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Rat Cage

Maybe

An estimated 1.0% of orders come back. But buyers convert on only 0.6% of searches, so Rat Cage is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
50
50 / 100
Ranks 423 of 875 Pet Supplies niches · on the category median
Market size
£204K/yr381K searches / yr
90-day growth
-2.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
42%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 19 sellers

Flapen Score

Rat Cage against its category

The dotted line is the Pet Supplies average. Past it, Rat Cage is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

50Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Rat Cage market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Rat Cage 381K times last year and spent an estimated £204K. The top 5 brands take 94% of clicks. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 0.6% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 381K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 0.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -2.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £204K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
381K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-2.4%
Conversion, latest week
0.6%
Market size, estimated
£204Ka year
Peak month
August1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
rat cage161K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £83.37.

Listings sell for £83.37 on average, from £23.06 to £185.39. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 2K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £83.37 that is £0 to £8K a year per listing.

Average price
£83.37inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£23.06–£185.39
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
2K–2K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£8K
Returns
1.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

72% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 31% ship with Prime. On an average day, 21.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #82 within Small Animals. It carries 1,486 reviews at 4.08 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
72%
Prime listings
31%
Out of stock, average day
21.4%
Average rank
#82in Small Animals
Average rating
4.08 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,486per listing
Listings tracked
32

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 40 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
40 months

Products

Top Rat Cage products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 29, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 42% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£6K£12K£18K£24K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 flat

Sellers

19

Est. top-5 brand share

94%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

42%

Top 20: 90%

Open market

3%

  • PawHut32%
  • COZY PET22%
  • MidWest Homes for Pets19%
  • Yaheetech11%
  • Panana11%
  • Little Friends2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 3%)

Demand

Rat Cage search demand

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

7K5KHoliday '24Prime Day '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Rat Cage search terms shoppers use

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

  • rat cage161K/yr
  • ferret cage64K/yr
  • chinchilla cage46K/yr
  • critter nation cage19K/yr
  • ferret cages11K/yr
  • rat cages18K/yr
  • large rat cage14K/yr
  • sugar glider cage12K/yr
  • ferret nation cage6K/yr
  • pet rat cage7K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Rat Cage

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

20%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
20%of negative reviews mention “Assembly/Installation”
1.0%of orders come back
“It was also very difficult to put together”
A buyer, on “Assembly/Installation”20% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Rat Cage questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data