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Storage Bins

Storage Bins shows low returns (0.5%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

56
Worth a look
Market size 18Growth 20Conversion 21Competition 85Returns 97Price range 83Avg price 95Brand share 92Review moat 55Quality gap 53
This niche Category average

Is Storage Bins profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Storage Bins is a £73K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (182K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 43% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 56/100.

Storage Bins: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -10.8% over the last 90 days and 1.7% of searches end in a purchase.

£73K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr3K
Search volume / yr-10.8%182K
Conversion rate1.7%
Avg price£23.73

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 43% of demand, so 57% of the market is open.

57%

open market share

Brands · sellers46 · 83
Top-5 product click share30%
Open market57%
Avg brand age41 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 71 products

Sponsored placement77%
New entrants (1y)5· 3 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews1,299

Top Storage Bins products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (30% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£1K£3K£4K£6K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

46 rising

Sellers

83

Top-5 brand share

43%

Top 20: 82%

Top-5 click share

30%

Top 20: 66%

Open market

53%

  • The Workplace Depot16%
  • EQUIP247UK10%
  • VonHaus8%
  • Pe&Hui5%
  • BiGDUG5%
  • Faithfull4%

Storage Bins demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume182KCVR1.7%Products71Brands46Top 5 Brands43%OOS Rate7.1%Rating4.4★Reviews1,299Avg BSR#358
4K3KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Top Storage Bins search terms shoppers use

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

  • storage bins59K/yr
  • storage bin25K/yr
  • storage bins with lids19K/yr
  • stackable storage bins12K/yr
  • plastic storage bins10K/yr
  • wall mounted storage bins9K/yr
  • garage storage bins9K/yr
  • storage bins workshop6K/yr
  • plastic storage bin6K/yr
  • parts bins5K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Storage Bins

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

87% of reviews
Storage Capacity17%

Large capacity

Quality-Overall14%

Brilliant quality

Strength13%

These baskets are very sturdy

Assembly/Installation12%

Easy to build

Value For Money9%

Good value for money

What buyers complain about

66% of reviews
Size-Overall16%

very small

Quality-Overall14%

Bad quality

Strength13%

Flimsy plastic

Locking Mechanism5%

Locking mechanism faulty

Value For Money5%

Overpriced

Storage Bins return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.5%

Return rate

69%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall
59%
2Defective Material/Parts
16%
3Strength
4%
4Quality-Overall
3%
5Functionality-Overall
2%

Common Storage Bins questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Storage Bins 56/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £73K/yr across 71 tracked products. 3 of 5 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -10.8% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Storage Bins on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.4× the quietest.