Sharps Bin
FailPrices span $4.14–$7.71, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Sharps Bin is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 45 / 100Ranks 1,255 of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · −3 vs the category median of 4845
- 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.
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.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Sharpsguard Sharps Bin 1 litre - Yellow
- Price
- £4.52
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 1,449
- Age
- 16y ago

Sharpsafe 1 Litre 5th Generation Yellow /Grey -Sharps Bin Clinical Waste Disposal
- Price
- £4.20
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 417
- Age
- 4y ago

2X Sharpsguard Sharps Bin 5 litre - Yellow (Multi Pack)
- Price
- £7.24
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 462
- Age
- 8y ago

Sharpsafe 3 Litre 5th Generation Yellow/Grey -Sharps Bin Clinical Waste Disposal
- Price
- £4.53
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 230
- Age
- 4y ago

Sharpsafe 200ml Compact Travel Bin Pack of 2
- Price
- £4.54
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 1,245
- Age
- 12y ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
G+N Medical Sharps Container - CS PLUS 3 Litre
- Price
- £7.71
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 20
- Age
- 9mo ago

G+N Medical Sharps Container - DISPO 1 Litre
- Price
- £6.45
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 20
- Age
- 9mo ago

Frontier 41602430 Medical Sharps Disposal Bin/Box 1 L
- Price
- £4.37
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 101
- Age
- 11y ago

Sharpsguard Sharps Bin 1 litre - Yellow
- Price
- £4.52
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 1,449
- Age
- 16y ago

Sharpsguard DNDD471YL Sharps Bin 5L Yellow
- Price
- £5.01
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 255
- Age
- 7y ago
Newest
by launch date
G+N Medical Sharps Container - DISPO 1 Litre
- Price
- £6.45
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 20
- Age
- 9mo ago

G+N Medical Sharps Container - CS PLUS 3 Litre
- Price
- £7.71
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 20
- Age
- 9mo ago

Sharpsafe 1 Litre 5th Generation Yellow /Grey -Sharps Bin Clinical Waste Disposal
- Price
- £4.20
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 417
- Age
- 4y ago

Sharpsafe 3 Litre 5th Generation Yellow/Grey -Sharps Bin Clinical Waste Disposal
- Price
- £4.53
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 230
- Age
- 4y ago

Sharpsafe 2 Litre 5th Generation Yellow/Grey -Sharps Bin Clinical Waste Disposal
- Price
- £4.14
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 168
- Age
- 4y ago
Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 84% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.
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.
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
does not fit well
This thing is huge
Too small
The lid is not great quality
Quality Control: Clearly nonexistent
Not great quality
product was defective - the larger of the holes was missing the shutting meaning it isnt safe for sharps
Not really Sharp guard
Not the colour shown
The bin is not yellow
expensive
Great box, expensive for what it is
Love
Decent sharps bin
Good Quality
Good quality, very secure
Just the right size
Fits neatly into a drawer no problem
Excellent size for home use
still great for the money
Good value for money
Good product for the price point
Nice and compact
As the ad says very compact
It is fairly compact
Does the job
Works as described
exactly what i needed
Return
0.1% Return rate 70% Fixable by listing
does not fit well
This thing is huge
Too small
The slide access portal from the top is so stiff you cannot operate them
Read description carefully. should have returned this item. far too small for my needs. My. mistake. Very flimsy.
Massive, not the same as picture
The lid is not great quality
Quality Control: Clearly nonexistent
Not great quality
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