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Dog Crate

Dog Crate shows a sweet-spot price point ($28.69 avg), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

60
Worth a look
Market size 82Growth 20Conversion 25Competition 79Returns 90Price range 95Avg price 95Brand share 62Review moat 24Quality gap 48
This niche Category average

Is Dog Crate profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Dog Crate is a £1.3M/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (2.2M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 68% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 60/100.

Dog Crate: 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 -10.1% over the last 90 days and 2.0% of searches end in a purchase.

£1.3M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr40K
Search volume / yr-10.1%2.2M
Conversion rate2.0%
Avg price£28.69

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 68% of demand, so 32% of the market is open.

32%

open market share

Brands · sellers16 · 22
Top-5 product click share36%
Open market32%
Avg brand age40 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 41 products

Sponsored placement95%
New entrants (1y)3· 2 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews6,024

Top Dog Crate 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 (36% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£50K£101K£151K£202K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

16 falling

Sellers

22

Top-5 brand share

68%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

36%

Top 20: 75%

Open market

27%

  • Straame22%
  • Cardys20%
  • Amazon Basics13%
  • FurDreams8%
  • Vivo Technologies5%
  • BELOFAY5%

Dog Crate demand & seasonality

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

Volume2.2MCVR2.0%Products41Brands16Top 5 Brands68%OOS Rate3.4%Rating4.5★Reviews6,024Avg BSR#10
50K30KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Top Dog Crate search terms shoppers use

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

  • dog crate833K/yr
  • dog cage256K/yr
  • large dog crate167K/yr
  • small dog crate117K/yr
  • medium dog crate89K/yr
  • dog crates94K/yr
  • puppy crate70K/yr
  • crate64K/yr
  • xl dog crate66K/yr
  • dog cages medium size54K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Dog Crate

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

What buyers love

90% of reviews
Size-Overall20%

big enough

Quality-Overall20%

Fantastic quality, easy to assemble and use

Value For Money16%

Well worth money

Strength12%

Very sturdy

Pet Friendly7%

my dog is happy there

What buyers complain about

74% of reviews
Size-Overall27%

Too small

Strength17%

Too flimsy

Quality-Overall12%

Poor quality

Ease Of Use4%

its a bit difficult

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%

Size not exact as shown in images. might only be a cm or two

Dog Crate return rate & reasons

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

1.3%

Return rate

88%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
83%
2Strength
3%
3Defective Material/Parts
2%
4Advertised Vs Actual Product
2%
5Locking Mechanism
1%

Common Dog Crate questions

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

Flapen scores Dog Crate 60/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £1.3M/yr across 41 tracked products. 2 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -10.1% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Dog Crate on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.4× the quietest.