Hard Drive Enclosure
FailDemand is soft, at -22.4% this quarter, so Hard Drive Enclosure is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 40 / 100Ranks 594 of 1,028 Computers & Accessories niches · −2 vs the category median of 4240
- Market size
- £170K/yr184K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -22.4%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 67%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 23 sellers
Flapen Score
Hard Drive Enclosure against its category
The dotted line is the Computers & Accessories average. Past it, Hard Drive Enclosure is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Hard Drive Enclosure market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Hard Drive Enclosure 184K times last year and spent an estimated £170K. The top 5 brands take 81% of clicks. Flapen scores it 40 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
3.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.
Shoppers searched for this 184K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -22.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £170K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 184K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -22.4%
- Conversion, latest week
- 3.4%
- Market size, estimated
- £170Ka year
- Peak month
- March1.5× the quietest month
- Top search term
- hard drive enclosure49K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth £27.31.
Listings sell for £27.31 on average, from £3.81 to £130.72. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £27.31 that is £3K to £7K a year per listing.
- Average price
- £27.31inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- £3.81–£130.72
- Amazon United Kingdom median price
- £12.12across 27,606 niches
- Units sold a year
- 6K–8K
- Units per listing a year
- 100–250
- Revenue per listing a year
- £3K–£7K
- Returns
- 2.9%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 #28 within Hard Drive Accessories. It carries 5,589 reviews at 4.41 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
- #28in Hard Drive Accessories
- Average rating
- 4.41 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
- Average reviews
- 5,589per listing
- Listings tracked
- 20
04 · Newcomers
Amazon counts 1 of last year's 2 launches as successful.
2 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 54 months on average, so the names here are settling in.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 2
- Successful launches
- 1Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 54 months
Products
Top Hard Drive Enclosure 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
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

SABRENT Hard Drive Docking Station SSD Enclosure
- Price
- £18.59
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 36,334
- Age
- 11y ago

UGREEN 2.5 Inch Hard Drive Enclosure 5Gbps SSD Enclosure External USB 3.0 SATA HDD Caddy SSD Reader UASP Supported Hard Drive Caddy Compatible with 2.5 Inch SSD HDD EVO 870 WD Crucial Drive
- Price
- £6.54
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 31,325
- Age
- 8y ago

CENMATE Aluminum Dual Bay Hard Drive Enclosure with Cooling Fan for 2.5/3.5 SATA HDD/SSD with USB A/C 3.0 Cable Support Hot Swappable Tool-Free HDD Enclosure DAS(NO RAID/NAS)
- Price
- £45.02
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 722
- Age
- 1y ago

KingData Hard Drive Enclosure USB 3.0 to SATA HDD Caddy for 3.5 inch SSD HDD Disk with DC Power Adapter Hard Drive Docking Station Tool Free SSD HDD Enclosure for Windows Linux Mac OS PS4 Xbox
- Price
- £11.89
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 109
- Age
- 1y ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
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
![Yottamaster 5 Bay Hard Drive Enclosure Aluminum 3.5 HDD Enclosure for 3.5 & 2.5 Inch SATA HDD/SSD Support 90TB(5x18TB) Direct Attached Storage Non-RAID DAS for Personal Home Storage [PS500U3]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/4197wbrrA8L.jpg)
Yottamaster 5 Bay Hard Drive Enclosure Aluminum 3.5 HDD Enclosure for 3.5 & 2.5 Inch SATA HDD/SSD Support 90TB(5x18TB) Direct Attached Storage Non-RAID DAS for Personal Home Storage [PS500U3]
- Price
- £113.60
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 86
- Age
- 8mo ago

KingData Hard Drive Enclosure USB 3.0 to SATA HDD Caddy for 3.5 inch SSD HDD Disk with DC Power Adapter Hard Drive Docking Station Tool Free SSD HDD Enclosure for Windows Linux Mac OS PS4 Xbox
- Price
- £11.89
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 109
- Age
- 1y ago

TERRAMASTER D4-320 External Hard Drive Enclosure - 4bay USB 3.2 Gen2 10Gbps Type-C USB Storage Hot Swappable Plug and Play (Diskless)
- Price
- £130.72
- Rating
- 3.9/5
- Reviews
- 30
- Age
- 2y ago

RSHTECH USB C 3.0 to 3.5 inch SATA Hard Drive Enclosure (RSH-339STC)
- Price
- £20.37
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 1,949
- Age
- 1y ago
Newest
by launch date![Yottamaster 5 Bay Hard Drive Enclosure Aluminum 3.5 HDD Enclosure for 3.5 & 2.5 Inch SATA HDD/SSD Support 90TB(5x18TB) Direct Attached Storage Non-RAID DAS for Personal Home Storage [PS500U3]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/4197wbrrA8L.jpg)
Yottamaster 5 Bay Hard Drive Enclosure Aluminum 3.5 HDD Enclosure for 3.5 & 2.5 Inch SATA HDD/SSD Support 90TB(5x18TB) Direct Attached Storage Non-RAID DAS for Personal Home Storage [PS500U3]
- Price
- £113.60
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 86
- Age
- 8mo 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

RSHTECH USB C 3.0 to 3.5 inch SATA Hard Drive Enclosure (RSH-339STC)
- Price
- £20.37
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 1,949
- Age
- 1y ago

BENFEI 2.5 Inch SATA to USB Tool Free External Hard Drive Enclosure (6Gbps Optimized for SSD Support UASP SATA III)
- Price
- £7.42
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 1,498
- Age
- 1y ago

KingData Hard Drive Enclosure USB 3.0 to SATA HDD Caddy for 3.5 inch SSD HDD with DC Power Adapter Docking Station Tool Free SSD HDD Enclosure with LEDS for Windows Linux Mac OS PS4 Xbox
- Price
- £12.01
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 119
- Age
- 1y ago
Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 67% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
12 falling
Sellers
23
Top-5 brand share
81%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
67%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
14%
- UGREEN42%
- SABRENT21%
- KingData7%
- cenmate7%
- BENFEI5%
- RSHTECH5%
- Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 14%)
Demand
Hard Drive Enclosure 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 Enclosure search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- hard drive enclosure49K/yr
- hdd enclosure28K/yr
- 3.5 hard drive enclosure23K/yr
- hard drive caddy11K/yr
- external hard drive enclosure11K/yr
- 3.5 hdd enclosure9K/yr
- 3.5 inch hard drive enclosure8K/yr
- hdd enclosure 3.57K/yr
- hard drive accessories9K/yr
- hard drive enclosure 3.58K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hard Drive Enclosure
What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.
Complain
Very poor quality control
Poor quality
Cheap poor quality
Didn't work
Not functioning properly
Doesnt work with barely anything
I can't see it lasting very long
will not survive longer use
Too early to comment on durability
the connections were poor
Likely to damage connection
connection was interuped
it was far too hot to handle
this leads to overheating
Immediately overheated my HDD
Love
The build quality is excellent
Excellent product
Great build quality
Simple to use
- Very straightforward to use
For the price, it's great and very handy to have
Works as advertised
Works as expected
Exactly as advertised
Excellent price
Worth buying
Excellent value
Easy to set up
Otherwise easy to assemble
Very easy to install
Return
2.9% Return rate 16% Fixable by listing
Not compatible
Didn't appear to be MacOS compatible
As described IDE NOT natively supported
Didn't work
Not functioning properly
Doesnt work with barely anything
the connections were poor
Likely to damage connection
connection was interuped
A bit of a tight fit
Cable is a little too short for my liking
tiny
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