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Sharps Bin

Fail

Prices span $4.14–$7.71, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Sharps Bin is a Fail.

Flapen Score
45
45 / 100
Ranks 1,255 of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · −3 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£284K/yr383K searches / yr
90-day growth
+10.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
84%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 42 sellers

Flapen Score

Sharps Bin against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Personal Care average. Past it, Sharps Bin is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

45Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Sharps Bin market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Sharps Bin 383K times last year and spent an estimated £284K. The top 5 brands take 97% of clicks. Flapen scores it 45 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

14.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 383K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 14.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +10.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £284K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
383K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+10.2%
Conversion, latest week
14.1%
Market size, estimated
£284Ka year
Peak month
May1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
sharps bin179K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.27.

Listings sell for £5.27 on average, from £4.14 to £7.71. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 50K to 60K a year. The average listing sells 5,000 to 6,000 of them. At £5.27 that is £26K to £32K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.27under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.14–£7.71
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
50K–60K
Units per listing a year
5,000–6,000
Revenue per listing a year
£26K–£32K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

20% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 90% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #8 within Medical Supplies & Equipment. It carries 437 reviews at 4.45 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
20%
Prime listings
90%
Out of stock, average day
7.7%
Average rank
#8in Medical Supplies & Equipment
Average rating
4.45 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
437per listing
Listings tracked
10

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 34 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
34 months

Products

Top Sharps Bin 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 84% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£43K£85K£128K£170K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

42

Top-5 brand share

97%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • SHARPSGUARD48%
  • Sharpsafe29%
  • Daniel's9%
  • G&N8%
  • Frontier3%
  • Sharpsguard3%

Demand

Sharps Bin search demand

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

9K7KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Search terms

Top Sharps Bin search terms shoppers use

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

  • sharps bin179K/yr
  • sharps bin small48K/yr
  • sharps box32K/yr
  • sharps box for needles31K/yr
  • needle bin15K/yr
  • small sharps bin14K/yr
  • sharps bins5K/yr
  • sharps container7K/yr
  • needle box6K/yr
  • needle disposal box6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Sharps Bin

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

Complain

Size-Overall34%+0.15

does not fit well

This thing is huge

Too small

Quality-Overall14%+1.07

The lid is not great quality

Quality Control: Clearly nonexistent

Not great quality

Sharpness10%−0.12

product was defective - the larger of the holes was missing the shutting meaning it isnt safe for sharps

Not really Sharp guard

Color5%−0.08

Not the colour shown

The bin is not yellow

Value For Money5%+0.69

expensive

Great box, expensive for what it is

Love

Quality-Overall22%+1.07

Decent sharps bin

Good Quality

Good quality, very secure

Size-Overall19%+0.15

Just the right size

Fits neatly into a drawer no problem

Excellent size for home use

Value For Money12%+0.69

still great for the money

Good value for money

Good product for the price point

Compactness8%+0.67

Nice and compact

As the ad says very compact

It is fairly compact

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%+1.11

Does the job

Works as described

exactly what i needed

Return

0.1% Return rate 70% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall59%▆▇█▆▆▃

does not fit well

This thing is huge

Too small

Ease Of Use18%▆▄▂█▂▆

The slide access portal from the top is so stiff you cannot operate them

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%▁▅▅▁▅█

Read description carefully. should have returned this item. far too small for my needs. My. mistake. Very flimsy.

Massive, not the same as picture

Safety Standards3%▁▁▁▁▅█
Quality-Overall2%▁▁▁▁▅█

The lid is not great quality

Quality Control: Clearly nonexistent

Not great quality

FAQ

Common Sharps Bin questions

Answered from the same tracked data.