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Cat Scratching Board

Cat Scratching Board shows low returns (0.6%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

62
Worth a look
Market size 61Growth 14Conversion 70Competition 80Returns 97Price range 46Avg price 48Brand share 88Review moat 43Quality gap 62
This niche Category average

Is Cat Scratching Board profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Cat Scratching Board is a £523K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (687K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 47% of demand. Demand peaks in Sep–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 62/100.

Cat Scratching Board: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -22.2% over the last 90 days and 6.4% of searches end in a purchase.

£523K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr50K
Search volume / yr-22.2%687K
Conversion rate6.4%
Avg price£11.81

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 47% of demand, so 53% of the market is open.

53%

open market share

Brands · sellers36 · 53
Top-5 product click share35%
Open market53%
Avg brand age24 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 54 products

Sponsored placement93%
New entrants (1y)14· 2 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews2,234

Top Cat Scratching Board products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (35% combined) — 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%

Cat Scratching Board demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume687KCVR6.4%Products54Brands36Top 5 Brands47%OOS Rate8.3%Rating4.4★Reviews2,234Avg BSR#55
30K20KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

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

Top Cat Scratching Board search terms shoppers use

The exact queries 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

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cat Scratching Board

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

85% of reviews
Pet Friendly32%

Cat approved

Quality-Overall11%

Excellent product

Value For Money10%

Excellent value

Scratch Resistance8%

The scratching performance is strong

Strength6%

Good and strong

What buyers complain about

66% of reviews
Size-Overall27%

Small cats only

Quality-Overall7%

cheap quality

Durability7%

Does not last

Value For Money6%

Little expensive

Adhesion/Stickiness5%

Not sticky enough

Cat Scratching Board return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.6%

Return rate

56%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall
46%
2Defective Material/Parts
10%
3Quality-Overall
9%
4Adhesion/Stickiness
5%
5Advertised Vs Actual Product
4%

Common Cat Scratching Board questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Cat Scratching Board 62/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £523K/yr across 54 tracked products. 2 of 14 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -22.2% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Cat Scratching Board on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Sep–Dec, where the busiest month runs 1.9× the quietest.