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Front Door Lock

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Front Door Lock is a Fail.

Flapen Score
41
41 / 100
Ranks 1,774 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −8 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£289K/yr392K searches / yr
90-day growth
-4.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
64%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 78 sellers

Flapen Score

Front Door Lock against its category

The dotted line is the DIY & Tools average. Past it, Front Door Lock is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

41Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Front Door Lock market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Front Door Lock 392K times last year and spent an estimated £289K. All 4 brands take every click. Flapen scores it 41 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

3.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 392K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -4.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £289K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
392K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-4.2%
Conversion, latest week
3.5%
Market size, estimated
£289Ka year
Peak month
November1.2× the quietest month
Top search term
yale door lock101K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £20.85.

Listings sell for £20.85 on average, from £5.11 to £61.73. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £20.85 that is £10K to £16K a year per listing.

Average price
£20.85inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.11–£61.73
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£10K–£16K
Returns
4.8%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

84% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #97 within Door Hardware & Locks. It carries 953 reviews at 4.41 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
84%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
3.2%
Average rank
#97in Door Hardware & Locks
Average rating
4.41 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
953per listing
Listings tracked
19

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 39 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
39 months

Products

Top Front Door Lock products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 64% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£29K£58K£87K£116K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

4 falling

Sellers

78

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

64%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Yale86%
  • Sterling6%
  • Garden Mile5%
  • DIDA2%

Demand

Front Door Lock search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

8K6KSpike '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2×

Search terms

Top Front Door Lock search terms shoppers use

The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.

  • yale door lock101K/yr
  • front door lock60K/yr
  • door locks for front door33K/yr
  • yale lock45K/yr
  • yale lock barrel and keys set32K/yr
  • deadlock22K/yr
  • night latch door lock12K/yr
  • front door lock with key13K/yr
  • night latch11K/yr
  • yale nightlatch8K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Front Door Lock

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Locking Mechanism28%−0.04

The lock is absolutely unusable

Lock barrel has broken already

The lock suddenly stopped working

Quality-Overall19%−0.04

Cheap

Low quality

Poor quality screws

Assembly/Installation7%+0.37

Broke while trying to install

Most likely misassembled - doesn't work

Size-Overall6%+1.25

It did not fit my door

Didnt fit

Unfortunately, I had to return it because I ordered the wrong size,

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting6%−0.10

instructions are terrible

insufficient instructions

Great lock; terrible instructions

Love

Locking Mechanism29%−0.04

smooth to lock

The mechanism is robust and operates smoothly

Genuinely great lock

Quality-Overall20%−0.04

Very well made product

the overall build quality feels reassuringly robust

Excellent quality

Size-Overall17%+1.25

Easy fit

Easy to fit

Fits every time

Value For Money9%+1.21

worth the price

Excellent value

Best Value

Assembly/Installation8%+0.37

Easy installation

Installation & Fit

you definitely get your value from money as the installation was so quick

Return

4.8% Return rate 68% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall60%█▇███▇

It did not fit my door

Didnt fit

Unfortunately, I had to return it because I ordered the wrong size,

Locking Mechanism9%▆██▇▅█

The lock is absolutely unusable

Lock barrel has broken already

The lock suddenly stopped working

Compatibility-Overall7%▇▅█▆▄▇
Defective Material/Parts4%▄▄▄▄▆█
Functionality-Overall4%█▅▆▆▆▅

FAQ

Common Front Door Lock questions

Answered from the same tracked data.