gabion basket
Skip itA small market ($14K/yr) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Returns
Incredible0.0%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Avg price
Great£59.02avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Review moat
Good564.66avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Quality gap
Good4.4★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Competition
Good50%top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
Growth
Good+33.1%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Price range
Okay£14.07–£218.59cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Brand share
Bad93%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
Conversion
Bad0.5%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Market size
Bad£14K£14K/yr · 49K searches
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, gabion basket is a £14K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (49K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 93% of demand. Demand peaks in Apr–May. Verdict: Skip it — 47/100.
Data updated Jul 25, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
gabion basket market data
- Units sold / yr
- 500–750
- avg 0–100/product
- Revenue / yr
- £30K–£44K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 0.5%
- Avg BSR
- #523
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 5%
- Sponsored
- 83%
- Out of stock
- 10.3%
- Avg brand age
- 44 months
- Avg seller age
- 197 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products take 50% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.Brands
11 rising
Sellers
29
Top-5 brand share
93%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
50%
Top 20: 83%
Open market
5%
- SONGMICS51%
- Monster Shop15%
- vidaXL15%
- Nordswal9%
- Suregreen4%
- Actiasgear2%
- Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 5%)
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +33.1% search growth over the last 90 days.Peak months: Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.8×
Top gabion basket search terms
- gabion cages23K/yr
- gabion basket13K/yr
- gabion baskets7K/yr
- gabion6K/yr
Top gabion basket products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 24 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
SONGMICS Gabion Baskets Metal Gabion Cages with 5 x 10 cm Mesh for Stones Galvanised Garden Decor Wall Partition 100 x 30 x 30 cm Set of 5 Silver GGB533V1
SONGMICS£83.704.8★1,791 rev
SONGMICS Gabion Basket Metal Gabion Cage with 5 x 10 cm Mesh for Stones Galvanised Garden Decor Wall Partition 100 x 50 x 30 cm Silver GGB153
SONGMICS£19.974.8★1,791 rev
Monster Shop Gabion Baskets Galvanised Steel Cages Mesh Wire Stone Basket Outdoor Spiral Retaining Wall Planter Garden / 100 x 30 x 30cm / 3 Pack
Monster Shop£65.914.7★43 rev
6X Gabion Cages 100 x 50 x 30 cm Galvanised Steel Gabion Baskets Garden Mesh Wire Stone Basket for Retaining Wall Outdoor Gabion Wall & Landscaping
Nordswal£123.334.6★6 rev
SONGMICS Gabion Baskets Metal Gabion Cages with 5 x 10 cm Mesh for Stones Galvanised Garden Decor Wall Partition 100 x 30 x 30 cm Set of 2 Silver GGB233V1
SONGMICS£29.074.8★1,791 rev
Newest
by launch date
Actiasgear Heavy Duty Galfan Coated Gabion Baskets Retaining Wall & Garden Wire Stone Cages Easy Assembly with Helical Multiple Options Available (100cm x 30cm x 30cm)
Actiasgear£19.905 rev
6X Gabion Cages 100 x 50 x 30 cm Galvanised Steel Gabion Baskets Garden Mesh Wire Stone Basket for Retaining Wall Outdoor Gabion Wall & Landscaping
Nordswal£123.336 rev
Floordirekt Gabion Stone Basket Metal 100 x 30 x 30 cm Galvanised Wire Basket with Mesh Size 5 x 10 cm Stone Wall as Garden Fence Gabion Grid as Privacy Screen Lenox
Floordirekt£15.8054 rev
Suregreen Gabion Baskets 1.5m x 975mm x 525mm | Galvanised Wire Mesh Basket | Gabion Cages | Metal Fence | Wire Baskets for Landscaping Erosion Control Retaining Walls | 75mm x 75mm Holes | 10 Gauge
Suregreen£52.766 rev
Monster Shop Gabion Baskets Galvanised Steel Cages Stone Mesh Wire Outdoor Basket Spiral Retaining Wall Planter Garden / 100 x 95 x 30cm / 2 Pack
Monster Shop£83.353 rev
Trending
90-day click momentum
SONGMICS Gabion Baskets Metal Gabion Cages with 5 x 10 cm Mesh for Stones Galvanised Garden Decor Wall Partition 100 x 50 x 30 cm Set of 5 Silver GGB553V1
SONGMICS£105.934.8★
vidaXL Gabion Raised Bed High Load Capacity Stylish Secure Outdoor Patio Garden Gabion Basket Pots Walls Flowers Galvanised Steel 360x30x60cm
vidaXL£62.493.6★
SONGMICS Gabion Baskets Metal Gabion Cages with 5 x 10 cm Mesh for Stones Galvanised Garden Decor Wall Partition 100 x 30 x 30 cm Set of 2 Silver GGB233V1
SONGMICS£29.074.8★
SONGMICS Gabion Baskets Metal Gabion Cages with 5 x 10 cm Mesh for Stones Galvanised Garden Decor Wall Partition 100 x 30 x 30 cm Set of 5 Silver GGB533V1
SONGMICS£83.704.8★
SONGMICS Gabion Baskets Metal Gabion Cages with 5 x 10 cm Mesh for Stones Galvanised Garden Decor Wall Partition 100 x 50 x 30 cm Set of 4 Silver GGB453V1
SONGMICS£88.324.8★
What buyers say about gabion basket
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Easy to put together”
“Good quality wire baskets easy to assemble”
“Once filled that are extremely stable”
“they look great on my project”
“Does a brilliant job of keeping the squirrels off my bird feeders”
“are easy to use”
“are competitively priced”
“Perfect size”
“Does the job”
“is very sturdy”
What buyers complain about
“Flimsy”
“They were a bit fiddly to put together”
“Not heavy duty at all”
“Hard bit is filling them”
“no instructions, luckily we sussed how to do the curly rods”
“not easy”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is gabion basket profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?
- The niche generates £14K/yr across 41 tracked products. 0 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is +33.1%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (47/100).
- How competitive is the gabion basket niche?
- 11 brands and 29 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 50% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 93% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in gabion basket?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Strength, Assembly/Installation, Weight Heavy. The return rate is 0.0%.
- When does demand for gabion basket peak?
- Demand peaks in Apr–May; the busiest month runs 4.8× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the gabion basket niche?
- Listings span £14.07–£218.59; the average listing price is £59.02 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 565 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.