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Cockroach Trap

Cockroach Trap shows searches that convert (15.0% search→purchase), but a small market ($49K/yr) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

51
Worth a look
Market size 12Growth 78Conversion 97Competition 18Returns 97Price range 25Avg price 41Brand share 28Review moat 25Quality gap 83
This niche Category average

Is Cockroach Trap profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Cockroach Trap is a £49K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (30K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 88% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 51/100.

Cockroach Trap: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved +67.7% over the last 90 days and 15.0% of searches end in a purchase.

£49K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr4K
Search volume / yr+67.7%30K
Conversion rate15.0%
Avg price£10.92

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 88% of demand, so 12% of the market is open.

12%

open market share

Brands · sellers9 · 41
Top-5 product click share78%
Open market12%
Avg brand age32 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.2★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 12 products

Sponsored placement67%
New entrants (1y)5· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.2★
Avg reviews4,028

Top Cockroach Trap products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 78% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£5K£10K£15K£20K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 falling

Sellers

41

Top-5 brand share

88%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

78%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

9%

  • Super Ninja50%
  • Combat25%
  • Pestmatic5%
  • RQJLZ4%
  • Pest-X Pro4%
  • HOY HOY3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 9%)

Cockroach Trap demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume30KCVR15.0%Products12Brands9Top 5 Brands88%OOS Rate19.2%Rating4.2★Reviews4,028Avg BSR#28
1K600Spike '26Prime Day '26Sep '25Oct '25Dec '25Feb '26Mar '26May '26Jun '26

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cockroach Trap

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

89% of reviews
Pest/Insect Control36%

This product is great for insect detection

Value For Money10%

Work well and good value

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%

Did the job perfectly

Quality-Overall7%

Great quality traps

Ease Of Use7%

Easy to use

What buyers complain about

82% of reviews
Pest/Insect Control36%

Ineffective

Functionality-Overall23%

Doesn't work

Strength5%

it is not strong enough

Quality-Overall5%

Bad quality

Assembly/Installation5%

They are a bit fiddly to assemble ending up tape some together

Cockroach Trap return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.6%

Return rate

7%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Functionality-Overall
34%
2Pest/Insect Control
17%
3Adhesion/Stickiness
16%
4Strength
10%
5Product Condition
9%

Common Cockroach Trap questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Cockroach Trap 51/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £49K/yr across 12 tracked products. 1 of 5 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +67.7% over the last 90 days.
Cockroach Trap buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Pest/Insect Control, Functionality-Overall, Strength, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.6%.