Is Drop Box profitable to sell on Amazon United States?

Flapen scores Drop Box 57 out of 100 on Amazon United States, a Maybe. Shoppers spend $533K a year across 43 tracked products. Amazon counts 6 of the 7 products launched in the last year as successful launches. Search demand grew +4.9% in the last 90 days.

How competitive is the Drop Box niche on Amazon United States?

25 brands and 32 sellers compete in Drop Box on Amazon United States. The top 5 Drop Box products take 40% of clicks, and the top 5 brands take 66%.

What do buyers complain about in Drop Box?

Drop Box buyers on Amazon United States complain most about Size-Overall, Quality-Overall, and Strength. Returns run at 2.9% of orders.

When does demand for Drop Box peak?

Search demand for Drop Box on Amazon United States is steady all year. The busiest month runs 1.2× the quietest.

What does it cost to enter the Drop Box niche?

Drop Box sells for $38.83 on average on Amazon United States, inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot. Listings run $9.90 to $125.54. The average product has 479 reviews, the count a new listing must catch up to.

Drop Box

Maybe

Products sell for $38.83 on average, inside the sweet spot. But demand is soft, at +4.9% this quarter, so Drop Box is a Maybe.

Flapen Score: 57
57 / 100Top 15% of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · +9 vs the category median of 48
Market size: $533K/yr362K searches / yr
90-day growth: +4.9%search demand this quarter
Competition: 40%top-5 click share · 25 brands · 32 sellers

Flapen Score

Drop Box against its category

The dotted line is the Tools & Home Improvement average. Past it, Drop Box is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

57Maybe

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Market

The Drop Box market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Drop Box 362K times last year and spent an estimated $533K. The top 5 brands take 66% of clicks. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

3.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 362K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +4.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $533K a year.

Searches, last 12 months: 362K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90: +4.9%
Conversion, latest week: 3.8%
Market size, estimated: $533Ka year
Peak month: August1.2× the quietest month
Top search term: drop box65K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $38.83.

Listings sell for $38.83 on average, from $9.90 to $125.54. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $38.83 that is $10K to $19K a year per listing.

Average price: $38.83inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range: $9.90–$125.54
Amazon United States median price: $24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year: 13K–15K
Units per listing a year: 250–500
Revenue per listing a year: $10K–$19K
Returns: 2.9%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

98% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 95% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #46 within Mailboxes & Accessories. It carries 479 reviews at 4.54 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings: 98%
Prime listings: 95%
Out of stock, average day: 4.2%
Average rank: #46in Mailboxes & Accessories
Average rating: 4.54 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews: 479per listing
Listings tracked: 43

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 6 of last year's 7 launches as successful.

7 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 6 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 39 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months: 7
Successful launches: 6Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age: 39 months

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