55 Gallon Drum
FailBuyers convert on only 0.9% of searches, so 55 Gallon Drum is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 42 / 100Ranks 7,765 of 8,839 Patio, Lawn & Garden niches · −14 vs the category median of 5642
- Market size
- $344K/yr320K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- +9.3%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 72%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 36 sellers
Flapen Score
55 Gallon Drum against its category
The dotted line is the Patio, Lawn & Garden average. Past it, 55 Gallon Drum is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The 55 Gallon Drum market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for 55 Gallon Drum 320K times last year and spent an estimated $344K. The top 5 brands take 87% of clicks. Flapen scores it 42 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
An estimated 0.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 320K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 0.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +9.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $344K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 320K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- +9.3%
- Conversion, latest week
- 0.9%
- Market size, estimated
- $344Ka year
- Peak month
- March1.6× the quietest month
- Top search term
- 55 gallon drum139K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth $123.44.
Listings sell for $123.44 on average, from $9.85 to $199.29. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $123.44 that is $12K to $31K a year per listing.
- Average price
- $123.44above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- $9.85–$199.29
- Amazon United States median price
- $24.38across 115,062 niches
- Units sold a year
- 3K–4K
- Units per listing a year
- 100–250
- Revenue per listing a year
- $12K–$31K
- Returns
- 1.4%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is low.
73% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 33% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #17 within Watering Equipment. It carries 487 reviews at 4.59 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 73%
- Prime listings
- 33%
- Out of stock, average day
- 5.8%
- Average rank
- #17in Watering Equipment
- Average rating
- 4.59 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
- Average reviews
- 487per listing
- Listings tracked
- 15
04 · Newcomers
5 of last year's 5 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.
5 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 48 months on average, so the names here are settling in.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 5
- Successful launches
- 5Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 48 months
Products
Top 55 Gallon Drum 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 72% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.
Brands
9 falling
Sellers
36
Top-5 brand share
87%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
72%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
8%
- Brand 130%
- Brand 224%
- Brand 314%
- Brand 410%
- Brand 59%
- Brand 65%
- Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 8%)
Demand
55 Gallon Drum search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×
Search terms
Top 55 Gallon Drum search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- 55 gallon drum139K/yr
- 55 gallon water storage barrel22K/yr
- 55 gallon barrel23K/yr
- 55 gallon plastic drum17K/yr
- 50 gallon drum20K/yr
- 50 gallon barrel10K/yr
- plastic drums 55 gallons9K/yr
- 55 gallon water barrel16K/yr
- 55 gal drum10K/yr
- plastic barrels 55 gallon5K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about 55 Gallon Drum
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“Leaks”
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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