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Shower Drain Cover

Maybe

Returns run at only 1.1% of orders. But prices span $2.54–$14.63, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Shower Drain Cover is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
51
51 / 100
Top 38% of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · +2 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£462K/yr827K searches / yr
90-day growth
-8.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
58%top-5 click share · 21 brands · 64 sellers

Flapen Score

Shower Drain Cover against its category

The dotted line is the DIY & Tools average. Past it, Shower Drain Cover is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

51Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Shower Drain Cover market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Shower Drain Cover 827K times last year and spent an estimated £462K. The top 5 brands take 66% of clicks. Flapen scores it 51 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

8.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 827K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 8.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -8.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £462K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
827K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-8.5%
Conversion, latest week
8.8%
Market size, estimated
£462Ka year
Peak month
March1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
shower drain cover155K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.35.

Listings sell for £6.35 on average, from £2.54 to £14.63. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 60K to 80K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At £6.35 that is £10K to £13K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.35under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.54–£14.63
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
60K–80K
Units per listing a year
1,500–2,000
Revenue per listing a year
£10K–£13K
Returns
1.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

85% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 96% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #37 within Kitchen & Bath Fixtures. It carries 6,787 reviews at 4.37 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
85%
Prime listings
96%
Out of stock, average day
7.5%
Average rank
#37in Kitchen & Bath Fixtures
Average rating
4.37 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
6,787per listing
Listings tracked
27

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 27 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
27 months

Products

Top Shower Drain Cover 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 58% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£23K£46K£69K£92K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

21 falling

Sellers

64

Top-5 brand share

66%

Top 20: 99%

Top-5 click share

58%

Top 20: 92%

Open market

28%

  • HNNHOME20%
  • CCLKHY16%
  • LEKEYE12%
  • CHLIEX11%
  • OXO7%
  • wokdada6%

Demand

Shower Drain Cover search demand

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

15K10KPrime Day '25Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Shower Drain Cover search terms shoppers use

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

  • shower drain cover155K/yr
  • shower hair catcher82K/yr
  • hair catcher for shower drain81K/yr
  • shower drain hair catcher78K/yr
  • shower drain cover replacement39K/yr
  • drain hair catcher41K/yr
  • shower trap39K/yr
  • shower plughole cover34K/yr
  • shower drain32K/yr
  • bath plug hair catcher32K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Shower Drain Cover

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

Complain

Size-Overall19%+1.35

Did not fit

Too small

To big

Adhesion/Stickiness9%−0.13

It wont stick to bath tub

suckers dont stick that good

it did not stick

Quality-Overall8%+0.74

Absolute rubbish

Low quality

Cheap this junk

Rusts/Corrodes4%

it is getting rusty

Not the most rust resistant

old like cheap metal after a few weeks - not exactly rusty

Suction4%−0.06

not so good at suction

The suction cups doesnt work

The suction does not work

Love

Size-Overall27%+1.35

Easy to fit

Fits easily

Excellent fit

Quality-Overall19%+0.74

Good well made product

Decent quality

the manufacturing quality is solid

Advertised Vs Actual Product14%+1.15

As advertised

Exactly what I needed

As described

Value For Money10%+0.47

Excellent value

Competitive price

Good value for money

Ease Of Cleaning6%+0.44

Easy to lift and clean

Easy to clean

Easy to clean hair from

Return

1.1% Return rate 83% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall80%██████

Did not fit

Too small

To big

Compatibility-Overall6%▇▇▆▆▇█
Functionality-Overall4%▆▃▆███

Not very effective

Didnt work for me

Didnt work as expected

Defective Material/Parts2%▅▅▄▅▆█
Adhesion/Stickiness2%▄█▄▅▃▅

It wont stick to bath tub

suckers dont stick that good

it did not stick

FAQ

Common Shower Drain Cover questions

Answered from the same tracked data.