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Rug

Maybe

Products sell for $32.01 on average, inside the sweet spot. But buyers convert on only 0.6% of searches, so Rug is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
63
63 / 100
Top 12% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +12 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£1.8M/yr10.1M searches / yr
90-day growth
-20.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
29%top-5 click share · 32 brands · 38 sellers

Flapen Score

Rug against its category

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

63Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Rug market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Rug 10.1M times last year and spent an estimated £1.8M. The top 5 brands take 50% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 63 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

0.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 10.1M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 0.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -20.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.8M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
10.1M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-20.2%
Conversion, latest week
0.6%
Market size, estimated
£1.8Ma year
Peak month
November2.1× the quietest month
Top search term
rugs living room2.2M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £32.01.

Listings sell for £32.01 on average, from £7.87 to £87.00. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 40K to 50K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £32.01 that is £16K to £24K a year per listing.

Average price
£32.01inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£7.87–£87.00
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
40K–50K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£16K–£24K
Returns
2.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

90% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 89% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #97 within Rugs, Pads & Protectors. It carries 953 reviews at 4.36 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
90%
Prime listings
89%
Out of stock, average day
1.5%
Average rank
#97in Rugs, Pads & Protectors
Average rating
4.36 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
953per listing
Listings tracked
73

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 5 of last year's 19 launches as successful.

19 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 5 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 42 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
19
Successful launches
5Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
42 months

Products

Top Rug 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£54K£108K£162K£216K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

32 falling

Sellers

38

Top-5 brand share

50%

Top 20: 95%

Top-5 click share

29%

Top 20: 64%

Open market

44%

  • Homaxy16%
  • smiry9%
  • Sour Lemon8%
  • HUGEAR8%
  • IR Imperial Rooms8%
  • Untimaty6%

Demand

Rug search demand

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

300K200KSpike '24Black Friday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

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

Search terms

Top Rug search terms shoppers use

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

  • rugs living room2.2M/yr
  • rug2.0M/yr
  • rugs1.3M/yr
  • carpet737K/yr
  • living room rug351K/yr
  • washable rug407K/yr
  • rugs for bedroom417K/yr
  • large rug403K/yr
  • bedroom rug303K/yr
  • large rugs for living room311K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Rug

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

Complain

Thickness17%−0.15

not very thick

pile is a bit thicker than expecting

Not as thick as is like

Quality-Overall16%−0.03

Bad quality

Shocking quality

as if I'd want to keep something so low quality in my house

Grip9%−0.14

Slippery surface

Slippery surface

it feels very slippery

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%−0.05

Not as described

looks absolutely nothing like the picture

Misleading

Size-Overall6%+0.18

thought there was no way this is the right size

Bit small

Bigger than expected

Love

Value For Money29%+3.46

Great value

Good for the price

Amazing value

Quality-Overall20%−0.03

Good value quality mat

Amazing quality

the pile looks good quality

Color7%+0.03

The colors are beautiful

Colour is lovely

Great colours

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%−0.05

As described

Better then expected

Exactly what I needed

Size-Overall6%+0.18

Decent size

true to size

The size is as advertised

Return

2.4% Return rate 66% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall32%▇▆▇█▇▇

thought there was no way this is the right size

Bit small

Bigger than expected

Color22%▇▇█▆█▇

the colour way darker

Wrong colour sent

Not as warm beige as it looks in the photos

Quality-Overall13%▇▇▆▆▆█

Bad quality

Shocking quality

as if I'd want to keep something so low quality in my house

Thin10%▆█▆▇▅▅
Advertised Vs Actual Product8%▇██▅▇▆

Not as described

looks absolutely nothing like the picture

Misleading

FAQ

Common Rug questions

Answered from the same tracked data.