Is Lock for Shed profitable to sell on Amazon United States?

Flapen scores Lock for Shed 55 out of 100 on Amazon United States, a Maybe. Shoppers spend $632K a year across 43 tracked products. Amazon counts 1 of the 1 products launched in the last year as successful launches. Search demand grew +0.9% in the last 90 days.

How competitive is the Lock for Shed niche on Amazon United States?

16 brands and 132 sellers compete in Lock for Shed on Amazon United States. The top 5 Lock for Shed products take 35% of clicks, and the top 5 brands take 86%.

What do buyers complain about in Lock for Shed?

Lock for Shed buyers on Amazon United States complain most about Locking Mechanism, Rusts/Corrodes, and Durability. Returns run at 2.6% of orders.

What does it cost to enter the Lock for Shed niche?

Lock for Shed sells for $21.52 on average on Amazon United States, inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot. Listings run $6.09 to $118.23. The average product has 4,395 reviews, the count a new listing must catch up to.

Lock for Shed

Maybe

Products sell for $21.52 on average, inside the sweet spot. But the average product has 4,395 reviews to catch up to, so Lock for Shed is a Maybe.

Flapen Score: 55
55 / 100Top 21% of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · +7 vs the category median of 48
Market size: $632K/yr458K searches / yr
90-day growth: +0.9%search demand this quarter
Competition: 35%top-5 click share · 16 brands · 132 sellers

Flapen Score

Lock for Shed against its category

The dotted line is the Tools & Home Improvement average. Past it, Lock for Shed is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

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Market

The Lock for Shed market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Lock for Shed 458K times last year and spent an estimated $632K. The top 5 brands take 86% of clicks. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

6.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 458K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +0.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $632K a year.

Searches, last 12 months: 458K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90: +0.9%
Conversion, latest week: 6.4%
Market size, estimated: $632Ka year
Top search term: heavy duty lock54K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $21.52.

Listings sell for $21.52 on average, from $6.09 to $118.23. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 25K to 30K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At $21.52 that is $11K to $16K a year per listing.

Average price: $21.52inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range: $6.09–$118.23
Amazon United States median price: $24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year: 25K–30K
Units per listing a year: 500–750
Revenue per listing a year: $11K–$16K
Returns: 2.6%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

86% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #37 within Padlocks & Hasps. It carries 4,395 reviews at 4.56 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings: 86%
Prime listings: 100%
Out of stock, average day: 1.8%
Average rank: #37in Padlocks & Hasps
Average rating: 4.56 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews: 4,395per listing
Listings tracked: 43

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 49 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: 49 months

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