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Cat House

Maybe

Products sell for $40.64 on average, inside the sweet spot. But buyers convert on only 0.9% of searches, so Cat House is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
63
63 / 100
Top 7% of 875 Pet Supplies niches · +13 vs the category median of 50
Market size
£388K/yr1.1M searches / yr
90-day growth
+11.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
30%top-5 click share · 48 brands · 58 sellers

Flapen Score

Cat House against its category

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

63Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Cat House market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Cat House 1.1M times last year and spent an estimated £388K. The top 5 brands take 45% of clicks. Demand peaks in Sep–Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 63 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

0.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.1M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 0.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +11.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £388K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.1M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+11.7%
Conversion, latest week
0.9%
Market size, estimated
£388Ka year
Peak month
November2.5× the quietest month
Top search term
outdoor cat house274K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £40.64.

Listings sell for £40.64 on average, from £8.54 to £543.89. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £40.64 that is £4K to £10K a year per listing.

Average price
£40.64inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£8.54–£543.89
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£4K–£10K
Returns
1.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

88% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 74% ship with Prime. On an average day, 11.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #76 within Cats. It carries 413 reviews at 4.30 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
88%
Prime listings
74%
Out of stock, average day
11.5%
Average rank
#76in Cats
Average rating
4.30 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
413per listing
Listings tracked
68

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 3 of last year's 34 launches as successful.

34 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 3 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
34
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
29 months

Products

Top Cat House 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 30% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£8K£16K£23K£31K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

48 rising

Sellers

58

Top-5 brand share

45%

Top 20: 84%

Top-5 click share

30%

Top 20: 71%

Open market

50%

  • VOUNOT12%
  • Phlbao10%
  • Generic9%
  • Hibtn7%
  • MP Bergamo6%
  • M.J COMFY-LIFE5%

Demand

Cat House search demand

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

50K30KSpike '24Black Friday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Sep, Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.5×

Search terms

Top Cat House search terms shoppers use

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

  • outdoor cat house274K/yr
  • cat house216K/yr
  • cat house outdoor157K/yr
  • outdoor cat house waterproof108K/yr
  • waterproof cat shelter44K/yr
  • outdoor cat bed26K/yr
  • cat outdoor house37K/yr
  • outdoor cat shelter46K/yr
  • cat shelter outdoor34K/yr
  • outside cat house20K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cat House

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

Complain

Size-Overall13%−0.07

Not fit for purpose

Too small

Its a little big

Water Resistance12%−0.11

NOT waterproof

and no way is it waterproof

Not water resistant

Strength10%−0.07

Not sturdy

Not strong enough

not very robust

Quality-Overall8%+0.16

Poor quality

Not worth the price and quality

Cheap quality

Assembly/Installation6%+0.52

virtually impossible to put together

Very fiddly to put together

Difficult to assemble took a while

Love

Pet Friendly20%

Cats love it

Comfortable for cats

It is very pet-friendly

Quality-Overall11%+0.16

Excellent product

Great build quality

The build quality is fantastic

Value For Money10%+0.61

Good value for money

Money well spent

Money well spent

Assembly/Installation9%+0.52

assembly was straightforward

Easy to set up

Easy to Assemble

Strength9%−0.07

Sturdy box

This is sturdy

It feels surprisingly stable

Return

1.3% Return rate 51% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall41%▆▇▆▇█▆

Not fit for purpose

Too small

Its a little big

Defective Material/Parts11%▅█▇▇▃▆
Strength9%▂▄▅▃▅█

Not sturdy

Not strong enough

not very robust

Quality-Overall7%▃█▅▅▅▅

Poor quality

Not worth the price and quality

Cheap quality

Water Resistance5%█▆▃▄▂▅

NOT waterproof

and no way is it waterproof

Not water resistant

FAQ

Common Cat House questions

Answered from the same tracked data.