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Slug Traps

Pass

Slug Traps scores 65 out of 100, a Pass. Shoppers spend an estimated $56K a year here, search demand grew +240.2% this quarter, and an estimated 0.3% of orders come back.

Flapen Score
65
65 / 100
Top 9% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +14 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£56K/yr73K searches / yr
90-day growth
+240.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
52%top-5 click share · 19 brands · 54 sellers

Flapen Score

Slug Traps against its category

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

65Pass
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Slug Traps market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Slug Traps 73K times last year and spent an estimated £56K. The top 5 brands take 67% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul–Aug–Sep. Flapen scores it 65 out of 100, a Pass.

01 · Demand

An estimated 9.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 73K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 9.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +240.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £56K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
73K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+240.2%
Conversion, latest week
9.4%
Market size, estimated
£56Ka year
Peak month
August10.4× the quietest month
Top search term
slug trap28K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.10.

Listings sell for £8.10 on average, from £3.57 to £12.49. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £8.10 that is £810 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.10under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.57–£12.49
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£810–£2K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

78% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 78% ship with Prime. On an average day, 10.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #152 within Plant Protection & Pest Control. It carries 332 reviews at 3.92 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
78%
Prime listings
78%
Out of stock, average day
10.8%
Average rank
#152in Plant Protection & Pest Control
Average rating
3.92 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
332per listing
Listings tracked
23

04 · Newcomers

1 of last year's 3 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 42 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
42 months

Products

Top Slug Traps products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 26, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 52% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£3K£6K£8K£11K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

19 falling

Sellers

54

Est. top-5 brand share

67%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

52%

Top 20: 96%

Open market

30%

  • BUGGA!20%
  • kanta19%
  • Noctra15%
  • DIVCHI9%
  • SLUG TRAPPER4%
  • Esschert4%

Demand

Slug Traps search demand

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

13K8KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 10.4×

Search terms

Top Slug Traps search terms shoppers use

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

  • slug trap28K/yr
  • slug traps9K/yr
  • slug traps for garden7K/yr
  • slug trap indoor6K/yr
  • beer traps for slugs4K/yr
  • snail trap4K/yr
  • indoor slug trap4K/yr
  • slug traps indoor use11K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Slug Traps

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

26%of positive reviews mention “Pest/Insect Control”
25%of negative reviews mention “Pest/Insect Control”
0.3%of orders come back
“No slugs 🐌 We attempted 3 times and nothing”
A buyer, on “Pest/Insect Control”25% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Slug Traps questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data