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Black Storage Box

soft demand (-15.8% this quarter) — Black Storage Box doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

47
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Market size 20Growth 17Conversion 29Competition 70Returns 97Price range 75Avg price 76Brand share 64Review moat 24Quality gap 35
This niche Category average

Is Black Storage Box profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Black Storage Box is a £79K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (221K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 67% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan. Verdict: Skip it — 47/100.

Black Storage Box: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -15.8% over the last 90 days and 2.3% of searches end in a purchase.

£79K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr5K
Search volume / yr-15.8%221K
Conversion rate2.3%
Avg price£15.55

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 67% of demand, so 33% of the market is open.

33%

open market share

Brands · sellers17 · 45
Top-5 product click share43%
Open market33%
Avg brand age38 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 28 products

Sponsored placement64%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews5,782

Top Black Storage Box 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

The top 5 products take 43% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£4K£8K£12K£16K101001K10K100K1.0M Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

17 falling

Sellers

45

Top-5 brand share

67%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

43%

Top 20: 92%

Open market

28%

  • Wham Bam26%
  • DANIEL JAMES Housewares18%
  • Homsorout9%
  • DIMJ7%
  • Amazon Basics6%
  • JMS we create smile5%

Black Storage Box demand & seasonality

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

Volume221KCVR2.3%Products28Brands17Top 5 Brands67%OOS Rate7.5%Rating4.5★Reviews5,782Avg BSR#230
6K4KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Top Black Storage Box search terms shoppers use

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

  • black storage box71K/yr
  • black storage boxes with lids37K/yr
  • black storage boxes19K/yr
  • black plastic storage box19K/yr
  • black plastic storage boxes10K/yr
  • black storage12K/yr
  • black plastic box8K/yr
  • black storage box with lid8K/yr
  • black plastic storage box with lid6K/yr
  • black box with lid7K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Black Storage Box

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

What buyers love

88% of reviews
Storage Capacity19%

Great storage

Strength17%

surprisingly sturdy

Value For Money16%

Great value

Quality-Overall13%

Look fair quality for the price

Size-Overall11%

Love it great size looks great

What buyers complain about

69% of reviews
Size-Overall32%

wrong size

Smell10%

They Give off a strange odour

Strength8%

Broken on arrival and flimsy

Quality-Overall4%

poor quality

Durability3%

Lid cracked first time used

Black Storage Box return rate & reasons

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

0.5%

Return rate

87%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
82%
2Defective Material/Parts
4%
3Quality-Overall
3%
4Strength
3%
5Color
1%

Common Black Storage Box questions

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

Flapen scores Black Storage Box 47/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £79K/yr across 28 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -15.8% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Black Storage Box on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Jan, where the busiest month runs 1.5× the quietest.