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black bathroom rug

Worth a look

Shows a sweet-spot price point ($19.09 avg), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Market size 84Growth 18Conversion 43Competition 75Returns 60Price range 81Avg price 85Brand share 76Review moat 22Quality gap 76

Avg price

Great$19.09

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Market size

Great$1.4M

$1.4M/yr · 2.1M searches

Price range

Great$6.51–$55.57

cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100

Brand share

Great59%

top-5 brand share — no brand owns this niche

Quality gap

Great4.3★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Competition

Good40%

top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse

Returns

Good2.6%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Conversion

Okay3.5%

search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale

Review moat

Bad9,754.05

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Growth

Bad-13.5%

90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, black bathroom rug is a $1.4M/yr Amazon United States market (2.1M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 59% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 62/100.

Data updated Jul 5, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches

Market data

Units sold / yr
80K–100K
avg 2,000–2,500/product
Revenue / yr
$1.5M–$1.9M
units × avg price
Launch success
78%
7 of 9 new (360d)
Conversion rate
3.5%
Avg BSR
#144
Page quality
0%
Prime
100%
Sponsored
93%
Out of stock
3.9%
Avg brand age
34 months
Avg seller age
175 days

Competition

The top 5 products take 40% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Brands

27 falling

Sellers

34

Top-5 brand share

59%

Top 20: 94%

Top-5 click share

40%

Top 20: 76%

Open market

37%

  • Smiry18%
  • OLANLY15%
  • RUN HELIX13%
  • HOMEIDEAS7%
  • Buganda6%
  • Arotive4%

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -13.5% search growth over the last 90 days.
50K30KPrime Day '24Prime Day '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Product shelf

Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.

0%4%$56K8%$111K12%$167K16%$223K101001K10K100K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 43 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Reviews

What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.

What buyers love

Soft Feel19%

“Soft and Absorbent”

Quality-Overall14%

“it is overall a good quality mat”

Value For Money8%

“Affordable price”

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%

“Better Than expected”

Size-Overall7%

“Fits Great”

Comfort-Overall6%

“So comfy”

Absorbency6%

“Nice and absorbent”

Color4%

“Love the black color”

Thickness4%

“Nice & thick”

Grip3%

“good grip”

What buyers complain about

Size-Overall15%

“It shorter than it look in the picture”

Thickness14%

“not nearly as thick as I expected”

Quality-Overall14%

“just very low quality overall”

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%

“Inaccurate description”

Value For Money5%

“cheap”

Grip3%

“Couldn't get it to grip”

Material Quality3%

“Horrible material”

Ease Of Cleaning3%

“Gets too dirty on a daily basis”

Durability2%

“Already falling apart”

Absorbency2%

“won't absorb well”

Top return reasons

Size-Overall45%
Advertised Vs Actual Product10%
Quality-Overall9%
Material Quality8%
Thin5%
Color5%
Thickness4%
Value For Money2%
Grip1%
Cushion1%

Common questions

Is black bathroom rug profitable to sell on Amazon United States?
The niche generates $1.4M/yr across 43 tracked products. 7 of 9 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -13.5%. Flapen's verdict: Worth a look (62/100).
How competitive is the black bathroom rug niche?
27 brands and 34 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 40% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 59% of demand.
What do buyers complain about in black bathroom rug?
Top complaints mined from reviews: Size-Overall, Thickness, Quality-Overall. The return rate is 2.6%.
When does demand for black bathroom rug peak?
Demand is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.3× the quietest.
What does it cost to enter the black bathroom rug niche?
Listings span $6.51–$55.57; the average listing price is $19.09 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 9,754 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

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