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Cat Scratching Mat

Fail

Demand is soft, at -26.3% this quarter, so Cat Scratching Mat is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Ranks 538 of 875 Pet Supplies niches · −3 vs the category median of 50
Market size
£75K/yr135K searches / yr
90-day growth
-26.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
60%top-5 click share · 17 brands · 31 sellers

Flapen Score

Cat Scratching Mat against its category

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

47Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Cat Scratching Mat market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Cat Scratching Mat 135K times last year and spent an estimated £75K. The top 5 brands take 62% of clicks. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

6.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 135K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -26.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £75K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
135K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-26.3%
Conversion, latest week
6.2%
Market size, estimated
£75Ka year
Peak month
February1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
cat scratching mat82K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.95.

Listings sell for £8.95 on average, from £4.93 to £16.65. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £8.95 that is £2K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.95under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.93–£16.65
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£4K
Returns
0.6%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

91% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 91% ship with Prime. On an average day, 8.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #57 within Cats. It carries 3,102 reviews at 4.09 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
91%
Prime listings
91%
Out of stock, average day
8.6%
Average rank
#57in Cats
Average rating
4.09 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,102per listing
Listings tracked
23

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 7 launches as successful.

7 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 23 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
7
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
23 months

Products

Top Cat Scratching 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 60% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£4K£8K£11K£15K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

17 falling

Sellers

31

Top-5 brand share

62%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

60%

Top 20: 99%

Open market

31%

  • vacvad20%
  • FUKUMARU13%
  • Coching12%
  • RAM ONLINE10%
  • Gimars8%
  • SOL6%

Demand

Cat Scratching Mat search demand

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

4K3KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Cat Scratching Mat search terms shoppers use

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

  • cat scratching mat82K/yr
  • cat scratch mat22K/yr
  • scratch matt for cats9K/yr
  • scratch mat6K/yr
  • sisal mat6K/yr
  • cat scratcher mat4K/yr
  • scratching mat5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cat Scratching Mat

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

Complain

Size-Overall33%−0.30

Not fit for purpose

Small for a big cat

Quite small

Adhesion/Stickiness15%−0.16

Not very strong adhesive

Didn't stick

Not sticky enough

Durability7%

They simply fall apart not even a day after I put them on

Started falling apart within minutes of the cats using it

it just fell down

Quality-Overall5%+0.16

Poor quality

Absolutely rubbish

And the quality for the price is daylight robbery

Value For Money5%+0.42

Waste of money

Too expensive for the size and quality

To much hassle for the price

Love

Pet Friendly33%

Cats love it

Great for cats

Cat approved

Quality-Overall15%+0.16

Good quality

It is well made

This mat is nicely made

Value For Money9%+0.42

Overall good value for money and great performance

Excellent value

Good price

Scratch Resistance9%+0.42

Saves my walls being scratched

Great Scratch Mats

Good cat scratcher

Adhesion/Stickiness5%−0.16

It sticks well

Sticky

the adhesive surface is very sticky

Return

0.6% Return rate 61% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall45%▆▆▆█▇█

Not fit for purpose

Small for a big cat

Quite small

Adhesion/Stickiness13%▆▅█▄▄▆

Not very strong adhesive

Didn't stick

Not sticky enough

Quality-Overall10%▅▇▄▆█▂

Poor quality

Absolutely rubbish

And the quality for the price is daylight robbery

Color5%▅█▃▆▆▆

the beige colour I went for is a little more saturated than the photo so it doesnt match my carpets as well as I was hoping for

Hate the colour as more yellow then beige cats like it

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%▄▄█▁▄▄

Deceptive pictures too

the image is misleading

Probably my own fault for not reading the dimensions properly

FAQ

Common Cat Scratching Mat questions

Answered from the same tracked data.