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Catnip

Fail

Prices span $3.16–$7.77, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Catnip is a Fail.

Flapen Score
48
48 / 100
Ranks 496 of 875 Pet Supplies niches · −2 vs the category median of 50
Market size
£372K/yr464K searches / yr
90-day growth
-18.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
75%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 24 sellers

Flapen Score

Catnip against its category

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

48Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Catnip market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Catnip 464K times last year and spent an estimated £372K. The top 5 brands take 82% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 15.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 464K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 15.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -18.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £372K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
464K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-18.0%
Conversion, latest week
15.2%
Market size, estimated
£372Ka year
Peak month
December2.2× the quietest month
Top search term
catnip275K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.26.

Listings sell for £5.26 on average, from £3.16 to £7.77. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 60K to 80K a year. The average listing sells 4,000 to 5,000 of them. At £5.26 that is £21K to £26K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.26under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.16–£7.77
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
60K–80K
Units per listing a year
4,000–5,000
Revenue per listing a year
£21K–£26K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

60% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 93% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #18 within Cats. It carries 2,410 reviews at 4.22 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
60%
Prime listings
93%
Out of stock, average day
0.5%
Average rank
#18in Cats
Average rating
4.22 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,410per listing
Listings tracked
15

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 3 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

3 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 33 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
33 months

Products

Top Catnip 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 28, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 75% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£37K£74K£112K£149K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

24

Est. top-5 brand share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

14%

  • SkitCat25%
  • Mew & Friends21%
  • Cuckoo Catnip18%
  • Cat FurNature .co .uk11%
  • Navoys7%
  • KONG4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 14%)

Demand

Catnip search demand

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

20K15KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.2×

Search terms

Top Catnip search terms shoppers use

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

  • catnip275K/yr
  • cat nip149K/yr
  • cat nips27K/yr
  • cosmic catnip3K/yr
  • strong catnip3K/yr
  • catnip for cats3K/yr
  • catnip for dogs3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Catnip

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

52%of positive reviews mention “Pet Friendly”
17%of negative reviews mention “Smell”
0.2%of orders come back
“My cat didnt even smell it or interested for that matter”
A buyer, on “Smell”17% 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.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Catnip 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