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Cat Trap

Maybe

Products sell for $30.75 on average, inside the sweet spot. But shoppers spend only $80K a year here, so Cat Trap is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
60
60 / 100
Top 18% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +9 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£80K/yr77K searches / yr
90-day growth
+34.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
47%top-5 click share · 16 brands · 30 sellers

Flapen Score

Cat Trap against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Cat Trap is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

60Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Cat Trap market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Cat Trap 77K times last year and spent an estimated £80K. The top 5 brands take 64% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jul. Flapen scores it 60 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

3.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 77K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +34.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £80K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
77K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+34.6%
Conversion, latest week
3.4%
Market size, estimated
£80Ka year
Peak month
July1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
cat trap26K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £30.75.

Listings sell for £30.75 on average, from £9.24 to £58.19. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £30.75 that is £0 to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£30.75inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£9.24–£58.19
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
2K–3K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£3K
Returns
3.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

65% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 65% ship with Prime. On an average day, 28.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #291 within Plant Protection & Pest Control. It carries 275 reviews at 4.02 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
65%
Prime listings
65%
Out of stock, average day
28.7%
Average rank
#291in Plant Protection & Pest Control
Average rating
4.02 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
275per listing
Listings tracked
26

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 9 launches as successful.

9 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 43 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
9
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
43 months

Products

Top Cat 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 47% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£4K£8K£12K£16K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

16 falling

Sellers

30

Top-5 brand share

64%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

47%

Top 20: 93%

Open market

31%

  • Thealyn20%
  • Outopee13%
  • AMAGABELI GARDEN & HOME12%
  • Defenders11%
  • PestExpel7%
  • Tcowoy5%

Demand

Cat Trap search demand

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

2K1KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Search terms

Top Cat Trap search terms shoppers use

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

  • cat trap26K/yr
  • rabbit trap11K/yr
  • cat trap for stray cats11K/yr
  • fox trap9K/yr
  • humane cat trap4K/yr
  • cat catcher4K/yr
  • cat trap cage4K/yr
  • animal trap4K/yr
  • feral cat trap3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cat Trap

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

Complain

Functionality-Overall16%−0.40

It didn't catch anything

Not reliable doesnt work bait plate doesnt function so trap doesnt operate

Didnt work

Quality-Overall13%−0.06

not the best

thinking that it would be better quality

just generally poor quality with lots of rough/sharp edges

Size-Overall12%−0.15

Not fit for purpose

To small for cats

Small

Assembly/Installation11%−0.11

Tricky to Set Up

Hard to assemble

Difficult to set

Pest/Insect Control7%+1.53

Even the 2 visiting neighbours cats can't catch it

Not caught a rat yet

Not caught a Racoon yet

Love

Quality-Overall14%−0.06

Very good device

Good Quality Cage

Great product

Value For Money14%+1.07

Good Value

Worth it

good value

Strength11%−0.09

It seems well built

Sturdy construction

Very strong

Size-Overall9%−0.15

good size

Good size for catching cats or small dogs

the size is well suited for animals of that kind without feeling overly cramped

Pest/Insect Control9%+1.53

When you figure them out the trap works nicely

Perfect for squirrels

Fantastic trap

Return

3.5% Return rate 39% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall34%▄█▇▅█▇

Not fit for purpose

To small for cats

Small

Functionality-Overall19%█▄▅▆▄▆

It didn't catch anything

Not reliable doesnt work bait plate doesnt function so trap doesnt operate

Didnt work

Defective Material/Parts10%▄█▇▅▆▅
Mechanism Issues10%▁▄▅█▅▅
Assembly/Installation6%█▄▄▃▃▃

Tricky to Set Up

Hard to assemble

Difficult to set

FAQ

Common Cat Trap questions

Answered from the same tracked data.