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Catnip

Maybe

An estimated 0.3% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at -12.3% this quarter, so Catnip is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 34% of 3,978 Pet Supplies niches · +3 vs the category median of 51
Market size
$3.2M/yr2.4M searches / yr
90-day growth
-12.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
71%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 131 sellers

Flapen Score

Catnip against its category

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

54Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Catnip market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Catnip 2.4M times last year and spent an estimated $3.2M. The top 5 brands take 80% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 13.4% 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 13.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -12.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $3.2M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.4M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-12.3%
Conversion, latest week
13.4%
Market size, estimated
$3.2Ma year
Peak month
December1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
catnip1.2M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $9.87.

Listings sell for $9.87 on average, from $4.01 to $18.64. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 300K to 400K a year. The average listing sells 12,500 to 15,000 of them. At $9.87 that is $123K to $148K a year per listing.

Average price
$9.87under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$4.01–$18.64
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
300K–400K
Units per listing a year
12,500–15,000
Revenue per listing a year
$123K–$148K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

56% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #23 within Treats. It carries 5,708 reviews at 4.41 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
56%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
1.3%
Average rank
#23in Treats
Average rating
4.41 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
5,708per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

1 of last year's 1 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

1 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 43 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Catnip 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 71% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

131

Top-5 brand share

80%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

71%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

15%

  • Brand 121%
  • Brand 221%
  • Brand 320%
  • Brand 411%
  • Brand 57%
  • Brand 66%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 15%)

Demand

Catnip search demand

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

80K60KHoliday '24Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Search terms

Top Catnip search terms shoppers use

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

  • catnip1.2M/yr
  • cat nip573K/yr
  • cat nip for cats395K/yr
  • catnip for cats80K/yr
  • organic catnip30K/yr
  • dried organic catnip for cats8K/yr
  • cat weed10K/yr
  • fresh catnip8K/yr
  • organic catnip for cats9K/yr
  • smartykat catnip10K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Catnip

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

55%of positive reviews mention “Pet Friendly”
20%of negative reviews mention “Smell”
0.3%of orders come back
“Very weak aroma”
A buyer, on “Smell”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.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Catnip questions

Answered from the same tracked data.