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Storage Crates

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.5% of orders. But shoppers spend only $53K a year here, so Storage Crates is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
57
57 / 100
Top 26% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +6 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£53K/yr132K searches / yr
90-day growth
-1.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
40%top-5 click share · 31 brands · 47 sellers

Flapen Score

Storage Crates against its category

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

57Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Storage Crates market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Storage Crates 132K times last year and spent an estimated £53K. The top 5 brands take 57% of clicks. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

1.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 132K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -1.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £53K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
132K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-1.6%
Conversion, latest week
1.9%
Market size, estimated
£53Ka year
Peak month
September1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
crates33K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £21.25.

Listings sell for £21.25 on average, from £4.92 to £70.82. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £21.25 that is £0 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£21.25inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.92–£70.82
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
2K–3K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£2K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

77% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 54% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #336 within Storage & Organisation. It carries 563 reviews at 4.24 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
77%
Prime listings
54%
Out of stock, average day
5.7%
Average rank
#336in Storage & Organisation
Average rating
4.24 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
563per listing
Listings tracked
39

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 6 launches as successful.

6 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 42 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
42 months

Products

Top Storage Crates 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 40% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£2K£4K£6K£9K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

31 falling

Sellers

47

Top-5 brand share

57%

Top 20: 90%

Top-5 click share

40%

Top 20: 81%

Open market

39%

  • Optimal Products20%
  • Bossjoy19%
  • Spesh6%
  • KINGSUSLAY6%
  • Tobeso-Nuoze5%
  • Ruucy4%

Demand

Storage Crates search demand

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

3K2KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Storage Crates search terms shoppers use

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

  • crates33K/yr
  • storage crates28K/yr
  • plastic crate22K/yr
  • storage crate20K/yr
  • plastic crates14K/yr
  • plastic storage crates7K/yr
  • crates storage boxes9K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Storage Crates

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

Complain

Strength20%+0.48

Not particularly sturdy

Very weak

Not very strong

Quality-Overall18%−0.21

Not great quality

Cheap and very poor quality

Vastly different quality

Size-Overall10%+0.13

Too small

It doesn't fit

Very large

Locking Mechanism8%−0.12

As mentioned by other buyers the locking mechanism does not work

Locking mechanism faulty

lid lock not great

Durability6%−0.07

Collapsed first use

Do not see these lasting long

pieces broke off on first use

Love

Strength22%+0.48

The storage bags seem pretty sturdy

Good sturdy boxes

Quite sturdy

Storage Capacity17%+2.11

Large capacity

Plenty of storage

great capacity

Quality-Overall14%−0.21

Reasonable quality for the price

Good quality boxes

Excellent Product

Value For Money10%+0.56

Value for Money

Good price

Excellent value

Size-Overall9%+0.13

Fits well

the size is what I was after

They will fitfully exactly what I needed the

Return

0.5% Return rate 50% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall43%▇▇▇█▇█

Too small

It doesn't fit

Very large

Defective Material/Parts29%▆██▆▇▇
Strength4%█▇▅▄▃▄

Not particularly sturdy

Very weak

Not very strong

Quality-Overall4%▅▄▆█▆▅

Not great quality

Cheap and very poor quality

Vastly different quality

Functionality-Overall2%▆▅▃▃█▅

FAQ

Common Storage Crates questions

Answered from the same tracked data.