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Placemats

Maybe

The top 5 products take only 29% of clicks. But demand is soft, at -23.5% this quarter, so Placemats is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
55
55 / 100
Top 33% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +4 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£531K/yr2.7M searches / yr
90-day growth
-23.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
29%top-5 click share · 44 brands · 78 sellers

Flapen Score

Placemats against its category

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

55Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Placemats market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Placemats 2.7M times last year and spent an estimated £531K. The top 5 brands take 49% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

1.6% 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, 1.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -23.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £531K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.7M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-23.5%
Conversion, latest week
1.6%
Market size, estimated
£531Ka year
Peak month
December2.8× the quietest month
Top search term
placemats525K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £12.61.

Listings sell for £12.61 on average, from £6.26 to £27.12. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £12.61 that is £3K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£12.61under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£6.26–£27.12
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£6K
Returns
2.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

91% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 94% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #104 within Home Textiles. It carries 1,488 reviews at 4.39 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
91%
Prime listings
94%
Out of stock, average day
2.8%
Average rank
#104in Home Textiles
Average rating
4.39 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,488per listing
Listings tracked
70

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 13 launches as successful.

13 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 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
13
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
35 months

Products

Top Placemats 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 only 29% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£11K£21K£32K£43K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

44 falling

Sellers

78

Top-5 brand share

49%

Top 20: 84%

Top-5 click share

29%

Top 20: 64%

Open market

46%

  • Purejoy11%
  • Myir JUN11%
  • SHACOS11%
  • Pimpernel10%
  • Homcomodar7%
  • APLKER4%

Demand

Placemats search demand

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

125K75KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.8×

Search terms

Top Placemats search terms shoppers use

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

  • placemats525K/yr
  • table mats402K/yr
  • place mats for table321K/yr
  • place mats223K/yr
  • table mats set of 6160K/yr
  • placemats and coaster sets 6178K/yr
  • table mats set of 4110K/yr
  • table placemats98K/yr
  • placemats set of 473K/yr
  • place mats for table 689K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Placemats

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

Complain

Quality-Overall17%+1.11

Low quality

Cheap quality

Really low quality for the price

Thickness12%−0.15

Lost one star as the thickness of the mats could be better quality

They are thicker

Thin sheets

Size-Overall7%+0.33

Quite large

Didn't check the sizing before purchasing so it is smaller than expected for the square shape of my plates

to small for dinner plates

Value For Money6%+0.52

more expensive than they are

Not worth the price as advertised

a tad expensive

Stain Resistance6%−0.07

they do have some stains on them

Stain

already have some stains on them

Love

Quality-Overall29%+1.11

Excellent product

Good quality place mats

Excellent quality table mat

Ease Of Cleaning11%+1.33

easy to clean down

Very easy to wash / clean up

Easy clean

Value For Money11%+0.52

Good for the price

Good value for money

Excellent value

Design-Overall8%

Beautiful design

Fun designs

They were a good choice. design and colour

Color7%+0.64

Colours are lovely

good colour

lovely green colour

Return

2.4% Return rate 66% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall37%▅▇█▇▇▆

Quite large

Didn't check the sizing before purchasing so it is smaller than expected for the square shape of my plates

to small for dinner plates

Color18%▇▆█▆▅▇
Quality-Overall13%█▇▄▄▅▅

Low quality

Cheap quality

Really low quality for the price

Thin5%█▇▃▄██
Material Quality5%▄▆▆█▅▆

FAQ

Common Placemats questions

Answered from the same tracked data.