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Small Animal Food

Fail

The top 5 brands take 98% of clicks, so Small Animal Food is a Fail.

Flapen Score
49
49 / 100
Ranks 2,168 of 3,978 Pet Supplies niches · −2 vs the category median of 51
Market size
$1.1M/yr740K searches / yr
90-day growth
+0.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
68%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 27 sellers

Flapen Score

Small Animal Food against its category

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

49Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Small Animal Food market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Small Animal Food 740K times last year and spent an estimated $1.1M. The top 5 brands take 98% of clicks. Flapen scores it 49 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 15.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 740K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 15.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +0.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $1.1M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
740K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+0.7%
Conversion, latest week
15.2%
Market size, estimated
$1.1Ma year
Peak month
January1.2× the quietest month
Top search term
hamster food522K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $9.98.

Listings sell for $9.98 on average, from $3.18 to $47.96. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 100K to 125K a year. The average listing sells 5,000 to 6,000 of them. At $9.98 that is $50K to $60K a year per listing.

Average price
$9.98under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$3.18–$47.96
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
100K–125K
Units per listing a year
5,000–6,000
Revenue per listing a year
$50K–$60K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

53% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #87 within Small Animals. It carries 6,388 reviews at 4.65 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
53%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
1.1%
Average rank
#87in Small Animals
Average rating
4.65 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
6,388per listing
Listings tracked
15

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 64 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Small Animal Food 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 68% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

27

Top-5 brand share

98%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

68%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 175%
  • Brand 28%
  • Brand 37%
  • Brand 46%
  • Brand 52%
  • Brand 62%

Demand

Small Animal Food search demand

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

15K10KPrime Day '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2×

Search terms

Top Small Animal Food search terms shoppers use

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

  • hamster food522K/yr
  • gerbil food53K/yr
  • wild rabbit food23K/yr
  • dwarf hamster food28K/yr
  • wild rabbit food outdoor15K/yr
  • small animal food17K/yr
  • comida para hamster12K/yr
  • syrian hamster food10K/yr
  • hamster seed mix11K/yr
  • hampster food10K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Small Animal Food

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

23%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
28%of negative reviews mention “Value For Money”
<0.1%of orders come back, a rate Amazon rounds to zero
“I personally think its overpriced”
A buyer, on “Value For Money”28% 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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Small Animal Food questions

Answered from the same tracked data.