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Outdoor Plug Box

Fail

Shoppers spend only $17K a year here, so Outdoor Plug Box is a Fail.

Flapen Score
44
44 / 100
Ranks 1,524 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −5 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£17K/yr19K searches / yr
90-day growth
+81.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
59%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 54 sellers

Flapen Score

Outdoor Plug Box against its category

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

44Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Outdoor Plug Box market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Outdoor Plug Box 19K times last year and spent an estimated £17K. The top 5 brands take 95% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

6.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 19K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +81.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £17K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
19K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+81.7%
Conversion, latest week
6.4%
Market size, estimated
£17Ka year
Peak month
December21.2× the quietest month
Top search term
dribox9K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £13.46.

Listings sell for £13.46 on average, from £8.06 to £20.26. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 2K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £13.46 that is £0 to £1K a year per listing.

Average price
£13.46under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£8.06–£20.26
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
2K–2K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£1K
Returns
2.6%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

92% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 71% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #158 within Electrical. It carries 5,093 reviews at 4.52 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
92%
Prime listings
71%
Out of stock, average day
7.9%
Average rank
#158in Electrical
Average rating
4.52 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
5,093per listing
Listings tracked
24

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 3 of last year's 5 launches as successful.

5 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 3 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
5
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
40 months

Products

Top Outdoor Plug Box 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 59% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£828£2K£2K£3K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

54

Top-5 brand share

95%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

59%

Top 20: 96%

Open market

3%

  • Masterplug50%
  • DRiBOX26%
  • Restmo9%
  • Desiretech6%
  • Hrensaw5%
  • SLx2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 3%)

Demand

Outdoor Plug Box search demand

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

5K3KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 21.2×

Search terms

Top Outdoor Plug Box search terms shoppers use

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

  • dribox9K/yr
  • outdoor extension box6K/yr
  • masterplug weatherproof box4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Outdoor Plug Box

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

Complain

Water Resistance19%−0.17

Not Waterproof

These are advertised as waterproof? What an absolute lie

Clearly not as waterproof as we were expecting

Size-Overall16%−0.02

Bigger

Small

Quite a small box

Durability8%−0.07

After 9 months the product stopped working

Doesnt last 9 months

this one didnt last ten minutes

Quality-Overall8%−0.01

Guess it is due to the poor QC control

Cheapened product

Disappointing quality

Value For Money7%+0.54

A bit flimsy for the money

These are expensive compared to the usual grey boxes

Not much for the money

Love

Quality-Overall14%−0.01

The build quality is solid

The product seems well made

Excellent quality

Water Resistance12%−0.17

Water proof

Good Waterproof Box

is waterproof

Size-Overall11%−0.02

Good size

All cables fit

As advertised and fit for purpose

Value For Money10%+0.54

Good value

Great value for money

good value

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%+0.52

Works exactly as expected

As shown

Exactly as advertised

Return

2.6% Return rate 84% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall76%▇████▇

Bigger

Small

Quite a small box

Water Resistance3%█▆▃▂▄▄

Not Waterproof

These are advertised as waterproof? What an absolute lie

Clearly not as waterproof as we were expecting

Add-Ons/Attachments2%█▂▂▄▃▃
Defective Material/Parts2%▄█▄▅▃▆
Compatibility-Overall2%▁▄▂▁▂█

FAQ

Common Outdoor Plug Box questions

Answered from the same tracked data.