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Meter Box Key

Fail

Prices span $2.13–$3.69, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Meter Box Key is a Fail.

Flapen Score
37
37 / 100
Ranks 2,017 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −12 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£154K/yr216K searches / yr
90-day growth
-14.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
93%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 8 sellers

Flapen Score

Meter Box Key against its category

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

37Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Meter Box Key market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Meter Box Key 216K times last year and spent an estimated £154K. The top 5 brands take 97% of clicks. Flapen scores it 37 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

25.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 216K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 25.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -14.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £154K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
216K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-14.9%
Conversion, latest week
25.8%
Market size, estimated
£154Ka year
Peak month
January1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
meter box key48K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £2.77.

Listings sell for £2.77 on average, from £2.13 to £3.69. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 50K to 60K a year. The average listing sells 2,500 to 3,000 of them. At £2.77 that is £7K to £8K a year per listing.

Average price
£2.77under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.13–£3.69
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
50K–60K
Units per listing a year
2,500–3,000
Revenue per listing a year
£7K–£8K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

86% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #53 within Building Supplies. It carries 402 reviews at 4.57 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
86%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
7.7%
Average rank
#53in Building Supplies
Average rating
4.57 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
402per listing
Listings tracked
7

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 33 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
33 months

Products

Top Meter Box Key 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 93% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£23K£46K£69K£92K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

8

Top-5 brand share

97%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

93%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • JD Brands55%
  • HowseHold16%
  • Meter Box Repair Kit13%
  • Vivantia8%
  • 1ABOVE4%
  • Trimming Shop3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Meter Box Key search demand

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

5K3KSpike '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Meter Box Key search terms shoppers use

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

  • meter box key48K/yr
  • gas meter box key33K/yr
  • gas box key17K/yr
  • gas meter key18K/yr
  • meter key14K/yr
  • electric box key14K/yr
  • gas key13K/yr
  • electric meter box key11K/yr
  • gas key for meter reading7K/yr
  • triangle key for meter box5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Meter Box Key

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

Complain

Strength28%−0.14

Too weak and break easily

Little bit flimsy as its plastic

Bit flimsy

Durability22%−0.17

Break easy

Do not waste your money both keys broke second time of using

feels like it will break

Material Quality13%−0.01

Beter than Plastic

Soft plastic

Size-Overall10%+0.25

wont fit

To big for meter

Functionality-Overall10%−0.06

Didnt work

Love

Advertised Vs Actual Product32%+3.01

Works as advertised

As described

Exactly what I needed

Value For Money18%+0.36

Good value for money

Excellent value

Good value

Size-Overall11%+0.25

Fit well

Fit/work as described

Great fits electric box great value for money

Quality-Overall10%+0.39

Essential well made

Good to have a spare key

Excellent product

Ease Of Use8%+0.45

easy to use

Needed a replacement electric meter cupboard key easy to use does what I need it for

Great very handy

Return

0.1% Return rate 62% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall62%▅▅▅▆█▅

wont fit

To big for meter

Functionality-Overall17%█▁▁▃▁█

Didnt work

Locking Mechanism12%▁█▁▄▁▁
Quality-Overall5%▁▁█▁▁▁

Cheaply made

Overall rubbish

Compatibility-Overall5%▁▁█▁▁▁

FAQ

Common Meter Box Key questions

Answered from the same tracked data.