Skip to content

Puppy Pads

Fail

The average product has 77,563 reviews to catch up to, so Puppy Pads is a Fail.

Flapen Score
48
48 / 100
Ranks 496 of 875 Pet Supplies niches · −2 vs the category median of 50
Market size
£2.2M/yr2.2M searches / yr
90-day growth
-10.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
77%top-5 click share · 7 brands · 9 sellers

Flapen Score

Puppy Pads against its category

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

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

Market

The Puppy Pads market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Puppy Pads 2.2M times last year and spent an estimated £2.2M. The top 5 brands take 95% of clicks. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

14.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 2.2M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 14.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -10.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £2.2M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.2M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-10.5%
Conversion, latest week
14.0%
Market size, estimated
£2.2Ma year
Peak month
January1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
puppy pads1.3M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.16.

Listings sell for £7.16 on average, from £4.81 to £11.82. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 300K to 400K a year. The average listing sells 25,000 to 30,000 of them. At £7.16 that is £179K to £215K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.16under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.81–£11.82
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
300K–400K
Units per listing a year
25,000–30,000
Revenue per listing a year
£179K–£215K
Returns
0.2%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. 83% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #6 within Litter & Housetraining. It carries 77,563 reviews at 4.35 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
83%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#6in Litter & Housetraining
Average rating
4.35 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
77,563per listing
Listings tracked
12

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 44 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Puppy Pads 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 77% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£217K£434K£652K£869K101001K10K100K1.0M Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

7 falling

Sellers

9

Top-5 brand share

95%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

2%

  • Amazon Basics70%
  • 1ABOVE10%
  • BARGAIN FACTORY9%
  • Cool Paws4%
  • TBM3%
  • DrySmart3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 2%)

Demand

Puppy Pads search demand

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

50K30KSpike '24Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Puppy Pads search terms shoppers use

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

  • puppy pads1.3M/yr
  • puppy training pads313K/yr
  • puppy pads 100 pack83K/yr
  • dog pads53K/yr
  • dog training pads48K/yr
  • puppy pads 200 pack52K/yr
  • large puppy pads39K/yr
  • training pads32K/yr
  • dog pee pad29K/yr
  • pee pads24K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Puppy Pads

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

Complain

Absorbency13%

Not very absorbent

Didnt absorb anything

not super absorbent

Leak-Proof13%

Leaks

leak through

Sometimes have a leak at the edges

Size-Overall13%−0.04

NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE

Bigger than others

Way too small

Quality-Overall12%+0.96

Not good quality

VERY POOR PRODUCT

If the quality is good enough just buy amazon brand, its cheaper

Thickness9%−0.10

They aren't very thick you do have to double them up

Theyre not the thickest Ive come across

Pads are too thin

Love

Quality-Overall19%+0.96

The quality is impressive; they absorb moisture and mess efficiently, without any leaks or becoming oversaturated

Good and solid items

Excellent product

Absorbency16%

Super absorbent

Very absorbent

the pads are very absorbent

Value For Money16%+1.17

Excellent value for money

Good price

Good value for money

Size-Overall8%−0.04

Good size

Happy with size

size as stated

Leak-Proof5%

no leaks or spillages

no leaks through

Leak proof

Return

0.2% Return rate 48% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall35%▇▇▆█▆▆

NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE

Bigger than others

Way too small

Quality-Overall9%▇▃▅▄█▅

Not good quality

VERY POOR PRODUCT

If the quality is good enough just buy amazon brand, its cheaper

Leak-Proof8%▅▇█▅▅▄

Leaks

leak through

Sometimes have a leak at the edges

Thin7%▃▅▄▅▄█

Very thin

Thin not heavy heavy duty

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%▁▄▄▄█▅

The branding is different to that listed on the sales page

They are advertised as absorbent and leak-proof, but that couldnt be further from the truth

Dont be fooled by the photo

FAQ

Common Puppy Pads questions

Answered from the same tracked data.