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Silverfish Trap

Fail

Prices span $4.23–$13.23, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Silverfish Trap is a Fail.

Flapen Score
48
48 / 100
Ranks 3,444 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −3 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£43K/yr40K searches / yr
90-day growth
+13.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
77%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 18 sellers

Flapen Score

Silverfish Trap against its category

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

48Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Silverfish Trap market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Silverfish Trap 40K times last year and spent an estimated £43K. The top 5 brands take 84% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

11.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 40K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 11.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +13.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £43K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
40K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+13.2%
Conversion, latest week
11.8%
Market size, estimated
£43Ka year
Peak month
August2.0× the quietest month
Top search term
silverfish trap26K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.19.

Listings sell for £9.19 on average, from £4.23 to £13.23. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £9.19 that is £2K to £5K a year per listing.

Average price
£9.19under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.23–£13.23
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
5K–6K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£5K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

80% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 14.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #96 within Plant Protection & Pest Control. It carries 712 reviews at 3.77 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
80%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
14.9%
Average rank
#96in Plant Protection & Pest Control
Average rating
3.77 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
712per listing
Listings tracked
10

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 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 43 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
43 months

Products

Top Silverfish Trap 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 77% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£4K£9K£13K£17K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 falling

Sellers

18

Top-5 brand share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

11%

  • Super Ninja50%
  • RugRemedyUK12%
  • STV International8%
  • Pest-X Pro7%
  • ECOPEST6%
  • Pestmatic5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 11%)

Demand

Silverfish Trap search demand

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

1K600Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Search terms

Top Silverfish Trap search terms shoppers use

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

  • silverfish trap26K/yr
  • silver fish killing trap8K/yr
  • silverfish traps6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Silverfish Trap

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

Complain

Functionality-Overall22%−0.75

Did not work

Not effective

Not as effective as expected

Pest/Insect Control13%+1.22

It takes a couple of days for bugs to appear in the trap

Not caught anything in any room

still didnt catch any

Value For Money12%−0.08

It may seem expensive

Expensive

useless and expensive

Adhesion/Stickiness7%−0.03

The pads of the boxes are very sticky so be careful with your fingers

by trying to get it out the glue the trap was not fit to use

Sticky

Durability6%−0.02

doesnt last long

After having it down for 2 weeks

The 5th trap I have broken because I got it stuck in the glue

Love

Pest/Insect Control19%+1.22

Simple, clean, and reliable solution for insect control

effective insect traps - Im amazed at what I caught

I have found the silvership sprays useful in keeping down these pests

Value For Money13%−0.08

Well worth the money

its great value for indoor home use

Great value for money

Ease Of Use11%+0.94

Easy to use

These traps are simplicity itself to use

handy

Quality-Overall9%+0.80

Great quality traps

the whole trap seems excellent quality

Great quality

Assembly/Installation6%+0.21

Easy to put together

Easy to assemble

set up was easy

Return

0.3% Return rate 0% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall44%▃▅▄█▁▃

Did not work

Not effective

Not as effective as expected

Pest/Insect Control25%█▅▃▁▇▁

It takes a couple of days for bugs to appear in the trap

Not caught anything in any room

still didnt catch any

Adhesion/Stickiness8%▁▁█▁▁▇

The pads of the boxes are very sticky so be careful with your fingers

by trying to get it out the glue the trap was not fit to use

Sticky

Assembly/Installation7%▁▃▁▁█▁
Strength3%▁▁▁▁▁█

FAQ

Common Silverfish Trap questions

Answered from the same tracked data.