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Catfish Pellets

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Catfish Pellets is a Fail.

Flapen Score
34
34 / 100
Ranks 836 of 875 Pet Supplies niches · −16 vs the category median of 50
Market size
£44K/yr59K searches / yr
90-day growth
-13.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
61%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 45 sellers

Flapen Score

Catfish Pellets against its category

The dotted line is the Pet Supplies average. Past it, Catfish Pellets is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

34Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Catfish Pellets market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Catfish Pellets 59K times last year and spent an estimated £44K. All 5 brands take every click. Flapen scores it 34 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 13.6% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 59K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 13.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -13.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £44K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
59K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-13.2%
Conversion, latest week
13.6%
Market size, estimated
£44Ka year
Peak month
September1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
bug bites15K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.49.

Listings sell for £5.49 on average, from £3.22 to £10.40. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £5.49 that is £1K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.49under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.22–£10.40
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
£1K–£3K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

56% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #72 within Fish & Aquatic Pets. It carries 4,542 reviews at 4.66 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
56%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
1.5%
Average rank
#72in Fish & Aquatic Pets
Average rating
4.66 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
4,542per listing
Listings tracked
18

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 1 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 64 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
64 months

Products

Top Catfish Pellets products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 29, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 61% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£4K£9K£13K£18K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

5 flat

Sellers

45

Est. top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

61%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Fluval82%
  • Tetra8%
  • Ultra Fresh6%
  • HERONS2%
  • AQUARIAN2%

Demand

Catfish Pellets search demand

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

2K1KSpike '25Spike '26JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Catfish Pellets search terms shoppers use

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

  • bug bites15K/yr
  • bug bites fish food16K/yr
  • fluval bug bites11K/yr
  • guppy fish food9K/yr
  • guppy food4K/yr
  • bug bites tropical fish food4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Catfish Pellets

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

30%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
15%of negative reviews mention “Value For Money”
<0.1%of orders come back, a rate Amazon rounds to zero
“Overpriced”
A buyer, on “Value For Money”15% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

14 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Catfish Pellets questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data