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Mouse Traps

Maybe

Buyers convert on 15.5% of searches. But demand is soft, at -12.0% this quarter, so Mouse Traps is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
59
59 / 100
Top 20% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +8 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£2.1M/yr1.5M searches / yr
90-day growth
-12.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
63%top-5 click share · 19 brands · 74 sellers

Flapen Score

Mouse Traps against its category

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

59Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Mouse Traps market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Mouse Traps 1.5M times last year and spent an estimated £2.1M. The top 5 brands take 75% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 59 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

15.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.5M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 15.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -12.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £2.1M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.5M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-12.0%
Conversion, latest week
15.5%
Market size, estimated
£2.1Ma year
Peak month
November2.1× the quietest month
Top search term
mouse traps792K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.07.

Listings sell for £9.07 on average, from £4.06 to £19.50. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 200K to 250K a year. The average listing sells 6,000 to 8,000 of them. At £9.07 that is £54K to £73K a year per listing.

Average price
£9.07under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.06–£19.50
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
200K–250K
Units per listing a year
6,000–8,000
Revenue per listing a year
£54K–£73K
Returns
0.8%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

74% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 96% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #35 within Plant Protection & Pest Control. It carries 2,007 reviews at 4.28 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
74%
Prime listings
96%
Out of stock, average day
7.2%
Average rank
#35in Plant Protection & Pest Control
Average rating
4.28 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,007per listing
Listings tracked
23

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

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

Products

Top Mouse Traps 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 63% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£214K£428K£642K£856K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

19 falling

Sellers

74

Top-5 brand share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

63%

Top 20: 96%

Open market

22%

  • Roshield43%
  • Todoxi12%
  • RnCop12%
  • READY STEADY DEFEND5%
  • H HYDRO SIP3%
  • Trisiki3%

Demand

Mouse Traps search demand

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

50K30KSpike '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×

Search terms

Top Mouse Traps search terms shoppers use

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

  • mouse traps792K/yr
  • mouse trap244K/yr
  • mouse traps for indoors241K/yr
  • mice trap63K/yr
  • mouse traps that kill instantly28K/yr
  • mice traps25K/yr
  • mousetrap27K/yr
  • mouse-trap10K/yr
  • mouse traps outdoor8K/yr
  • mouse-traps12K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Mouse Traps

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

Complain

Functionality-Overall20%−0.41

Didn't work

Not yet effective

Half did not work

Pest/Insect Control16%

it did not catch it

Doesnt work for mice

Trap was ineffective

Quality-Overall9%+0.88

Cheap rubbish

Disappointing quality

Unfortunately, the quality doesnt seem to be consistent across the whole pack

Value For Money8%−0.02

Not worth the price

They're pretty expensive for what they are

Price, little expensive

Durability7%−0.07

don't last

Broke immediately <<- Yes

broke after one use

Love

Ease Of Use19%+2.02

Easy to set

Easy to use

Easy to operate

Quality-Overall16%+0.88

Good and robustly made product

They look well made and they are

Excellent Product

Pest/Insect Control11%

Pest control

Easy Pest Control

Excellent trap

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%+1.01

As advertised

As described

Does what it says

Value For Money10%−0.02

Cheap price

Excellent value

Excellent value

Return

0.8% Return rate 42% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall35%▇▇▇▇▇█

Not the size i wanted

These are a bit bigger

These are small

Functionality-Overall27%█▆▅▇▆▆

Didn't work

Not yet effective

Half did not work

Defective Material/Parts8%▅▅█▅▅▅
Quality-Overall5%▁█▅▆▇▇

Cheap rubbish

Disappointing quality

Unfortunately, the quality doesnt seem to be consistent across the whole pack

Pest/Insect Control4%▅▅▆█▇▄

it did not catch it

Doesnt work for mice

Trap was ineffective

FAQ

Common Mouse Traps questions

Answered from the same tracked data.