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Stair Treads

Maybe

Products sell for $38.39 on average, inside the sweet spot. But buyers convert on only 0.5% of searches, so Stair Treads is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 36% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +3 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£193K/yr1.0M searches / yr
90-day growth
-23.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
27%top-5 click share · 33 brands · 47 sellers

Flapen Score

Stair Treads against its category

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

54Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Stair Treads market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Stair Treads 1.0M times last year and spent an estimated £193K. The top 5 brands take 48% of clicks. Demand peaks in Sep–Oct. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

0.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.0M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 0.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -23.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £193K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.0M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-23.1%
Conversion, latest week
0.5%
Market size, estimated
£193Ka year
Peak month
September1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
stair treads206K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £38.39.

Listings sell for £38.39 on average, from £5.73 to £218.49. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £38.39 that is £0 to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£38.39inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.73–£218.49
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
4K–5K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£4K
Returns
2.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

86% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 64% ship with Prime. On an average day, 18.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #93 within Rugs, Pads & Protectors. It carries 274 reviews at 4.36 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
86%
Prime listings
64%
Out of stock, average day
18.5%
Average rank
#93in Rugs, Pads & Protectors
Average rating
4.36 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
274per listing
Listings tracked
70

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 24 launches as successful.

24 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 32 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
24
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
32 months

Products

Top Stair Treads 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 27% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£6K£12K£17K£23K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

33 falling

Sellers

47

Top-5 brand share

48%

Top 20: 90%

Top-5 click share

27%

Top 20: 61%

Open market

48%

  • COSY HOMEER19%
  • RSM RUGS9%
  • Dayacoco8%
  • Homcomodar7%
  • BREEZENEST5%
  • KOOTETA5%

Demand

Stair Treads search demand

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

35K25KSpike '25Prime Day '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Sep, Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Search terms

Top Stair Treads search terms shoppers use

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

  • stair treads206K/yr
  • stair runner168K/yr
  • stair carpet treads102K/yr
  • stair carpet70K/yr
  • stair runner carpet for staircases62K/yr
  • peel and stick stair treads74K/yr
  • stairs carpet49K/yr
  • carpet stair treads39K/yr
  • stairs runner32K/yr
  • stair treads carpet 15 pack39K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Stair Treads

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

Complain

Adhesion/Stickiness41%−0.31

Not sticking very well

Did not stick properly

not sticky enough

Thickness8%−0.02

These carpet stair treads are thicker

Theyre not super thick

They are not as thick as I thought

Quality-Overall7%+1.57

Not the best looks cheap

Cheap quality

Poor quality

Value For Money7%

Love them though I did find it a bit expensive when you have to buy the item separately from stair treads

Price increase

Waste of money

Color4%+0.17

even purchased some cheap grey treads but they didn't look right

A lot darker colour

just a bit darker than expected

Love

Quality-Overall27%+1.57

The quality of the product matches description

Excellent product

Lovely carpet good quality

Adhesion/Stickiness12%−0.31

Easy to stick

Sticks very good

stick well

Value For Money10%

Great value for money

Good price

Good value for money

Size-Overall8%+0.13

Easy fit

Easy to fit

We found them very easy to fit although having realised that the smoother

Grip6%+0.65

Its not slippery

it doesnt slip around

Excellent grip

Return

2.4% Return rate 57% Fixable by listing

Color28%▆▆▃▄▅█

even purchased some cheap grey treads but they didn't look right

A lot darker colour

just a bit darker than expected

Size-Overall21%▅███▆▅

looked terrible - not fit for purpose

not fit for purpose

Faulty - not fit fir purpose

Adhesion/Stickiness14%▆▅▇█▆▅

Not sticking very well

Did not stick properly

not sticky enough

Quality-Overall10%▃█▆▄▇▄

Not the best looks cheap

Cheap quality

Poor quality

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FAQ

Common Stair Treads questions

Answered from the same tracked data.