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500gb External Hard Drive

Maybe

Products sell for $43.99 on average, inside the sweet spot. But the average product has 44,165 reviews to catch up to, so 500gb External Hard Drive is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 15% of 8,347 Electronics niches · +9 vs the category median of 43
Market size
$593K/yr291K searches / yr
90-day growth
+18.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
66%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 112 sellers

Flapen Score

500gb External Hard Drive against its category

The dotted line is the Electronics average. Past it, 500gb External Hard Drive is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

52Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The 500gb External Hard Drive market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for 500gb External Hard Drive 291K times last year and spent an estimated $593K. The top 5 brands take 75% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jul. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 4.6% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 291K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 4.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +18.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $593K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
291K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+18.1%
Conversion, latest week
4.6%
Market size, estimated
$593Ka year
Peak month
July3.2× the quietest month
Top search term
500gb external hard drive72K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $43.99.

Listings sell for $43.99 on average, from $25.10 to $115.29. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At $43.99 that is $33K to $44K a year per listing.

Average price
$43.99inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$25.10–$115.29
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
$33K–$44K
Returns
2.7%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

91% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #21 within Data Storage. It carries 44,165 reviews at 4.43 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
91%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.5%
Average rank
#21in Data Storage
Average rating
4.43 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
44,165per listing
Listings tracked
22

04 · Newcomers

4 of last year's 4 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. 4 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 60 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
4Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
60 months

Products

Top 500gb 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 66% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

13 rising

Sellers

112

Top-5 brand share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

66%

Top 20: 98%

Open market

19%

  • Brand 122%
  • Brand 218%
  • Brand 316%
  • Brand 411%
  • Brand 58%
  • Brand 66%

Demand

500gb External Hard Drive search demand

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

8K6KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.2×

Search terms

Top 500gb External Hard Drive search terms shoppers use

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

  • 500gb external hard drive72K/yr
  • 500 gb external hard drive51K/yr
  • external hard drive 500gb41K/yr
  • 500gb hard drive31K/yr
  • hard drive 500gb18K/yr
  • maxone external hard drive13K/yr
  • 500 gb hard drive13K/yr
  • external hard drive 500 gb7K/yr
  • disco duro externo 500gb7K/yr
  • 256gb external hard drive6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 500gb External Hard Drive

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

13%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
20%of negative reviews mention “Durability”
2.7%of orders come back
“Doesnt last”
A buyer, on “Durability”20% 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.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common 500gb External Hard Drive questions

Answered from the same tracked data.