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Key Safe

Maybe

Shoppers spend $3.0M a year here. But demand is soft, at -1.5% this quarter, so Key Safe is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
60
60 / 100
Top 7% of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · +11 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£3.0M/yr1.9M searches / yr
90-day growth
-1.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
66%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 34 sellers

Flapen Score

Key Safe against its category

The dotted line is the DIY & Tools average. Past it, Key Safe is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

60Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Key Safe market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Key Safe 1.9M times last year and spent an estimated £3.0M. The top 5 brands take 71% of clicks. Flapen scores it 60 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

10.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.9M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 10.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -1.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £3.0M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.9M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-1.5%
Conversion, latest week
10.4%
Market size, estimated
£3.0Ma year
Peak month
September1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
key safe650K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £15.68.

Listings sell for £15.68 on average, from £6.23 to £55.66. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 150K to 200K a year. The average listing sells 6,000 to 8,000 of them. At £15.68 that is £94K to £125K a year per listing.

Average price
£15.68inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£6.23–£55.66
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
150K–200K
Units per listing a year
6,000–8,000
Revenue per listing a year
£94K–£125K
Returns
1.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #43 within Safety & Security. It carries 3,902 reviews at 4.50 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.6%
Average rank
#43in Safety & Security
Average rating
4.50 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,902per listing
Listings tracked
15

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 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 40 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
40 months

Products

Top Key Safe 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 66% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£304K£608K£912K£1.2M101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

34

Top-5 brand share

71%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

66%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

24%

  • Master Lock30%
  • XShield23%
  • Mohard6%
  • Mitoymia6%
  • LauCentral5%
  • SHIELD HARDWARE5%

Demand

Key Safe search demand

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

40K30KSpike '25Prime Day '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Key Safe search terms shoppers use

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

  • key safe650K/yr
  • lock box232K/yr
  • key safe wall mounted191K/yr
  • key box140K/yr
  • key safe outdoor88K/yr
  • key lock box outdoor80K/yr
  • keysafe67K/yr
  • key boxes wall mounted61K/yr
  • key lock box53K/yr
  • keysafe wall mounted outside50K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Key Safe

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

Complain

Durability15%−0.15

Broke within a week

Broke after a few months

Broke on first use

Locking Mechanism8%

Poor quality locking mechanism

Now today on the 6th chamge it refuses to lock at all

then locking / opening mechanism became very tough to open

Quality-Overall7%+1.23

Cheap and poorly made

Very cheap considering the quality

Poor quality

Ease Of Use7%−0.01

Sometimes difficult to open

Not the easiest to use

Nearly impossible to open

Strength6%

Unit looks a bit fragile

Not very strong

A bit flimsy

Love

Quality-Overall16%+1.23

Excellent product

Quality of build seems good

excellent well made product

Locking Mechanism12%

locking mechanism look pretty robust

the locking mechanism is smooth

The lock is straightforward to use

Assembly/Installation12%+0.80

Easy set up

installed fine

Easy installation

Strength11%

Sturdy construction and well designed

Well built

Strong product

Value For Money10%+0.92

Excellent value

Value for money

Good for the price

Return

1.0% Return rate 31% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall24%▅▇▇█▆█

Not fit for purpose

that was not nearly big enough

I would say its too small for a car key

Functionality-Overall16%▆▅█▆▇▅

Never worked

not doing anything

Doesnt work

Locking Mechanism13%▅▇█▇▇█

Poor quality locking mechanism

Now today on the 6th chamge it refuses to lock at all

then locking / opening mechanism became very tough to open

Defective Material/Parts6%▅▆▄▅▇█
Quality-Overall4%█▇▅▅▅▃

Cheap and poorly made

Very cheap considering the quality

Poor quality

FAQ

Common Key Safe questions

Answered from the same tracked data.