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Carpet Beetle Killer

Fail

Demand is soft, at -56.0% this quarter, so Carpet Beetle Killer is a Fail.

Flapen Score
39
39 / 100
Ranks 4,947 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −12 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£161K/yr105K searches / yr
90-day growth
-56.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
82%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 47 sellers

Flapen Score

Carpet Beetle Killer against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Carpet Beetle Killer is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

39Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Carpet Beetle Killer market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Carpet Beetle Killer 105K times last year and spent an estimated £161K. The top 5 brands take 97% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr. Flapen scores it 39 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

15.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 105K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 15.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -56.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £161K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
105K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-56.0%
Conversion, latest week
15.2%
Market size, estimated
£161Ka year
Peak month
April9.7× the quietest month
Top search term
carpet beetle killer57K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £10.08.

Listings sell for £10.08 on average, from £5.99 to £13.95. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At £10.08 that is £10K to £13K a year per listing.

Average price
£10.08under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.99–£13.95
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
£10K–£13K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

91% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 13.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #97 within Plant Protection & Pest Control. It carries 967 reviews at 4.38 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
91%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
13.2%
Average rank
#97in Plant Protection & Pest Control
Average rating
4.38 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
967per listing
Listings tracked
11

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 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 68 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
68 months

Products

Top Carpet Beetle Killer 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 82% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£16K£32K£48K£64K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 rising

Sellers

47

Top-5 brand share

97%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • READY STEADY DEFEND39%
  • Zero In35%
  • NOPE!12%
  • Pest strike6%
  • Rentokil5%
  • REPELEM3%

Demand

Carpet Beetle Killer search demand

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

8K6KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Apr · busiest ÷ quietest = 9.7×

Search terms

Top Carpet Beetle Killer search terms shoppers use

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

  • carpet beetle killer57K/yr
  • carpet beetle spray23K/yr
  • carpet beetle16K/yr
  • carpet bug killer spray5K/yr
  • carpet bug killer3K/yr
  • how to get rid of carpet beetles2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Carpet Beetle Killer

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

Complain

Smell14%−0.02

It has a chemical smell

Strong, unpleasant smell

my sense of smell is not good

Pest/Insect Control12%+1.30

I came home only to find these horrible flying ants everywhere

No go area from carpet beetles

Our 1930's house does occasional get a few of these annoying insects - I have no ideal where they suddenly appear from

Quality-Overall9%−0.15

Rubbish

Junk

Not sure of the quality very hard to tell

Value For Money8%−0.16

Expensive

Not value for money

its a waste of money

Spray/Flow8%−0.07

Second bottle of this product it had very little effect spray bottle was broke had to transfer to different bottle one good thing it was odourless

This item is faulty I cant return as it wont stop spraying

as I don't think this is a permanent solution- I had to keep spraying every week

Love

Advertised Vs Actual Product15%+1.08

It did the job

Did the job

Does what it says

Ease Of Use13%+0.96

EASY TO USE

it's very straightforward

The spray is easy to use

Spray/Flow13%−0.07

Effective spray

It sprays well

Overall this is a well presented and easy-to-use spray

Efficiency10%+0.20

Very Effective – Did Exactly What It Promised

Worked well

Works well and immediately

Strength8%+0.60

The bottle feels sturdy

delivering enhanced knockdown power compared to standard strength treatments

This combination is heavy duty stuff

Return

0.4% Return rate 18% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall24%▁▃▇▆▁█

Don't work

Not effective

Not working

Spray/Flow16%▁▁▃█▇▁

Second bottle of this product it had very little effect spray bottle was broke had to transfer to different bottle one good thing it was odourless

This item is faulty I cant return as it wont stop spraying

as I don't think this is a permanent solution- I had to keep spraying every week

Advertised Vs Actual Product10%▁█▆▂▄▁
Defective Material/Parts10%█▅▁▁█▄
Leak-Proof9%▁▁▅▇█▃

it leaked onto my hand

FAQ

Common Carpet Beetle Killer questions

Answered from the same tracked data.