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Shed Alarm

Maybe

Products sell for $23.49 on average, inside the sweet spot. But demand is soft, at +0.8% this quarter, so Shed Alarm is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 33% of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · +3 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£159K/yr166K searches / yr
90-day growth
+0.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
60%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 38 sellers

Flapen Score

Shed Alarm against its category

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

52Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Shed Alarm market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Shed Alarm 166K times last year and spent an estimated £159K. The top 5 brands take 76% of clicks. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

4.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 166K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +0.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £159K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
166K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+0.8%
Conversion, latest week
4.1%
Market size, estimated
£159Ka year
Peak month
April1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
shed alarm82K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £23.49.

Listings sell for £23.49 on average, from £8.09 to £77.48. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £23.49 that is £6K to £12K a year per listing.

Average price
£23.49inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£8.09–£77.48
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£6K–£12K
Returns
2.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

74% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #98 within Safety & Security. It carries 973 reviews at 4.20 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
74%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.7%
Average rank
#98in Safety & Security
Average rating
4.20 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
973per listing
Listings tracked
19

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 48 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
48 months

Products

Top Shed Alarm 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 60% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£16K£32K£48K£64K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

38

Top-5 brand share

76%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

60%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

20%

  • Yale33%
  • Generic18%
  • CPVAN10%
  • Tech Traders8%
  • KERUI7%
  • TRIXES4%

Demand

Shed Alarm search demand

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

5K4KSpike '25Prime Day '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Shed Alarm search terms shoppers use

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

  • shed alarm82K/yr
  • garage alarm25K/yr
  • shed alarm with remote14K/yr
  • shed alarm with phone app9K/yr
  • garage alarm system10K/yr
  • shed alarms7K/yr
  • alarms for sheds6K/yr
  • caravan alarm5K/yr
  • garage door alarm4K/yr
  • shed alarm system4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Shed Alarm

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

Complain

Noise Level14%+0.86

Loud

The alarm is extremely loud

Very loud

Durability14%−0.23

Stopped working after a month

That died after 1 day

stop working within a few weeks

Battery Life12%−0.12

Batteries only just stopped working after 5

Also, the batteries don't last that long

recently batterys only last about 3 days

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting8%−0.08

Very poor instructions

No Instructions

Instructions wrong

Quality-Overall7%+0.25

Poor quality and doesnt work

cheap

Utter garbage

Love

Value For Money14%+0.71

Value for money

Great Value

Good value

Assembly/Installation13%+1.01

not to hard to install

Easy to install

Easy setup

Quality-Overall12%+0.25

Good quality and discreet

A really great kit

Good quality

Alarm/Timer Accuracy10%+0.71

Great little alarm for the price

Good alarm

This alarm works perfectly every time

Noise Level10%+0.86

Works very well, good and loud

Excellent easy to put on very loud good quality

Good loud sound from it

Return

2.4% Return rate 3% Fixable by listing

Alarm/Timer Accuracy31%▇█▆▇█▇
Functionality-Overall18%▆▅▅▆▄█

It doesnt work

Just goes off when it wants to

After 13 months, it's stopped working

Compatibility-Overall8%▇▅▅▄▇█
Defective Material/Parts6%█▃▇▆▁▃
Noise Level6%▃█▂▃▃▅

Loud

The alarm is extremely loud

Very loud

FAQ

Common Shed Alarm questions

Answered from the same tracked data.