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black bath mat

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Prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($4.23–$12.29) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.

Market size 11Growth 12Conversion 69Competition 59Returns 91Price range 0Avg price 20Brand share 80Review moat 47Quality gap 86

Returns

Great1.2%

return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate

Quality gap

Great4.1★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Brand share

Great55%

top-5 brand share — no brand owns this niche

Conversion

Good6.3%

search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale

Competition

Good50%

top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse

Review moat

Okay1,791.43

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Avg price

Bad£7.17

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Growth

Bad-25.5%

90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch

Market size

Bad£44K

£44K/yr · 99K searches

Price range

Bad£4.23–£12.29

cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, black bath mat is a £44K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (99K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 55% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 48/100.

Data updated Jul 27, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches

black bath mat market data

Units sold / yr
6K–8K
avg 100–250/product
Revenue / yr
£43K–£57K
units × avg price
Conversion rate
6.3%
Avg BSR
#119
Page quality
0%
Prime
87%
Sponsored
91%
Out of stock
20.3%
Avg brand age
31 months
Avg seller age
192 days

Competition & brand share

The top 5 products take 50% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Brands

19 rising

Sellers

27

Top-5 brand share

55%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

50%

Top 20: 97%

Open market

40%

  • Hafaa16%
  • KEPLIN15%
  • wyewye10%
  • smiry7%
  • COMPOLICY7%
  • GRANNY SAYS5%

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 86 weeks — -25.5% search growth over the last 90 days.
3K2KSpike '25DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Top black bath mat search terms

  • black bath mat74K/yr
  • black bathroom mat15K/yr
  • bath mat black10K/yr
All search terms

Top black bath mat products on Amazon

Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.

0%4%£2K8%£4K12%£5K16%£7K1101001K10K100K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 23 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

What buyers say about black bath mat

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

What buyers love

Quality-Overall16%

“easy to use, good quality, and arrived on time”

Value For Money12%

“Good value”

Size-Overall12%

“It was just the right size”

Color8%

“Perfect colour”

Ease Of Cleaning6%

“Cleaning is simple and quick, and it dries fast too”

Grip6%

“The non-slip backing does a decent job of keeping it in place on bathroom tiles”

Comfort-Overall5%

“Comfortable”

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%

“Very much better than I was expecting”

Soft Feel4%

“So soft”

Design-Overall3%

“It possesses a delightfully modest footprint”

What buyers complain about

Size-Overall36%

“These mats are very small”

Quality-Overall11%

“Absolutely rubbish”

Adhesion/Stickiness11%

“Useless - doesnt stick”

Thickness10%

“thin”

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%

“Nothing like the image”

Grip4%

“Doesn't grip”

Value For Money4%

“it was going to cost me £2.73 to do so”

Material Quality3%

“Cheap feeling and extra cheap looking”

Ease Of Cleaning3%

“does get dirty underneath so have to keep removing to clean”

Flatness1%

“takes an hour to so to lay fully flat”

Top return reasons

Size-Overall50%
Quality-Overall17%
Thin7%
Color6%
Advertised Vs Actual Product5%
Adhesion/Stickiness4%
Thickness3%
Grip2%
Strength1%
Material Quality1%

Common questions

Is black bath mat profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?
The niche generates £44K/yr across 23 tracked products. 0 of 6 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -25.5%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (48/100).
How competitive is the black bath mat niche?
19 brands and 27 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 50% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 55% of demand.
What do buyers complain about in black bath mat?
Top complaints mined from reviews: Size-Overall, Quality-Overall, Adhesion/Stickiness. The return rate is 1.2%.
When does demand for black bath mat peak?
Demand is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.5× the quietest.
What does it cost to enter the black bath mat niche?
Listings span £4.23–£12.29; the average listing price is £7.17 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 1,791 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.