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Metal Bin

Fail

Shoppers spend only $75K a year here, so Metal Bin is a Fail.

Flapen Score
46
46 / 100
Ranks 3,831 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −5 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£75K/yr147K searches / yr
90-day growth
+5.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
67%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 18 sellers

Flapen Score

Metal Bin against its category

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

46Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Metal Bin market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Metal Bin 147K times last year and spent an estimated £75K. The top 5 brands take 86% of clicks. Flapen scores it 46 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

3.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 147K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +5.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £75K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
147K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+5.7%
Conversion, latest week
3.7%
Market size, estimated
£75Ka year
Peak month
April1.2× the quietest month
Top search term
metal bin48K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £13.78.

Listings sell for £13.78 on average, from £5.26 to £28.11. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £13.78 that is £3K to £7K a year per listing.

Average price
£13.78under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.26–£28.11
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£7K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

75% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 35% ship with Prime. On an average day, 11.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #64 within Garden Transportation. It carries 2,960 reviews at 4.17 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
75%
Prime listings
35%
Out of stock, average day
11.7%
Average rank
#64in Garden Transportation
Average rating
4.17 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,960per listing
Listings tracked
20

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 52 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Metal 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 67% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£8K£15K£23K£30K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 rising

Sellers

18

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

67%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

11%

  • OptiProducts40%
  • PRIME FURNISHING25%
  • CrazyGadget11%
  • Trendi8%
  • simpa3%
  • Sterling Ventures3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 11%)

Demand

Metal Bin search demand

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

3K2KSepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2×

Search terms

Top Metal Bin search terms shoppers use

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

  • metal bin48K/yr
  • galvanised bin20K/yr
  • metal bin with lid21K/yr
  • metal dustbin15K/yr
  • small metal bin8K/yr
  • metal bins with lids outdoor5K/yr
  • metal bins7K/yr
  • metal dustbin with lid6K/yr
  • steel bin6K/yr
  • small metal bin with lid4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Metal Bin

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

Complain

Size-Overall24%−0.15

obviously item large

It is far too small

Not Fit For Purpose

Quality-Overall12%+1.28

Cheap price but cheaply made

Not the best

Awful quality

Rusts/Corrodes8%−0.06

After 1 year this bin is falling apart literally totally eaten by rust

only time will tell if its going to rust away

After one use it started to rust

Strength8%−0.08

flimsy

So base unstable

Not particularly sturdy

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%+0.65

Not as photos

Incorrect picture

Not as advertised

Love

Quality-Overall21%+1.28

Good quality, quick delivery

Good quality, great size for my chicken straw

Excellent product

Value For Money17%+1.04

Good value for money

Cheap price

fair price

Advertised Vs Actual Product15%+0.65

As advertised

As described

Does what it says

Size-Overall15%−0.15

decent size

the lid fits perfectly

Ideal size as also purchased the bags to fit

Strength4%−0.08

Solid little unit

still going strong

It's more that sturdy for the feed

Return

0.5% Return rate 81% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall71%██▇▆▇▆

obviously item large

It is far too small

Not Fit For Purpose

Bin Capacity5%▆▅▄█▅▃
Defective Material/Parts5%▇▃▆██▄
Advertised Vs Actual Product3%▅█▁▆▇█

Not as photos

Incorrect picture

Not as advertised

Quality-Overall2%▃▅█▃▂▃

Cheap price but cheaply made

Not the best

Awful quality

FAQ

Common Metal Bin questions

Answered from the same tracked data.