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Laundry Basket

Maybe

Shoppers spend $2.7M a year here. But demand is soft, at -12.6% this quarter, so Laundry Basket is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
61
61 / 100
Top 17% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +10 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£2.7M/yr7.2M searches / yr
90-day growth
-12.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
34%top-5 click share · 24 brands · 67 sellers

Flapen Score

Laundry Basket against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Laundry Basket is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

61Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Laundry Basket market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Laundry Basket 7.2M times last year and spent an estimated £2.7M. The top 5 brands take 67% of clicks. Flapen scores it 61 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

2.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 7.2M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -12.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £2.7M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
7.2M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-12.6%
Conversion, latest week
2.8%
Market size, estimated
£2.7Ma year
Peak month
September1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
laundry basket3.4M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £13.47.

Listings sell for £13.47 on average, from £6.89 to £26.98. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 150K to 200K a year. The average listing sells 2,000 to 2,500 of them. At £13.47 that is £27K to £34K a year per listing.

Average price
£13.47under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£6.89–£26.98
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
150K–200K
Units per listing a year
2,000–2,500
Revenue per listing a year
£27K–£34K
Returns
0.9%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

84% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 87% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #30 within Storage & Organisation. It carries 6,374 reviews at 4.44 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
84%
Prime listings
87%
Out of stock, average day
6.0%
Average rank
#30in Storage & Organisation
Average rating
4.44 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
6,374per listing
Listings tracked
45

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 6 of last year's 8 launches as successful.

8 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 6 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 37 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
8
Successful launches
6Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
37 months

Products

Top Laundry Basket 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 only 34% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£80K£160K£240K£319K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

24 falling

Sellers

67

Top-5 brand share

67%

Top 20: 97%

Top-5 click share

34%

Top 20: 74%

Open market

30%

  • Lifewit48%
  • Addis7%
  • DOKEHOM4%
  • SAMMART4%
  • Caroeas4%
  • SOLEDI3%

Demand

Laundry Basket search demand

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

225K175KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Laundry Basket search terms shoppers use

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

  • laundry basket3.4M/yr
  • washing basket977K/yr
  • laundry basket with lid494K/yr
  • laundry hamper507K/yr
  • washing baskets for laundry305K/yr
  • wash basket228K/yr
  • laundry baskets164K/yr
  • wicker laundry basket141K/yr
  • laundry bin120K/yr
  • plastic laundry basket99K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Laundry Basket

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

Complain

Durability13%−0.14

Breaks easily

Fell apart

Doesnt last

Strength12%−0.05

Bit flimsy

Very flimsy

Not sturdy at all

Size-Overall12%+0.24

Small

doesn't seem to fit well

Too big

Quality-Overall11%+0.52

Its a very low quality for a very larger price

Absolute garbage

Not good quality

Assembly/Installation3%+0.15

Not easy to assemble

pain to put together

Assembly difficult, quite expensive for the standard of quality

Love

Quality-Overall16%+0.52

The build quality is amazing

Good product- as advertised

Excellent product

Strength11%−0.05

Great basket very sturdy

Well built

Strong and sturdy

Washability10%+1.11

Great for washing

Good washing aid

Fantastic wash basket exactly what I wanted

Size-Overall9%+0.24

fits in perfectly

Great to fit in small space

Fits the description perfectly

Storage Capacity8%+0.98

Good storage

Huge capacity

Easy storage

Return

0.9% Return rate 58% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall40%▅▇█▇▇▇

Small

doesn't seem to fit well

Too big

Strength10%█▇▅▆▆▇

Bit flimsy

Very flimsy

Not sturdy at all

Quality-Overall9%▇▅▆▆▆█

Its a very low quality for a very larger price

Absolute garbage

Not good quality

Defective Material/Parts8%▅▄▄█▆▄
Color8%█▇▆▅▆▅

FAQ

Common Laundry Basket questions

Answered from the same tracked data.