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Slate Placemats

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 97% of clicks) — Slate Placemats doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

44
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Market size 15Growth 14Conversion 63Competition 38Returns 97Price range 56Avg price 76Brand share 7Review moat 57Quality gap 76
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Is Slate Placemats profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Slate Placemats is a £61K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (72K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 97% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 44/100.

Slate Placemats: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -21.4% over the last 90 days and 5.5% of searches end in a purchase.

£61K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr4K
Search volume / yr-21.4%72K
Conversion rate5.5%
Avg price£15.30

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 97% of demand, so 3% of the market is open.

3%

open market share

Brands · sellers7 · 19
Top-5 product click share62%
Open market3%
Avg brand age47 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 16 products

Sponsored placement88%
New entrants (1y)0· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews1,222

Top Slate Placemats products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 62% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£6K£12K£18K£24K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

7 falling

Sellers

19

Top-5 brand share

97%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

62%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

1%

  • Argon Tableware58%
  • Maison & White23%
  • Navaris6%
  • Pimpernel6%
  • Creative Tops5%
  • XCDMJ2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 1%)

Slate Placemats demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume72KCVR5.5%Products16Brands7Top 5 Brands97%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.3★Reviews1,222Avg BSR#125
3K2KPrime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.4×

Top Slate Placemats search terms shoppers use

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

  • slate placemats61K/yr
  • slate placemats and coasters7K/yr
  • slate table mats5K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Slate Placemats

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

92% of reviews
Quality-Overall40%

good quality table mats

Value For Money22%

Very good value for money quite small can only just fit a dinner plate on them no room for knife

Advertised Vs Actual Product14%

Exactly what I needed

Size-Overall5%

Amazing and just the right size

Ease Of Use3%

Beautiful and useful

What buyers complain about

81% of reviews
Quality-Overall29%

Long term quality not as expected

Thickness14%

They are quite thin for slate mats

Durability14%

bits flake off from time to time

Ease Of Use7%

Shall I just dispose of this as its no good for use

Size-Overall6%

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

Slate Placemats return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.7%

Return rate

57%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall
39%
2Defective Material/Parts
11%
3Weight Heavy
7%
4Quality-Overall
6%
5Color
6%

Common Slate Placemats questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Slate Placemats 44/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £61K/yr across 16 tracked products. Search demand moved -21.4% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Slate Placemats on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 2.4× the quietest.