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Mattress Protector

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.8% of orders. But the average product has 21,422 reviews to catch up to, so Mattress Protector is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
58
58 / 100
Top 23% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +7 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£2.0M/yr2.7M searches / yr
90-day growth
-8.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
45%top-5 click share · 19 brands · 31 sellers

Flapen Score

Mattress Protector against its category

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

58Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Mattress Protector market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Mattress Protector 2.7M times last year and spent an estimated £2.0M. The top 5 brands take 78% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct. Flapen scores it 58 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

8.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 2.7M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 8.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -8.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £2.0M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.7M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-8.6%
Conversion, latest week
8.3%
Market size, estimated
£2.0Ma year
Peak month
October2.0× the quietest month
Top search term
mattress protector942K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.26.

Listings sell for £9.26 on average, from £5.18 to £22.61. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 250K to 300K a year. The average listing sells 8,000 to 10,000 of them. At £9.26 that is £74K to £93K a year per listing.

Average price
£9.26under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.18–£22.61
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
250K–300K
Units per listing a year
8,000–10,000
Revenue per listing a year
£74K–£93K
Returns
0.8%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

97% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 69% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #493 within Home Textiles. It carries 21,422 reviews at 4.50 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
97%
Prime listings
69%
Out of stock, average day
5.5%
Average rank
#493in Home Textiles
Average rating
4.50 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
21,422per listing
Listings tracked
36

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 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 54 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
54 months

Products

Top Mattress Protector 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 45% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£82K£163K£245K£326K101001K10K100K1.0M Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

19 rising

Sellers

31

Top-5 brand share

78%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

45%

Top 20: 84%

Open market

18%

  • CAROLINE SHATUIK34%
  • Utopia Bedding20%
  • Yorkshire Bedding10%
  • Silentnight9%
  • ACRALI HOME6%
  • 4AS3%

Demand

Mattress Protector search demand

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

60K40KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Search terms

Top Mattress Protector search terms shoppers use

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

  • mattress protector942K/yr
  • waterproof mattress protector664K/yr
  • mattress protector double bed263K/yr
  • double mattress protector254K/yr
  • mattress cover92K/yr
  • double bed mattress protector44K/yr
  • waterproof mattress protector double64K/yr
  • double waterproof mattress protector45K/yr
  • double mattress protector waterproof37K/yr
  • mattress covers double bed38K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Mattress Protector

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

Complain

Water Resistance21%−0.13

NOT WATERPROOF

Not water proof

Soaked right through

Thickness12%−0.09

Not as thick as I thought reading the description

Not ad thick as I thought it would be

Not as thick as the picture shows

Quality-Overall8%+1.20

Bad quality

Cheap Quality

Cheaply made

Size-Overall5%+0.84

DO NOT FIT

the fit is slightly looser than expected

Too small

Material Quality5%−0.04

Material not very strong

Cheap material

100% polyester not Coton

Love

Quality-Overall21%+1.20

Quality mattress cover

Best quality

a good quality cover

Size-Overall17%+0.84

Easy fit

Easy to fit

Fits bed perfectly

Value For Money12%+0.61

Amazing value

Value for money

GREAT VALUE

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%

As advertised

Just what I needed

As described

Comfort-Overall7%+0.52

Feels comfortable

Felt comfortable

Comfortable in use

Return

0.8% Return rate 58% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall47%██▇▇▇▇

DO NOT FIT

the fit is slightly looser than expected

Too small

Quality-Overall9%▇▆▅█▆▆

Bad quality

Cheap Quality

Cheaply made

Material Quality9%▇▆█▇▅█

Material not very strong

Cheap material

100% polyester not Coton

Water Resistance7%▆▄█▇▆▆

NOT WATERPROOF

Not water proof

Soaked right through

Thin5%▅█▄▇▆▆

Too thin

The sides material is so thin it wont last long

Not what I expected when it finally arrived 24 hours late very thin doesn't seem very strong

FAQ

Common Mattress Protector questions

Answered from the same tracked data.