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Recycling Bin

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.5% of orders. But demand is soft, at -11.9% this quarter, so Recycling Bin is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
59
59 / 100
Top 20% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +8 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£345K/yr518K searches / yr
90-day growth
-11.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
28%top-5 click share · 37 brands · 82 sellers

Flapen Score

Recycling Bin against its category

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

59Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Recycling Bin market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Recycling Bin 518K times last year and spent an estimated £345K. The top 5 brands take 57% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan. Flapen scores it 59 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

1.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 518K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -11.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £345K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
518K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-11.9%
Conversion, latest week
1.7%
Market size, estimated
£345Ka year
Peak month
January2.0× the quietest month
Top search term
recycling bins176K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £40.11.

Listings sell for £40.11 on average, from £7.54 to £98.64. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £40.11 that is £0 to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£40.11inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£7.54–£98.64
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£4K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

83% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 60% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #75 within Storage & Organisation. It carries 2,389 reviews at 4.48 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
83%
Prime listings
60%
Out of stock, average day
5.8%
Average rank
#75in Storage & Organisation
Average rating
4.48 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,389per listing
Listings tracked
82

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 13 of last year's 18 launches as successful.

18 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 13 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 43 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
18
Successful launches
13Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
43 months

Products

Top Recycling 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 only 28% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£7K£14K£21K£28K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

37 falling

Sellers

82

Top-5 brand share

57%

Top 20: 89%

Top-5 click share

28%

Top 20: 56%

Open market

39%

  • SONGMICS21%
  • Addis16%
  • Jolie Max9%
  • DANIEL JAMES Housewares7%
  • YOUNG DA4%
  • URBNLIVING4%

Demand

Recycling Bin search demand

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

30K20KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Search terms

Top Recycling Bin search terms shoppers use

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

  • recycling bins176K/yr
  • double bin recycling/waste92K/yr
  • indoor recycling bins29K/yr
  • bin with recycling compartment25K/yr
  • 2 compartment bin26K/yr
  • indoor recycling bins for kitchen14K/yr
  • stackable recycling bins16K/yr
  • outdoor recycling bins14K/yr
  • kitchen bin with recycling section14K/yr
  • recycle bins15K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Recycling Bin

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

Complain

Size-Overall17%−0.04

Not fit for purpose

Too small

just bigger

Durability15%−0.17

Breaks easily

Quickly broken

broken

Quality-Overall10%+0.77

poor quality control

Poor quality

Very cheaply made

Value For Money9%+0.74

Albeit this wasn't the cheapest

it's a tad overpriced

Better price for the same thing

Strength4%

just a bit flimsy

not as sturdy as expected

Plastic is flimsy

Love

Quality-Overall19%+0.77

Very good quality as described arrived on time

Excellent Product

Good quality and exactly as described

Value For Money11%+0.74

Excellent value for money

Best money spent

Cheap price

Size-Overall11%−0.04

Fit perfectly

Small enough to not take up room

Good size smart looking

Recycle/Reuse8%+0.88

love the colour stripes to tell you which is recyclable

great recycle in

a great way to recycle

Ease Of Use7%+0.54

It's so handy

easy to store

Easy to use

Return

0.5% Return rate 69% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall56%██▇███

Not fit for purpose

Too small

just bigger

Defective Material/Parts11%██▆▅▆▆
Bin Capacity7%▃▅▆█▆▇

Not really as a bin

Rubbish bin

Its a very small bin 2 milk cartons

Functionality-Overall3%▆▅█▄▅▆
Quality-Overall3%▆▆█▅▆▆

poor quality control

Poor quality

Very cheaply made

FAQ

Common Recycling Bin questions

Answered from the same tracked data.