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Storage Crates

Storage Crates shows low returns (0.5%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

57
Worth a look
Market size 13Growth 24Conversion 24Competition 75Returns 98Price range 83Avg price 91Brand share 78Review moat 73Quality gap 79
This niche Category average

Is Storage Crates profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Storage Crates is a £53K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (132K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 57% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 57/100.

Storage Crates: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -1.6% over the last 90 days and 1.9% of searches end in a purchase.

£53K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr3K
Search volume / yr-1.6%132K
Conversion rate1.9%
Avg price£21.25

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 57% of demand, so 43% of the market is open.

43%

open market share

Brands · sellers31 · 47
Top-5 product click share40%
Open market43%
Avg brand age42 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.2★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 39 products

Sponsored placement77%
New entrants (1y)6· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.2★
Avg reviews563

Top Storage Crates products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (40% combined) — 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%

Storage Crates demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume132KCVR1.9%Products39Brands31Top 5 Brands57%OOS Rate5.7%Rating4.2★Reviews563Avg BSR#336
3K2KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Top Storage Crates search terms shoppers use

The exact queries 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

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Storage Crates

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

87% of reviews
Strength22%

The storage bags seem pretty sturdy

Storage Capacity17%

Large capacity

Quality-Overall14%

Reasonable quality for the price

Value For Money10%

Value for Money

Size-Overall9%

Fits well

What buyers complain about

78% of reviews
Strength20%

Not particularly sturdy

Quality-Overall18%

Not great quality

Size-Overall10%

Too small

Locking Mechanism8%

As mentioned by other buyers the locking mechanism does not work

Durability6%

Collapsed first use

Storage Crates return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.5%

Return rate

50%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall
43%
2Defective Material/Parts
29%
3Strength
4%
4Quality-Overall
4%
5Functionality-Overall
2%

Common Storage Crates questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Storage Crates 57/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £53K/yr across 39 tracked products. 0 of 6 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -1.6% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Storage Crates on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.4× the quietest.