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18tb External Hard Drive

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so 18tb External Hard Drive is a Fail.

Flapen Score
36
36 / 100
Ranks 6,374 of 8,347 Electronics niches · −7 vs the category median of 43
Market size
$1.8M/yr385K searches / yr
90-day growth
-20.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
63%top-5 click share · 3 brands · 126 sellers

Flapen Score

18tb External Hard Drive against its category

The dotted line is the Electronics average. Past it, 18tb External Hard Drive is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

36Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The 18tb External Hard Drive market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for 18tb External Hard Drive 385K times last year and spent an estimated $1.8M. All 3 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Nov. Flapen scores it 36 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 385K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -20.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $1.8M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
385K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-20.4%
Conversion, latest week
1.0%
Market size, estimated
$1.8Ma year
Peak month
November2.3× the quietest month
Top search term
20tb hard drive136K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $445.72.

Listings sell for $445.72 on average, from $168.16 to $647.96. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $445.72 that is $45K to $111K a year per listing.

Average price
$445.72above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$168.16–$647.96
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
5K–6K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$45K–$111K
Returns
3.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

77% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 68% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #847 within Data Storage. It carries 24,168 reviews at 4.31 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
77%
Prime listings
68%
Out of stock, average day
7.1%
Average rank
#847in Data Storage
Average rating
4.31 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
24,168per listing
Listings tracked
22

04 · Newcomers

5 of last year's 7 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

7 products launched here in the last 12 months. 5 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 54 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
7
Successful launches
5Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
54 months

Products

Top 18tb External Hard Drive products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 63% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

3 falling

Sellers

126

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

63%

Top 20: 98%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 169%
  • Brand 230%
  • Brand 31%

Demand

18tb External Hard Drive search demand

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

18K13KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26DecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.3×

Search terms

Top 18tb External Hard Drive search terms shoppers use

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

  • 20tb hard drive136K/yr
  • 20 tb hard drive53K/yr
  • 20tb hdd36K/yr
  • 20tb39K/yr
  • 20tb drive10K/yr
  • hdd 20tb14K/yr
  • 20tb ssd11K/yr
  • hard drive 20tb11K/yr
  • 20 tb hdd9K/yr
  • seagate 20tb10K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 18tb External Hard Drive

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

20%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
25%of negative reviews mention “Durability”
3.1%of orders come back
“breaks”
A buyer, on “Durability”25% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common 18tb External Hard Drive questions

Answered from the same tracked data.