- Flapen Score
- 39 / 100Ranks 5,506 of 8,347 Electronics niches · −4 vs the category median of 4339
- Market size
- $2.6M/yr531K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- +7.6%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 71%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 220 sellers
Flapen Score
Seagate against its category
The dotted line is the Electronics average. Past it, Seagate is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Seagate market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Seagate 531K times last year and spent an estimated $2.6M. All 4 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 39 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
An estimated 2.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 531K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 2.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +7.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $2.6M a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 531K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- +7.6%
- Conversion, latest week
- 2.9%
- Market size, estimated
- $2.6Ma year
- Peak month
- November1.8× the quietest month
- Top search term
- 5tb external hard drive166K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth $165.10.
Listings sell for $165.10 on average, from $126.14 to $266.55. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At $165.10 that is $248K to $330K a year per listing.
- Average price
- $165.10above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- $126.14–$266.55
- Amazon United States median price
- $24.38across 115,062 niches
- Units sold a year
- 20K–25K
- Units per listing a year
- 1,500–2,000
- Revenue per listing a year
- $248K–$330K
- Returns
- 2.8%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is reviews.
88% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 94% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #20 within Data Storage. It carries 85,018 reviews at 4.52 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 88%
- Prime listings
- 94%
- Out of stock, average day
- 0.0%
- Average rank
- #20in Data Storage
- Average rating
- 4.52 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
- Average reviews
- 85,018per listing
- Listings tracked
- 16
04 · Newcomers
1 of last year's 1 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.
1 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 52 months on average, so the names here are settling in.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 1
- Successful launches
- 1Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 52 months
Products
Top Seagate 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 71% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.
Brands
4 falling
Sellers
220
Top-5 brand share
100%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
71%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
0%
- Brand 151%
- Brand 228%
- Brand 315%
- Brand 46%
Demand
Seagate search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×
Search terms
Top Seagate search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- 5tb external hard drive166K/yr
- 5 tb external hard drive67K/yr
- external hard drive 5tb56K/yr
- 5tb hard drive39K/yr
- 5tb18K/yr
- hard drive 5tb16K/yr
- 5 tb hard drive16K/yr
- 5tb hdd16K/yr
- 5 terabyte external hard drive17K/yr
- portable hard drive 5tb18K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Seagate
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“Failed in 3 months”
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
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