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Soakaway Crate

Fail

Shoppers spend only $48K a year here, so Soakaway Crate is a Fail.

Flapen Score
42
42 / 100
Ranks 4,560 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −9 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£48K/yr26K searches / yr
90-day growth
-7.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
75%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 9 sellers

Flapen Score

Soakaway Crate against its category

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

42Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Soakaway Crate market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Soakaway Crate 26K times last year and spent an estimated £48K. The top 5 brands take 87% of clicks. Flapen scores it 42 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

3.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 26K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -7.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £48K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
26K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-7.5%
Conversion, latest week
3.4%
Market size, estimated
£48Ka year
Top search term
soakaway crate14K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £53.76.

Listings sell for £53.76 on average, from £28.93 to £92.87. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 1K to 1K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £53.76 that is £0 to £5K a year per listing.

Average price
£53.76inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£28.93–£92.87
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
1K–1K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£5K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

75% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 17% ship with Prime. On an average day, 17.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #45 within Drainage. It carries 35 reviews at 4.67 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
75%
Prime listings
17%
Out of stock, average day
17.4%
Average rank
#45in Drainage
Average rating
4.67 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
35per listing
Listings tracked
12

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 56 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
56 months

Products

Top Soakaway Crate 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 75% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£5K£10K£14K£19K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 rising

Sellers

9

Top-5 brand share

87%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

7%

  • NOVECRAFTO38%
  • Generic25%
  • CORE Water8%
  • Vodaland8%
  • Natotela7%
  • EcoGrid6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 7%)

Demand

Soakaway Crate search demand

Weekly searches over the year. Pick a range.

500300Spike '26Apr '26May '26May '26May '26Jun '26Jun '26Jul '26

Search terms

Top Soakaway Crate search terms shoppers use

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

  • soakaway crate14K/yr
  • soakaway drainage kit3K/yr
  • soak away crates3K/yr
  • soakaway4K/yr
  • soakaway crates3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Soakaway Crate

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

Complain

Strength21%−0.17

not so strong like in description

Sturdiness not brilliant

Assembly/Installation16%+0.17

though it does mean a bit more time spent putting it together before installation

Installation does take a bit of effort and planning, especially with digging and positioning,

The tank needs a little assembly

Size-Overall10%−0.17

the 5mm means they dont fit

This is a large unit

Actually 16.5cm tall- not -16

Maintenance And Repair10%+0.39

It may not suit those looking for a quick fix

Its not a quick fix

Value For Money3%−0.05

Expensive

Love

Advertised Vs Actual Product22%+1.54

Done the job perfectly

As described

Does what it says

Strength16%−0.17

Sturdy

The crate is strong and robust and is very well made from quality materials

An excellent sturdy product with plenty of membrane for the job

Quality-Overall11%+0.96

The crate is very well made and designed

Good quality product

Good quality bit of kit

Material Quality7%+0.60

The crate is strong and robust and is very well made from quality materials

Very good material

Overall, this is a solid, well-engineered product that appears suitable for reliable water management and ground stabilisation

Flexibility6%−0.02

Also like how flexible it is

Flexible to work with

flexible soakaway solution

Return

0.3% Return rate 75% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall75%▁▇█▄██

the 5mm means they dont fit

This is a large unit

Actually 16.5cm tall- not -16

Strength8%▁▁▁█▁▁

not so strong like in description

Sturdiness not brilliant

Quality-Overall4%▁▁▁█▁▁
Compatibility-Overall4%▁█▁▁▁▁
Functionality-Overall4%▁▁▁█▁▁

FAQ

Common Soakaway Crate questions

Answered from the same tracked data.