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Maggot Killer

Fail

Prices span $4.70–$13.77, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Maggot Killer is a Fail.

Flapen Score
42
42 / 100
Ranks 4,560 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −9 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£73K/yr53K searches / yr
90-day growth
-5.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
84%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 55 sellers

Flapen Score

Maggot Killer against its category

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

42Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Maggot Killer market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Maggot Killer 53K times last year and spent an estimated £73K. The top 5 brands take 92% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May. Flapen scores it 42 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

14.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 53K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 14.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -5.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £73K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
53K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-5.1%
Conversion, latest week
14.6%
Market size, estimated
£73Ka year
Peak month
March6.2× the quietest month
Top search term
woodlice killer10K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.43.

Listings sell for £9.43 on average, from £4.70 to £13.77. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £9.43 that is £5K to £7K a year per listing.

Average price
£9.43under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.70–£13.77
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£5K–£7K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

70% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 90% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #94 within Plant Protection & Pest Control. It carries 1,533 reviews at 4.17 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
70%
Prime listings
90%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#94in Plant Protection & Pest Control
Average rating
4.17 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,533per listing
Listings tracked
10

04 · Newcomers

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

1 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 65 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Maggot 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 84% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£11K£22K£33K£44K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 rising

Sellers

55

Top-5 brand share

92%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

5%

  • Nippon46%
  • REPELEM20%
  • READY STEADY DEFEND18%
  • SK INFINITY6%
  • Soluguard3%
  • Dethlac3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 5%)

Demand

Maggot Killer search demand

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

3K2KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 6.2×

Search terms

Top Maggot Killer search terms shoppers use

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

  • woodlice killer10K/yr
  • woodlice killer indoor15K/yr
  • woodlice killer outdoor4K/yr
  • woodlice7K/yr
  • woodlice repellent7K/yr
  • woodlouse killer4K/yr
  • wood lice killer indoors4K/yr
  • woodlouse repellent3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Maggot Killer

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

Complain

Functionality-Overall23%−0.25

Doesnt work

Not as effective as Id hoped

Not effective

Pest/Insect Control22%−0.15

ants still all over the area

Doesnt provide long term pest control

it doesnt seem to kill them afterwards

Value For Money13%−0.05

not good value

Waste off money

this is a waste of money

Spray/Flow9%−0.01

Would work much better with a spray head

But awkward to fit with simple spray knozzle

It is literally just the bottle of liquid with no way to spray this stuff advertised as a spray

Smell5%+0.03

It does have a smell

I left both doors open for a while as there was a smell when I sprayed

Don't bother as waste of money, tried it for couple of weeks and used every evening and nothing happens other than everywhere is sticky and smells

Love

Efficiency18%+1.16

Very effective

Works very well

Worked immediately

Advertised Vs Actual Product17%+1.32

As described

Does what it promised to do

Does exactly what it says

Ease Of Use15%+0.94

Easy to use

Works really quick

Easy to find on Amazon easy to use

Quality-Overall14%+0.92

Excellent product

Very good quality

Great item

Value For Money12%−0.05

Really good Worth the money

Good value for money too

Good price

Return

0.4% Return rate 12% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall30%▁▂▅▅██

Doesnt work

Not as effective as Id hoped

Not effective

Spray/Flow14%█▅▃▂▁▃

Would work much better with a spray head

But awkward to fit with simple spray knozzle

It is literally just the bottle of liquid with no way to spray this stuff advertised as a spray

Leak-Proof11%▁▄▁█▃▆

it seems to be effective - the only problem with my purchase is that the sprayhead leaked all over my hand

leaked on hands when using

Spray nozzle does leak a bit so wear gloves

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%▁▇█▁▃▂
Pest/Insect Control7%▁▁▁▅█▄

ants still all over the area

Doesnt provide long term pest control

it doesnt seem to kill them afterwards

FAQ

Common Maggot Killer questions

Answered from the same tracked data.