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Microchip Cat Flap

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Microchip Cat Flap is a Fail.

Flapen Score
43
43 / 100
Ranks 664 of 875 Pet Supplies niches · −7 vs the category median of 50
Market size
£1.2M/yr348K searches / yr
90-day growth
-19.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
66%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 35 sellers

Flapen Score

Microchip Cat Flap against its category

The dotted line is the Pet Supplies average. Past it, Microchip Cat Flap is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

43Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Microchip Cat Flap market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Microchip Cat Flap 348K times last year and spent an estimated £1.2M. All 4 brands take every click. Flapen scores it 43 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

4.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 348K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -19.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.2M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
348K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-19.1%
Conversion, latest week
4.2%
Market size, estimated
£1.2Ma year
Peak month
April1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
microchip cat flap96K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £82.72.

Listings sell for £82.72 on average, from £28.48 to £191.37. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £82.72 that is £62K to £83K a year per listing.

Average price
£82.72inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£28.48–£191.37
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£62K–£83K
Returns
5.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 94% ship with Prime. On an average day, 8.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #154 within Cats. It carries 6,401 reviews at 4.13 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
94%
Out of stock, average day
8.1%
Average rank
#154in Cats
Average rating
4.13 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
6,401per listing
Listings tracked
17

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 45 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Microchip Cat Flap 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 66% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£120K£239K£359K£479K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

4 falling

Sellers

35

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

66%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • PetSafe39%
  • SureFlap37%
  • Cat Mate21%
  • zero mouse3%

Demand

Microchip Cat Flap search demand

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

10K6KSpike '24Black Friday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Microchip Cat Flap search terms shoppers use

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

  • microchip cat flap96K/yr
  • cat flap microchip activated85K/yr
  • sureflap cat flap microchip34K/yr
  • cat flap microchip17K/yr
  • sureflap13K/yr
  • microchip cat flaps10K/yr
  • sureflap microchip cat flap11K/yr
  • petsafe microchip cat flap9K/yr
  • sure flap microchip cat flap11K/yr
  • catflap microchip activated8K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Microchip Cat Flap

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

Complain

Functionality-Overall19%−0.29

Doesn't work

It has never worked properly

malfunctioning

Value For Money8%+1.00

which gets expensive

a bit pricey

waste of money

Durability8%−0.11

Broke after 3 months

do not last

Stopped working after a week

Size-Overall8%+0.48

Not Fit for Purpose

when I saw it I just felt it too big a hole in my door so returned it for the smaller version

It is a bit small

Ease Of Use6%

Door too hard to open for cat

they are struggling to get used to it.

Not Fit for Purpose

Love

Quality-Overall21%+1.48

Excellent product

Excellent quality for my cats

This is well made

Size-Overall12%+0.48

fairly straightforward to fit

Easy fit,

Easy to fit

Assembly/Installation10%+0.48

It was easy to install

Easy to install

Easy to set up

Value For Money9%+1.00

well worth the money

Good value

Great value

Ease Of Use5%

easy to use

easy to activate

So easy to replace

Return

5.0% Return rate 55% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall47%▇▇▇█▇▅

Not Fit for Purpose

when I saw it I just felt it too big a hole in my door so returned it for the smaller version

It is a bit small

Functionality-Overall15%█▇▅██▇

Doesn't work

It has never worked properly

malfunctioning

Escape Proof9%▄▇█▃▄▄

The UNPROGRAMMED cat CAN GET OUT

Cat flap not shutting when my cat goes through

won't come in

Compatibility-Overall7%▇▇▆▆█▇
Defective Material/Parts5%▆▄█▄▅▇

FAQ

Common Microchip Cat Flap questions

Answered from the same tracked data.