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Fly Paper

Maybe

Search demand grew +703.5% this quarter. But prices span $3.18–$8.29, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Fly Paper is a Maybe.

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Flapen Score
64
64 / 100
Top 11% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +13 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£495K/yr355K searches / yr
90-day growth
+703.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
72%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 35 sellers

Flapen Score

Fly Paper against its category

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

64Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Fly Paper market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Fly Paper 355K times last year and spent an estimated £495K. The top 5 brands take 75% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jun–Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 64 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

25.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 355K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 25.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +703.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £495K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
355K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+703.5%
Conversion, latest week
25.8%
Market size, estimated
£495Ka year
Peak month
July24.1× the quietest month
Top search term
fly paper90K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.40.

Listings sell for £5.40 on average, from £3.18 to £8.29. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 80K to 100K a year. The average listing sells 4,000 to 5,000 of them. At £5.40 that is £22K to £27K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.40under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.18–£8.29
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
80K–100K
Units per listing a year
4,000–5,000
Revenue per listing a year
£22K–£27K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

85% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #46 within Plant Protection & Pest Control. It carries 2,572 reviews at 4.08 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
85%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#46in Plant Protection & Pest Control
Average rating
4.08 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,572per listing
Listings tracked
13

04 · Newcomers

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

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 35 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

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

Products

Top Fly Paper 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 72% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£49K£99K£148K£198K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 falling

Sellers

35

Top-5 brand share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

72%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

18%

  • RAM ONLINE39%
  • BUG OFF9%
  • Haimist9%
  • Zero In9%
  • JKG8%
  • TRIITECH7%

Demand

Fly Paper search demand

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

35K25KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 24.1×

Search terms

Top Fly Paper search terms shoppers use

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

  • fly paper90K/yr
  • fly papers for indoors90K/yr
  • fly tape43K/yr
  • fly strips36K/yr
  • fly papers19K/yr
  • fly strips sticky indoor15K/yr
  • fly tape sticky indoor13K/yr
  • fly papers for indoors sticky15K/yr
  • sticky fly paper10K/yr
  • fly paper strips8K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Fly Paper

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

Complain

Pest/Insect Control24%−0.10

Has not caught any flies

doesn't catch anything

Does not attract flies

Adhesion/Stickiness22%−0.27

Sticky

Not sticky enough

Sticky stuff

Quality-Overall13%+0.34

Reduced quality

Absolute garbage

Awful quality

Functionality-Overall9%−0.26

Didnt work

it was completely ineffective for my setup

not effective at all

Ease Of Use6%+0.29

Difficult to open out

Almost impossible to open

Very difficult to pull out

Love

Quality-Overall18%+0.34

Excellent Quality

Great product

Simply the best

Pest/Insect Control16%−0.10

great for catching the flies

works well and attracts all types of flying insects

great to catch the annoying flies

Value For Money14%+1.13

Good for the money

Really quite a lot for the cash

Excellent value

Advertised Vs Actual Product12%+1.62

Just as advertised

Does what it says

As described

Ease Of Use9%+0.29

Easy to use

it was very efficient

easy put up n take down

Return

0.1% Return rate 3% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall36%▁▁▄█▅▄

Didnt work

it was completely ineffective for my setup

not effective at all

Pest/Insect Control18%█▁▁▁▃▃

Has not caught any flies

doesn't catch anything

Does not attract flies

Quality-Overall12%█▁▁▁▆▄

Reduced quality

Absolute garbage

Awful quality

Adhesion/Stickiness9%▁█▆▁▃▄

Sticky

Not sticky enough

Sticky stuff

Durability5%▆▁█▁▂▁

broke easily

most of them broke apart when opening

Fell apart when trying to open them

FAQ

Common Fly Paper questions

Answered from the same tracked data.