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Kong Paste

Fail

The top 5 brands take 99% of clicks, so Kong Paste is a Fail.

Flapen Score
42
42 / 100
Ranks 700 of 875 Pet Supplies niches · −8 vs the category median of 50
Market size
£114K/yr99K searches / yr
90-day growth
-27.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
70%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 33 sellers

Flapen Score

Kong Paste against its category

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

42Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Kong Paste market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Kong Paste 99K times last year and spent an estimated £114K. The top 5 brands take 99% of clicks. Flapen scores it 42 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

13.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 99K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 13.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -27.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £114K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
99K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-27.4%
Conversion, latest week
13.6%
Market size, estimated
£114Ka year
Peak month
February1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
kong filler14K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.45.

Listings sell for £8.45 on average, from £2.03 to £19.53. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £8.45 that is £845 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.45under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.03–£19.53
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£845–£2K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

88% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 88% ship with Prime. On an average day, 12.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #259 within Food. It carries 1,702 reviews at 4.28 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
88%
Prime listings
88%
Out of stock, average day
12.2%
Average rank
#259in Food
Average rating
4.28 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,702per listing
Listings tracked
17

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 28 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
28 months

Products

Top Kong Paste 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 70% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£11K£23K£34K£45K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

33

Top-5 brand share

99%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • KONG81%
  • Duerr's11%
  • Yipetor4%
  • PACK'N PRIDE2%
  • PetPäl1%
  • BUGALUGS1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Kong Paste search demand

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

2K1KHoliday '24Spike '25Spike '26Prime Day '26DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Kong Paste search terms shoppers use

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

  • kong filler14K/yr
  • kong treats12K/yr
  • dog lick toy12K/yr
  • kong paste10K/yr
  • dog lick5K/yr
  • kong easy treat7K/yr
  • kong fillers for dogs6K/yr
  • licky bowl for dogs6K/yr
  • kong puppy paste5K/yr
  • kong paste for dogs4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Kong Paste

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

Complain

Ease Of Use11%−0.05

Difficult to use

Impossible to open

Not possible to open it

Indigestion10%−0.12

Too rich cause my dog to have diarrhea

Made my dog sick

Incredibly runny and gave my pooch a bad stomach

Size-Overall9%

Not fit for purpose

I had expected it being a small pot

Bigger size please

Value For Money8%−0.02

The only downside us that there is not a lot of product for the price

Expensive I think,but if it keeps pup interested in training,its priceless

wast of money

Texture/Consistency-Overall7%−0.03

The consistency is quite runny

Weird texture

Buyer beware of consistency

Love

Pet Friendly44%

Dogs happy

Dog loves it

My dog likes this

Ease Of Use8%−0.05

A really handy

Easy to use

Easier to hold

Value For Money8%−0.02

Good value

Great value

Excellent value

Quality-Overall6%+0.10

good-quality peanut butter

Good quality

Great product

Taste-Overall4%

My dog absolutely loves the taste

he loves the taste

Yummy for your puppy's tummy

Return

0.0% Return rate 52% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall40%▁▁▁█▁▅

Not fit for purpose

I had expected it being a small pot

Bigger size please

Functionality-Overall10%▁▁▁▁█▃

It didnt work

It also wouldn't work as a squeeze treat either

Escape Proof7%▁▁█▁▁▁
Defective Material/Parts5%▁█▁▁▅▁
Quality-Overall5%▁█▁▁▁▁

Poor quality

FAQ

Common Kong Paste questions

Answered from the same tracked data.