it to shut down and freeze
it's not a good build quality
Build quality is pretty basic though
Feels tad bit cheap
Love
Simple to use
- Very straightforward to use
For the price, it's great and very handy to have
Works as advertised
Works as expected
it works exactly as it should
Good quality kit
Good quality product
The build quality is excellent
decent price
Worth the money
Excellent value for Money
Fast transfer speeds
good transfer speed
transfer speeds are good
Return
3.7% Return rate 10% Fixable by listing
Didn't appear to be MacOS compatible
No compatible
Didnt work with my drives
It does not work properly
Its not blazing fast
Didn't work
it will only connect through 2.0
Don't work turns off when connecting a hdd
Connection too loose to be useable
Keep looking
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FAQ
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