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Cat Door

Maybe

Shoppers spend an estimated $2.5M a year here. But demand is soft, at -8.1% this quarter, so Cat Door is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
56
56 / 100
Top 26% of 3,978 Pet Supplies niches · +5 vs the category median of 51
Market size
$2.5M/yr2.4M searches / yr
90-day growth
-8.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
46%top-5 click share · 20 brands · 38 sellers

Flapen Score

Cat Door against its category

The dotted line is the Pet Supplies average. Past it, Cat Door is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

56Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Cat Door market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Cat Door 2.4M times last year and spent an estimated $2.5M. The top 5 brands take 65% of clicks. Flapen scores it 56 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 4.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 2.4M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 4.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -8.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $2.5M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.4M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-8.1%
Conversion, latest week
4.1%
Market size, estimated
$2.5Ma year
Peak month
November1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
cat door1.1M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $25.79.

Listings sell for $25.79 on average, from $9.87 to $74.13. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 80K to 100K a year. The average listing sells 2,000 to 2,500 of them. At $25.79 that is $52K to $64K a year per listing.

Average price
$25.79inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$9.87–$74.13
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
80K–100K
Units per listing a year
2,000–2,500
Revenue per listing a year
$52K–$64K
Returns
4.2%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

94% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 97% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #27 within Cat Doors, Steps, Nets & Pens. It carries 5,993 reviews at 4.55 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
94%
Prime listings
97%
Out of stock, average day
5.3%
Average rank
#27in Cat Doors, Steps, Nets & Pens
Average rating
4.55 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
5,993per listing
Listings tracked
35

04 · Newcomers

7 of last year's 10 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

10 products launched here in the last 12 months. 7 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 33 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
10
Successful launches
7Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
33 months

Products

Top Cat Door 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 46% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

20 rising

Sellers

38

Top-5 brand share

65%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

46%

Top 20: 87%

Open market

30%

  • Brand 123%
  • Brand 218%
  • Brand 310%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 55%
  • Brand 65%

Demand

Cat Door search demand

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

50K30KPrime Day '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Cat Door search terms shoppers use

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

  • cat door1.1M/yr
  • cat door interior door620K/yr
  • cat doors83K/yr
  • indoor cat door45K/yr
  • interior cat door41K/yr
  • cat doors for interior doors35K/yr
  • cat door for interior door30K/yr
  • cat door for wall33K/yr
  • puerta para gatos24K/yr
  • cat door interior22K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cat Door

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

12%of positive reviews mention “Assembly/Installation”
15%of negative reviews mention “Durability”
4.2%of orders come back
“Breaks Easily”
A buyer, on “Durability”15% 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.

19 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Cat Door questions

Answered from the same tracked data.