Rug Backing
FailShoppers spend an estimated $72K a year here, so Rug Backing is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 47 / 100Top 45% of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · +1 vs the category median of 4647
- Market size
- $72K/yr84K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -8.9%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 55%top-5 click share · 19 brands · 32 sellers
Flapen Score
Rug Backing against its category
The dotted line is the Arts, Crafts & Sewing average. Past it, Rug Backing is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Rug Backing market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Rug Backing 84K times last year and spent an estimated $72K. The top 5 brands take 65% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
An estimated 5.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 84K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 5.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -8.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $72K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 84K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -8.9%
- Conversion, latest week
- 5.0%
- Market size, estimated
- $72Ka year
- Peak month
- November1.8× the quietest month
- Top search term
- rug backing22K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth $17.16.
Listings sell for $17.16 on average, from $6.00 to $39.40. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $17.16 that is $2K to $4K a year per listing.
- Average price
- $17.16inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- $6.00–$39.40
- Amazon United States median price
- $24.38across 115,062 niches
- Units sold a year
- 5K–6K
- Units per listing a year
- 100–250
- Revenue per listing a year
- $2K–$4K
- Returns
- 1.5%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is reviews.
89% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 96% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #470 within Needlework. It carries 11,106 reviews at 4.51 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 89%
- Prime listings
- 96%
- Out of stock, average day
- 0.0%
- Average rank
- #470in Needlework
- Average rating
- 4.51 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
- Average reviews
- 11,106per listing
- Listings tracked
- 27
04 · Newcomers
1 of last year's 3 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.
3 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 37 months on average, so the names here are settling in.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 3
- Successful launches
- 1Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 37 months
Products
Top Rug Backing products & what they sell for
Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.
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Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 55% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
19 falling
Sellers
32
Top-5 brand share
65%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
55%
Top 20: 93%
Open market
27%
- Brand 118%
- Brand 214%
- Brand 313%
- Brand 411%
- Brand 58%
- Brand 68%
Demand
Rug Backing search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×
Search terms
Top Rug Backing search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- rug backing22K/yr
- rug backing non-slip15K/yr
- rubber backing for rugs9K/yr
- rug backing fabric8K/yr
- non slip backing for rugs6K/yr
- carpet backing6K/yr
- non slip rug backing6K/yr
- carpet backing non slip4K/yr
- non skid rug backing4K/yr
- tufting backing4K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Rug Backing
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“DOES NOT STICK”
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
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