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Rubber Mat

Maybe

Returns run at only 1.0% of orders. But buyers convert on only 1.4% of searches, so Rubber Mat is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
55
55 / 100
Top 23% of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · +6 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£150K/yr636K searches / yr
90-day growth
-2.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
35%top-5 click share · 30 brands · 39 sellers

Flapen Score

Rubber Mat against its category

The dotted line is the Business, Industry & Science average. Past it, Rubber Mat is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

55Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Rubber Mat market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Rubber Mat 636K times last year and spent an estimated £150K. The top 5 brands take 63% of clicks. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

1.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 636K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -2.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £150K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
636K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-2.0%
Conversion, latest week
1.4%
Market size, estimated
£150Ka year
Peak month
May1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
rubber matting131K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £16.52.

Listings sell for £16.52 on average, from £2.46 to £51.27. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £16.52 that is £2K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£16.52inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.46–£51.27
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£4K
Returns
1.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

81% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 35% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #26 within Janitorial & Sanitation Supplies. It carries 1,466 reviews at 4.42 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
81%
Prime listings
35%
Out of stock, average day
4.5%
Average rank
#26in Janitorial & Sanitation Supplies
Average rating
4.42 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,466per listing
Listings tracked
52

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 4 of last year's 14 launches as successful.

14 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 4 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 45 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
14
Successful launches
4Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
45 months

Products

Top Rubber Mat products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take only 35% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£5K£9K£14K£18K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

30 falling

Sellers

39

Top-5 brand share

63%

Top 20: 93%

Top-5 click share

35%

Top 20: 69%

Open market

34%

  • Shield Autocare17%
  • Ark Mat17%
  • Harbour Housewares12%
  • Nicoman8%
  • GCM8%
  • VISTA SPORTS4%

Demand

Rubber Mat search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

13K8KSpike '24SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Rubber Mat search terms shoppers use

The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.

  • rubber matting131K/yr
  • rubber mat210K/yr
  • rubber flooring48K/yr
  • rubber matting roll43K/yr
  • rubber floor mats33K/yr
  • rubber mats27K/yr
  • heavy duty rubber mat18K/yr
  • rubber matting for garage floor16K/yr
  • rubber mats for floor14K/yr
  • rubber floor mat13K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Rubber Mat

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Smell17%−0.21

Strong chemical smell

Smell is unbearable

Bad smell

Quality-Overall13%+0.11

Rubbish quality, waste your money

Very light weight not best quality

Not great quality

Size-Overall12%−0.07

Small size

OK mat, little smaller than anticipated

Very big

Thickness6%−0.05

These aren't thick mats, of course,

Not as thick as expected from description

expected it to be thicker

Suitable For Indoor4%−0.04

It can't be used indoor

Unusable indoors

in my opinion I found it no good for indoors

Love

Quality-Overall28%+0.11

Looks good well made

Good Quality Mat

Excellent Quality

Value For Money14%+1.27

Good price

Good value for price

Amazing value

Advertised Vs Actual Product13%+1.20

As described

Does what is says

Just what I was looking for

Size-Overall5%−0.07

Fits perfect

Very handy that you can order in different sizes to fit in different rooms

Easy to fit

Ease Of Cleaning5%+0.45

Absolutely quality used this to put onto my wheelchair ramps at my front door fantastic to clean dirty feet

Easy to clean

are very reliable that have s smooth surface to clean

Return

1.0% Return rate 72% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall58%▇██▇▇█

Small size

OK mat, little smaller than anticipated

Very big

Quality-Overall8%▇▅▅▇▆█

Rubbish quality, waste your money

Very light weight not best quality

Not great quality

Thin5%▆▅█▇▇▃
Smell4%█▃█▇▇▆

Strong chemical smell

Smell is unbearable

Bad smell

Color3%▂▆▂▆▇█

FAQ

Common Rubber Mat questions

Answered from the same tracked data.