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Shower Trap

Fail

Demand is soft, at -19.0% this quarter, so Shower Trap is a Fail.

Flapen Score
41
41 / 100
Ranks 1,774 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −8 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£76K/yr116K searches / yr
90-day growth
-19.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
71%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 45 sellers

Flapen Score

Shower Trap against its category

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

41Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Shower Trap market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Shower Trap 116K times last year and spent an estimated £76K. The top 5 brands take 78% of clicks. Flapen scores it 41 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

6.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 116K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -19.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £76K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
116K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-19.0%
Conversion, latest week
6.7%
Market size, estimated
£76Ka year
Peak month
February1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
shower trap39K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.75.

Listings sell for £9.75 on average, from £5.83 to £31.38. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £9.75 that is £975 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£9.75under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.83–£31.38
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£975–£2K
Returns
1.8%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

80% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 87% ship with Prime. On an average day, 9.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #38 within Kitchen & Bath Fixtures. It carries 747 reviews at 4.47 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
80%
Prime listings
87%
Out of stock, average day
9.5%
Average rank
#38in Kitchen & Bath Fixtures
Average rating
4.47 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
747per listing
Listings tracked
15

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 38 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
38 months

Products

Top Shower Trap 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 71% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£8K£15K£23K£30K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

45

Top-5 brand share

78%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

71%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

17%

  • HNNHOME35%
  • CHLIEX17%
  • PlumbEZ15%
  • Excel Home6%
  • YUNLEX5%
  • Spares2go5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 17%)

Demand

Shower Trap search demand

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

4K3KSpike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Shower Trap search terms shoppers use

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

  • shower trap39K/yr
  • shower drain32K/yr
  • shower waste trap14K/yr
  • shower waste11K/yr
  • 90mm shower waste trap5K/yr
  • mcalpine shower trap6K/yr
  • 90mm shower waste3K/yr
  • shower tray waste3K/yr
  • shower drain seal3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Shower Trap

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

Complain

Size-Overall33%−0.03

To big

Did not fit

Too loose

Durability6%−0.08

its now breaking

Broke after a year

Poor durability

Quality-Overall5%+0.85

Not the best option on the market

Poor quality

Poor QC I think

Material Quality5%−0.07

cheap materials

WHAT MATERIAL

Rubbish cover

Color4%−0.05

colour lighter than thought

its nothing like the colour shown

that it was 'dark grey' In fact it is a very light grey

Love

Size-Overall38%−0.03

Excellent fit

Easy to fit

Fits perfectly as described

Quality-Overall19%+0.85

Appears to be decently made

Decent quality

Good well made product

Advertised Vs Actual Product18%+1.91

As advertised

Exactly what I needed

As described

Value For Money8%+0.58

Excellent price

Great value

Excellent value

Efficiency3%+0.52

Does the job

Works perfect

Works a treat

Return

1.8% Return rate 87% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall85%██████

To big

Did not fit

Too loose

Compatibility-Overall7%▆▇▆▆██
Defective Material/Parts2%▆▅▁▄▄█
Quality-Overall2%▄▇▅▅█▂

Not the best option on the market

Poor quality

Poor QC I think

Advertised Vs Actual Product1%▆▄▁▁▄█

FAQ

Common Shower Trap questions

Answered from the same tracked data.