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Guinea Pig

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But products sell for $6.52 on average, outside the sweet spot, so Guinea Pig is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
58
58 / 100
Top 17% of 875 Pet Supplies niches · +8 vs the category median of 50
Market size
£551K/yr851K searches / yr
90-day growth
-5.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
34%top-5 click share · 29 brands · 117 sellers

Flapen Score

Guinea Pig against its category

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

58Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Guinea Pig market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Guinea Pig 851K times last year and spent an estimated £551K. The top 5 brands take 74% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 58 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

9.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 851K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 9.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -5.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £551K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
851K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-5.6%
Conversion, latest week
9.9%
Market size, estimated
£551Ka year
Peak month
December2.9× the quietest month
Top search term
guinea pig245K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.52.

Listings sell for £6.52 on average, from £0.83 to £21.91. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 80K to 100K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At £6.52 that is £7K to £8K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.52under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£0.83–£21.91
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
80K–100K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
£7K–£8K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

49% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #52 within Small Animals. It carries 1,240 reviews at 4.50 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
49%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.2%
Average rank
#52in Small Animals
Average rating
4.50 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,240per listing
Listings tracked
51

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 34 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
34 months

Products

Top Guinea Pig 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 only 34% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£17K£33K£50K£66K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

29 falling

Sellers

117

Top-5 brand share

74%

Top 20: 95%

Top-5 click share

34%

Top 20: 72%

Open market

24%

  • Rosewood53%
  • VETIQ9%
  • Supreme Petfoods6%
  • Jeasona3%
  • BeBeJoJo3%
  • Beaphar3%

Demand

Guinea Pig search demand

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

30K20KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.9×

Search terms

Top Guinea Pig search terms shoppers use

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

  • guinea pig245K/yr
  • rabbit treats222K/yr
  • guinea pig treats102K/yr
  • guinea pig hide63K/yr
  • guinea pig accessories56K/yr
  • guinea pig hides35K/yr
  • guinea pig cage accessories22K/yr
  • guinea pig stuff16K/yr
  • guinea pig accessories for cage21K/yr
  • guinea pigs18K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Guinea Pig

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

Complain

Size-Overall29%−0.17

Bit small

Not true to size at all

bigger

Quality-Overall10%−0.03

this hay is not good quality

Poor quality

doesnt seem very well made

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%−0.06

Picture is deceiving

Misleading image

Misleading photo

Value For Money8%+0.76

sadly they have become so over priced for what u get

Thought there would of been more in thetr fot the price

To expensive for what u get

Smell5%−0.02

The smell so bad

It smells like damp

Weird smell

Love

Pet Friendly27%

I agree that animals enjoy this

My pigs love this

The rabbit approved

Value For Money15%+0.76

Well worth the purchase

Good price

Amazing value

Quality-Overall13%−0.03

Very good quality and easy installation

Good quality for my daughters guniea pigs

Decent quality

Taste-Overall7%+0.44

I imagine they taste nice considering how much they love them

Lovely rabbit treat

Great treat

Size-Overall6%−0.17

The bag is a good size

Good size

Decent sized pack for the price

Return

0.1% Return rate 82% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall78%███▇▇▇

Bit small

Not true to size at all

bigger

Quality-Overall4%▄▁▆▅▆█

this hay is not good quality

Poor quality

doesnt seem very well made

Defective Material/Parts4%▄▄▄▃█▃
Thin3%▁▁▅██▄
Material Quality2%▁▅▁▅▃█

FAQ

Common Guinea Pig questions

Answered from the same tracked data.