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Cat Food Mat

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.7% of orders. But prices span $2.64–$9.45, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Cat Food Mat is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
50
50 / 100
Ranks 423 of 875 Pet Supplies niches · on the category median
Market size
£217K/yr829K searches / yr
90-day growth
+2.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
46%top-5 click share · 25 brands · 32 sellers

Flapen Score

Cat Food Mat against its category

The dotted line is the Pet Supplies average. Past it, Cat Food Mat is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

50Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Cat Food Mat market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Cat Food Mat 829K times last year and spent an estimated £217K. The top 5 brands take 62% of clicks. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

4.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 829K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +2.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £217K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
829K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+2.3%
Conversion, latest week
4.5%
Market size, estimated
£217Ka year
Peak month
January1.2× the quietest month
Top search term
cat food mat129K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.77.

Listings sell for £5.77 on average, from £2.64 to £9.45. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £5.77 that is £4K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.77under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.64–£9.45
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£4K–£6K
Returns
0.7%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

83% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #30 within Cats. It carries 4,326 reviews at 4.43 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
83%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
1.9%
Average rank
#30in Cats
Average rating
4.43 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
4,326per listing
Listings tracked
30

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 6 launches as successful.

6 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 29 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
29 months

Products

Top Cat Food Mat 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 46% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£9K£17K£26K£35K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

25 falling

Sellers

32

Top-5 brand share

62%

Top 20: 96%

Top-5 click share

46%

Top 20: 90%

Open market

33%

  • Hubulk17%
  • Conlun14%
  • Reopet12%
  • OHMO12%
  • Banbury & Co7%
  • MateeyLife5%

Demand

Cat Food Mat search demand

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

20K15KHoliday '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2×

Search terms

Top Cat Food Mat search terms shoppers use

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

  • cat food mat129K/yr
  • dog food mat102K/yr
  • dog bowl mat83K/yr
  • cat mat63K/yr
  • cat feeding mat57K/yr
  • pet food mat58K/yr
  • dog feeding mat51K/yr
  • cat mats for food bowls50K/yr
  • dog mat for bowls46K/yr
  • pet feeding mat32K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cat Food Mat

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

Complain

Size-Overall26%−0.18

Absolutely huge

Small

This mat is quite small

Thickness11%−0.07

Much thinner than I thought

Is very thickness

It is thin as paper

Ease Of Cleaning7%+1.80

Arrived dirty

The textured parts make it a little tricky to clean

Difficult to clean marks on it

Quality-Overall7%+0.48

Cheap rubbish

Cheaply made

Poor quality

Leak-Proof5%

catches most drips

Virtually no edge to contain spills

spills the water bowl

Love

Ease Of Cleaning25%+1.80

Easy clean

Easy to wash

Nice mat easy to clean

Quality-Overall13%+0.48

Overall, its a practical and good-quality mat that does exactly what I needed without any fuss

Well made nice mat

Excellent product

Value For Money9%+0.44

well worth buying

Good Value

Good value for money

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%+0.48

Just as advertised

Just as described

Exactly what I needed

Size-Overall7%−0.18

fits bowls perfectly

Good size

the size is perfect for my needs

Return

0.7% Return rate 71% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall56%▇██▆▇▆

Absolutely huge

Small

This mat is quite small

Quality-Overall8%█▄▂▅▄▃

Cheap rubbish

Cheaply made

Poor quality

Color7%▁▃█▃▃▆
Thin5%█▃▁▆▄▆
Material Quality4%█▃▄▂▂▄

doesnt have a material like texture - the only way I can describe it is like absorbant neoprene

Not impressed with the material of it

It is all just smooth, slippery shiny plastic

FAQ

Common Cat Food Mat questions

Answered from the same tracked data.