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Fly Swatter

Maybe

Search demand grew +911.0% this quarter. But prices span $2.77–$11.44, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Fly Swatter is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
62
62 / 100
Top 14% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +11 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£405K/yr422K searches / yr
90-day growth
+911.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
70%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 26 sellers

Flapen Score

Fly Swatter against its category

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

62Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Fly Swatter market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Fly Swatter 422K times last year and spent an estimated £405K. The top 5 brands take 75% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 62 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

15.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 422K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 15.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +911.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £405K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
422K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+911.0%
Conversion, latest week
15.4%
Market size, estimated
£405Ka year
Peak month
July36.6× the quietest month
Top search term
fly swatter315K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.21.

Listings sell for £6.21 on average, from £2.77 to £11.44. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 60K to 80K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At £6.21 that is £19K to £25K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.21under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.77–£11.44
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
60K–80K
Units per listing a year
3,000–4,000
Revenue per listing a year
£19K–£25K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

75% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 94% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #112 within Plant Protection & Pest Control. It carries 1,577 reviews at 4.33 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
75%
Prime listings
94%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#112in Plant Protection & Pest Control
Average rating
4.33 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,577per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 34 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
34 months

Products

Top Fly Swatter 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 70% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£41K£81K£122K£162K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 falling

Sellers

26

Top-5 brand share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

20%

  • RAM ONLINE37%
  • iZhuoKe20%
  • KK'S GLAMS7%
  • MR.SIGA5%
  • IME5%
  • hombrima5%

Demand

Fly Swatter search demand

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

40K30KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 36.6×

Search terms

Top Fly Swatter search terms shoppers use

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

  • fly swatter315K/yr
  • fly swat46K/yr
  • fly swatters11K/yr
  • fly swatters plastic11K/yr
  • fly squatters7K/yr
  • fly swats7K/yr
  • plastic fly swatter6K/yr
  • fly squatter7K/yr
  • fly-swatter5K/yr
  • flyswatter2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Fly Swatter

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

Complain

Durability17%−0.21

Broke the first time used

Broke 1st day of use

broke with a few uses

Size-Overall16%−0.16

Very small swat area

too short when not

Quite small

Functionality-Overall15%−0.19

Doesn't do the job

Doesnt work properly

Doesn't work

Strength15%−0.02

Bit flimsy

Not strong enough

A bit flimsy

Quality-Overall9%+0.67

Trash

Absolute rubbish

Poor quality

Love

Quality-Overall17%+0.67

Great piece of kit

Great product 👌 Really good well made

Good quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product14%+1.08

Works just fine

Exactly as described

Does the job

Value For Money12%+0.53

Good Value

Excellent value for money

Worth the money

Strength11%−0.02

They are strong

Good strong swatters

Sturdy and easy to use

Ease Of Use9%+0.76

Easy to use

its actually really handy

Easy to store

Return

0.5% Return rate 12% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall42%▅▆▅▅█▇

Doesn't do the job

Doesnt work properly

Doesn't work

Defective Material/Parts13%▅▇▄█▅█
Size-Overall11%█▁▇▇▆▄

Very small swat area

too short when not

Quite small

Battery Life6%▁▁▇█▄▇

Battery compartment badly made

I cant get it back In so one of the batteries doesnt fit properly so cant use it

Pest/Insect Control6%▁▆█▂▂▃

most other flying bugs are in trouble

Does not kill the flies

No fly is safe

FAQ

Common Fly Swatter questions

Answered from the same tracked data.