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Plant Fly Traps

Fail

Prices span $2.56–$6.02, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Plant Fly Traps is a Fail.

Flapen Score
45
45 / 100
Ranks 4,022 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −6 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£141K/yr157K searches / yr
90-day growth
-6.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
66%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 19 sellers

Flapen Score

Plant Fly Traps against its category

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

45Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Plant Fly Traps market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Plant Fly Traps 157K times last year and spent an estimated £141K. The top 5 brands take 83% of clicks. Flapen scores it 45 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

20.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 157K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 20.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -6.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £141K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
157K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-6.2%
Conversion, latest week
20.0%
Market size, estimated
£141Ka year
Peak month
November1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
yellow sticky traps fungus gnats18K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £4.51.

Listings sell for £4.51 on average, from £2.56 to £6.02. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 2,000 to 2,500 of them. At £4.51 that is £9K to £11K a year per listing.

Average price
£4.51under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.56–£6.02
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
2,000–2,500
Revenue per listing a year
£9K–£11K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

83% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #86 within Plant Protection & Pest Control. It carries 6,184 reviews at 4.34 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
83%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
6.4%
Average rank
#86in Plant Protection & Pest Control
Average rating
4.34 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
6,184per listing
Listings tracked
18

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 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 29 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
29 months

Products

Top Plant Fly 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 66% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£7K£14K£21K£28K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

19

Top-5 brand share

83%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

66%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

12%

  • Blooven30%
  • aonova20%
  • lnkey17%
  • Super Ninja10%
  • TRIITECH7%
  • BBLIKE5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 12%)

Demand

Plant Fly Traps search demand

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

3K2KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Plant Fly Traps search terms shoppers use

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

  • yellow sticky traps fungus gnats18K/yr
  • gnat trap21K/yr
  • fungus gnat sticky traps19K/yr
  • yellow sticky traps14K/yr
  • plant fly stickers14K/yr
  • sticky fly traps indoor plant12K/yr
  • yellow fly sticky traps6K/yr
  • gnat sticky traps6K/yr
  • yellow sticky fly traps3K/yr
  • fruit fly sticky traps6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Plant Fly Traps

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

Complain

Pest/Insect Control28%+0.38

Doesn't catch anything

Have not caught anything with these

does not attract flies

Adhesion/Stickiness19%−0.16

Sticky

Not sticky enough

Does not stick

Functionality-Overall16%−0.38

Did not work

Didn't work at all well

Not effective

Value For Money5%+0.16

Not really worth the money

Overpriced

Overall, effective and convenient, just a bit pricey for what it is

Quality-Overall5%+0.74

Cheap item

Product quality/performance lacking

Absolute rubbish

Love

Pest/Insect Control24%+0.38

Very good traps

They capture pests effectively

Good fly traps

Advertised Vs Actual Product17%+2.06

Does what it says

Exactly as advertised

As described

Value For Money12%+0.16

Excellent value

Great value for money

Excellent price

Quality-Overall11%+0.74

reliable

Excellent product

Excellent product, as described by the seller

Ease Of Use7%+0.26

Easy to use

The traps are easy to use

very easy to dispose of definitely

Return

0.2% Return rate 12% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall40%▇▇█▅█▇

Did not work

Didn't work at all well

Not effective

Adhesion/Stickiness23%▇█▅▅▆▄

Sticky

Not sticky enough

Does not stick

Pest/Insect Control15%█▄▅▄█▅

Doesn't catch anything

Have not caught anything with these

does not attract flies

Size-Overall7%▁▂▁█▁▃

Quite big

Small

Bit short

Quality-Overall3%▁▃▅█▁▆

Cheap item

Product quality/performance lacking

Absolute rubbish

FAQ

Common Plant Fly Traps questions

Answered from the same tracked data.