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Cat Scratching Board

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.6% of orders. But demand is soft, at -22.2% this quarter, so Cat Scratching Board is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
62
62 / 100
Top 8% of 875 Pet Supplies niches · +12 vs the category median of 50
Market size
£523K/yr687K searches / yr
90-day growth
-22.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
35%top-5 click share · 36 brands · 53 sellers

Flapen Score

Cat Scratching Board against its category

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

62Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Cat Scratching Board market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Cat Scratching Board 687K times last year and spent an estimated £523K. The top 5 brands take 47% of clicks. Demand peaks in Sep–Dec. Flapen scores it 62 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

6.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 687K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -22.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £523K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
687K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-22.2%
Conversion, latest week
6.4%
Market size, estimated
£523Ka year
Peak month
December1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
cat scratching board238K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £11.81.

Listings sell for £11.81 on average, from £5.02 to £23.34. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 40K to 50K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £11.81 that is £6K to £9K a year per listing.

Average price
£11.81under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.02–£23.34
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
40K–50K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£6K–£9K
Returns
0.6%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

93% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 96% ship with Prime. On an average day, 8.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #55 within Cats. It carries 2,234 reviews at 4.38 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
93%
Prime listings
96%
Out of stock, average day
8.3%
Average rank
#55in Cats
Average rating
4.38 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,234per listing
Listings tracked
54

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 14 launches as successful.

14 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 24 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
14
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
24 months

Products

Top Cat Scratching Board 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 35% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£16K£31K£47K£63K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

36 rising

Sellers

53

Top-5 brand share

47%

Top 20: 88%

Top-5 click share

35%

Top 20: 71%

Open market

48%

  • Coching11%
  • Conlun11%
  • TRIXIE10%
  • Petslucent9%
  • DYUEE6%
  • vacvad5%

Demand

Cat Scratching Board search demand

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

30K20KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

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

Search terms

Top Cat Scratching Board search terms shoppers use

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

  • cat scratching board238K/yr
  • cat scratching mat82K/yr
  • cardboard cat scratchers80K/yr
  • cat cardboard scratcher32K/yr
  • cat scratcher bed22K/yr
  • cat scratch mat22K/yr
  • cat scratching bed19K/yr
  • cat scratch bed19K/yr
  • scratching board20K/yr
  • cat scratch board17K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cat Scratching Board

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

Complain

Size-Overall27%−0.23

Small cats only

Bit small

This cat house is small

Quality-Overall7%−0.06

cheap quality

watch out for cheaper ones which are not of same quality

Disappointing quality

Durability7%−0.06

Does not last

durability may be an issue

Binned after a couple of days

Value For Money6%+0.16

Little expensive

In comparison to others it is far more expensive

maybe slightly over priced for what it is

Adhesion/Stickiness5%−0.05

Not sticky enough

Didn't stick

Not very strong adhesive

Love

Pet Friendly32%

Cat approved

Great for cats

Cats love it

Quality-Overall11%−0.06

Excellent product

Great quality cat bed

Extremely well made

Value For Money10%+0.16

Excellent value

Great deal

Great value for money

Scratch Resistance8%+0.34

The scratching performance is strong

These are great scratchers

have a good scratch

Strength6%−0.05

Good and strong

A strong sturdy box

feels very stable

Return

0.6% Return rate 56% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall46%█▇▆█▆█

Small cats only

Bit small

This cat house is small

Defective Material/Parts10%██▅▄▇▄
Quality-Overall9%▇█▄▃▆▄

cheap quality

watch out for cheaper ones which are not of same quality

Disappointing quality

Adhesion/Stickiness5%▄▂█▄▄▆

Not sticky enough

Didn't stick

Not very strong adhesive

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%▆▃█▄▃▄

Deceptive pictures too

I didn't look at the picture properly

Probably my own fault for not reading the dimensions properly

FAQ

Common Cat Scratching Board questions

Answered from the same tracked data.