Skip to content

cat door for exterior door

Skip it45/100

a small market ($192K/yr) — cat door for exterior door doesn't clear our bar today.

Market/yr

$192K

Growth (1y)

+122.6%

Products

28

Brands

15

was 16 a year ago

Sellers

46

Price range

$9.87–$74.13

Returns

5.9%

Rating

4.5★

45/100

Skip it

Scored 45/100 across market size, growth, competition, quality gap, and returns.

Market sizeGrowthCompetitionQuality gapReturns
Market size
10
×0.30
Growth
68
×0.30
Competition
64
×0.20
Quality gap
40
×0.10
Returns
52
×0.10

Demand

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +122.6% year over year.
7K4KSpike '24Spike '25Jul '24Nov '24Mar '25Jul '25Nov '25Mar '26

Seasonality

Monthly demand index across the year — 1.00 is average.

Peak months: Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.4×

Competition

27%PetSafe
  • PetSafe27%
  • Depets23%
  • CEESC17%
  • MAVRICFLEX5%
  • Wordcam5%
  • MAVRICTECH4%
  • Other (9 brands)18%

The top 5 products take 47% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them. 15 brands and 46 sellers compete here.

Brands

15 falling

was 16 a year ago

Sellers

46

Top 5 brand share

78%

#ProductBrandPriceRatingReviewsClick shareTrend
4PetSafe$54.414.5★2,3576%rising

Product shelf

All 28 tracked products in this niche.

Reviews

What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.

What buyers love

Assembly/Installation16%

“The installation instructions were easy to follow”

Quality-Overall14%

“Excellent product”

Size-Overall13%

“it fit like a glove”

Value For Money8%

“Excellent value”

Pet Friendly8%

“Cats love it”

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%

“As advertised”

Ease Of Use5%

“Easy to use”

Strength4%

“Very sturdy”

Design-Overall4%

“Well built”

Lock Proof3%

“I also appreciate the lock options on the product”

What buyers complain about

Locking Mechanism13%

“its locking mechanism is extremely poorly designed”

Durability9%

“Not durable”

Size-Overall8%

“The size is not quite suitable”

Quality-Overall8%

“this one quality of this one is very cheap”

Assembly/Installation5%

“making it difficult to put together”

Ease Of Use4%

“hard to work”

Design-Overall4%

“Weak construction”

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting3%

“Terrible instructions”

Escape Proof3%

“Moreover, its sealing performance is poor and it doesn't work very well when used”

Weather Proof3%

“not very weatherproof”

Top return reasons

  • Size-Overall80%
  • Advertised Vs Actual Product4%
  • Thickness2%
  • Assembly/Installation2%
  • Compatibility-Overall2%
  • Escape Proof2%
  • Defective Material/Parts2%
  • Functionality-Overall1%
  • Value For Money1%
  • Locking Mechanism1%

Data scraped July 9, 2026 · Marketplace baseline: 4.4★ avg rating · $22.71 median price · 2.2% median returns across 13,812 tracked niches.