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Filing Boxes

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.7% of orders. But demand is soft, at -24.6% this quarter, so Filing Boxes is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 18% of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · +7 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£81K/yr190K searches / yr
90-day growth
-24.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
32%top-5 click share · 32 brands · 69 sellers

Flapen Score

Filing Boxes against its category

The dotted line is the Stationery & Office Supplies average. Past it, Filing Boxes is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

54Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Filing Boxes market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Filing Boxes 190K times last year and spent an estimated £81K. The top 5 brands take 54% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

2.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 190K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -24.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £81K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
190K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-24.6%
Conversion, latest week
2.9%
Market size, estimated
£81Ka year
Peak month
January2.1× the quietest month
Top search term
filing27K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £14.86.

Listings sell for £14.86 on average, from £4.28 to £39.31. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £14.86 that is £0 to £1K a year per listing.

Average price
£14.86under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.28–£39.31
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
5K–6K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£1K
Returns
0.7%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. 92% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #83 within Office Supplies. It carries 3,372 reviews at 4.38 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
75%
Prime listings
92%
Out of stock, average day
1.0%
Average rank
#83in Office Supplies
Average rating
4.38 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,372per listing
Listings tracked
52

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 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
2
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
42 months

Products

Top Filing Boxes 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 32% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£2K£5K£7K£10K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

32 falling

Sellers

69

Top-5 brand share

54%

Top 20: 90%

Top-5 click share

32%

Top 20: 69%

Open market

42%

  • Cathedral Products25%
  • ABC life9%
  • Lifewit7%
  • JUNDUN6%
  • ThinkTex5%
  • IPARTS EXPERT4%

Demand

Filing Boxes search demand

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

8K6KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×

Search terms

Top Filing Boxes search terms shoppers use

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

  • filing27K/yr
  • file storage29K/yr
  • paperwork storage21K/yr
  • file storage box12K/yr
  • metal file box15K/yr
  • home filing system7K/yr
  • metal filing box11K/yr
  • filing systems for home7K/yr
  • filing system10K/yr
  • document boxes5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Filing Boxes

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

Complain

Strength20%−0.16

Not sturdy

Too flimsy

Not strong enough

Size-Overall14%−0.10

Very very short

Not fit for purpose

Very very small

Quality-Overall13%−0.05

Not good quality as expected

Feels low ish quality

Awful quality

Locking Mechanism4%−0.05

Awful lock

lock very flimsy

Lock broken as soon as I took it out of box

Value For Money3%+1.00

It's a bit pricey for what it is

over priced

it might be a little on the pricey side

Love

Quality-Overall14%−0.05

Excellent product

They wallet well and look great

Fair quality for price to be honest

Value For Money11%+1.00

Excellent value

Good Value

Decent price

Storage Capacity11%+0.79

Excellent storage boxes

Easy storage

Excellent storage

Assembly/Installation11%+1.18

Easy install

Very easy to assemble

easy to set up

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%+0.31

Exactly as pictured

As described

Does what I need

Return

0.7% Return rate 57% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall43%█▆▆▇▇▇

Very very short

Not fit for purpose

Very very small

Strength11%▄█▇▅▆▄

Not sturdy

Too flimsy

Not strong enough

Quality-Overall9%▅▅█▆▇▅

Not good quality as expected

Feels low ish quality

Awful quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%▄█▆▇▅▇

Photos are deceiving

Misleading pictures

Not at all like the photos it shows

Locking Mechanism5%▃▆▅▆▅█

Awful lock

lock very flimsy

Lock broken as soon as I took it out of box

FAQ

Common Filing Boxes questions

Answered from the same tracked data.