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Rat Food

Fail

Prices span $2.01–$11.35, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Rat Food is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Ranks 538 of 875 Pet Supplies niches · −3 vs the category median of 50
Market size
£89K/yr78K searches / yr
90-day growth
+1.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
61%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 76 sellers

Flapen Score

Rat Food against its category

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

47Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Rat Food market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Rat Food 78K times last year and spent an estimated £89K. The top 5 brands take 89% of clicks. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

18.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 78K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 18.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +1.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £89K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
78K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+1.4%
Conversion, latest week
18.2%
Market size, estimated
£89Ka year
Peak month
September1.1× the quietest month
Top search term
rat food62K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.29.

Listings sell for £6.29 on average, from £2.01 to £11.35. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £6.29 that is £5K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.29under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.01–£11.35
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£5K–£6K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

50% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 89% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #142 within Small Animals. It carries 458 reviews at 4.39 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
50%
Prime listings
89%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#142in Small Animals
Average rating
4.39 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
458per listing
Listings tracked
18

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 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 84 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
84 months

Products

Top Rat Food 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 61% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£4K£9K£13K£18K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 flat

Sellers

76

Top-5 brand share

89%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

61%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

7%

  • Supreme Petfoods46%
  • Seedzbox13%
  • MALTBYS' STORES 1904 LTD13%
  • Extra Select12%
  • Hungry Pets6%
  • Marriage's4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 7%)

Demand

Rat Food search demand

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

2K1KSpike '26DecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.1×

Search terms

Top Rat Food search terms shoppers use

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

  • rat food62K/yr
  • mouse food9K/yr
  • rat food mix6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Rat Food

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

Complain

Value For Money19%−0.07

Not a lot for the money

Not worth it

But the amount you get for the price is not good

Size-Overall17%−0.08

Some are quite large pieces

Small bag

The seeds are very small

Smell12%−0.05

The product delivered was so old that it smelled

Smells like gerbil food

Old, smelly food

Quality-Overall8%+0.07

I do apologise to anyone who finds my review harsh or unfair

Ingredients-Overall8%−0.02

it contained nuts, peanuts, in particular which are poisonous to rats

Love

Value For Money31%−0.07

Great value

Good value for money

Good price

Pet Friendly25%

My rats love this

My hamster loves it

Happy hamster

Quality-Overall8%+0.07

Overall, a fantastic product that our little pets clearly enjoy

The overall quality of mix in the bag is good

Good quality

Ingredients-Overall6%−0.02

it looks like a good balance of ingredients

Good variety of ingredients

Good quality ingredients

Size-Overall4%−0.08

Nice to have a GOOD size of this

a decent sized bag

Good sized packet lasts a long time

FAQ

Common Rat Food questions

Answered from the same tracked data.