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calendula salve

Worth a look

Shows low returns (0.2%), but soft demand (-8.3% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.

Market size 23Growth 21Conversion 75Competition 60Returns 99Price range 63Avg price 84Brand share 57Review moat 42Quality gap 33

Returns

Incredible0.2%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Avg price

Great$18.50

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Conversion

Great7.1%

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

Price range

Good$6.45–$29.80

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

Competition

Good49%

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

Brand share

Good71%

top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand

Review moat

Okay2,276.09

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Quality gap

Okay4.5★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Market size

Bad$90K

$90K/yr · 69K searches

Growth

Bad-8.3%

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

Competition

The top 5 products take 49% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

567

Top-5 brand share

71%

Open market

22%

  • Ora's Amazing Herbal32%
  • Boiron11%
  • Erbaid10%
  • Legend's Creek9%
  • Traverse Bay Bath and Body8%
  • MJ's Herbals7%

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%$4K8%$7K12%$11K16%$14K101001K10K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 22 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -8.3% search growth over the last 90 days.
12K8KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Aug, Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 7.0×

Reviews

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

What buyers love

Quality-Overall12%

“Excellent Product”

Smell11%

“Love the smell”

Moist/Dry8%

“Very moisturizing”

Allergies7%

“Good on skin irritation”

Soft Feel4%

“My skin still felt soft”

Skin Health4%

“highly recommend it as a must-have for skin care”

Value For Money4%

“The price is great”

Efficiency4%

“Very effective”

Ingredients-Overall3%

“The simple ingredients makes me love it more”

Absorbency2%

“Absorbs well”

What buyers complain about

Allergies17%

“It did not work on a recent rash I developed”

Smell10%

“Slight smell not my favorite”

Oily/Greasy3%

“thought it was a little greasy”

Ingredients-Overall3%

“Changed ingredients”

Functionality-Overall3%

“this did not work at all”

Advertised Vs Actual Product3%

“The product received is not the one advertised”

Thickness3%

“it is thick”

Moist/Dry3%

“And they are often dry”

Skin Health3%

“it slowly started breaking down my skin barrier on my face which caused me to develop perioral dermatitis around my mouth area”

Size-Overall2%

“I wish it came in gallon size”

Top return reasons

Functionality-Overall22%
Smell15%
Advertised Vs Actual Product13%
Product Condition11%
Defective Material/Parts7%
Oily/Greasy4%
Size-Overall4%
Moist/Dry3%
Value For Money3%
Ingredients-Overall2%