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# **cough drops bulk**

**Skip it**

Brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.

Market size 27Growth 8Conversion 96Competition 26Returns 100Price range 75Avg price 76Brand share 0Review moat 37Quality gap 17

**Returns**

**Incredible****0.0%**

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

**Conversion**

**Incredible****13.4%**

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

**Avg price**

**Great****$15.58**

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

**Price range**

**Great****$4.33–$46.43**

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

**Review moat**

**Okay****2,768.77**

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

**Market size**

**Okay****$115K**

$115K/yr · 55K searches

**Competition**

**Okay****70%**

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

**Quality gap**

**Bad****4.7★**

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

**Growth**

**Bad****-33.4%**

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

**Brand share**

**Bad****100%**

top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand

## **Competition**

The top 5 products take 70% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

**Brands**

**5 **—flat

**Sellers**

**31**

**Top-5 brand share**

**100%**

**Open market**

**0%**

- Amazon Basic Care59% - HALLS25% - Medique8% - GEEOOLLAH6% - Ricola1% - Open — no brand owns it (0%)

## **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%10%$11K20%$23K30%$34K40%$46K101001K10K Reviews — right = deep review moatMarket share (90d) ≈ est. sales

Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 13 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

### **Top sellers**

by 90-day click share

[1![Amazon Basic Care Cherry Menthol Cough Drops for Sore Throat Relief Soothing Lozenges in Resealable Bag 160 Count (Previously SoundHealth)](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51LOhom3ilL.jpg)**Amazon Basic Care Cherry Menthol Cough Drops for Sore Throat Relief Soothing Lozenges in Resealable Bag 160 Count (Previously SoundHealth)**Amazon Basic Care**$5.43**4.6★5,816 rev](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0937TMQGV) [2![Amazon Basic Care Honey Lemon Menthol Cough Drops for Sore Throat Soothing Relief 160 Count (Previously SoundHealth)](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41yalv-5X9L.jpg)**Amazon Basic Care Honey Lemon Menthol Cough Drops for Sore Throat Soothing Relief 160 Count (Previously SoundHealth)**Amazon Basic Care**$5.99**4.7★3,971 rev](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0937TPKTR) [3![HALLS Cough and Throat Relief Honey Lemon Cough Drops Bulk Pack 250 Drops](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51D6wToKpiL.jpg)**HALLS Cough and Throat Relief Honey Lemon Cough Drops Bulk Pack 250 Drops**HALLS**$14.97**4.8★3,869 rev](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MD819YV) [4![Amazon Basic Care Sugar Free Menthol Cough Drops for Sore Throat Relief Diabetic-Friendly 140 Count](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51nGSdCE2AS.jpg)**Amazon Basic Care Sugar Free Menthol Cough Drops for Sore Throat Relief Diabetic-Friendly 140 Count**Amazon Basic Care**$5.08**4.7★5,568 rev](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0937RMDNC) [5![Amazon Basic Care Sugar Free Honey Lemon Cough Drops for Sore Throat Relief Soothes Cough 140 Count (Compare to Halls)](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41IDk1C8J2L.jpg)**Amazon Basic Care Sugar Free Honey Lemon Cough Drops for Sore Throat Relief Soothes Cough 140 Count (Compare to Halls)**Amazon Basic Care**$5.38**4.7★6,468 rev](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09KC4XZ3K)

**~~View all top sellers →~~**

### **Newest**

by launch date

[![GEEOOLLAH Honey Lemon Drops - Sugar Free Menthol Lozenges with Soothing Honey Lemon Flavor 360 Count Bulk Bag Individually Wrapped Refreshing Candy Drops](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/510nesRZ-kL.jpg)**GEEOOLLAH Honey Lemon Drops - Sugar Free Menthol Lozenges with Soothing Honey Lemon Flavor 360 Count Bulk Bag Individually Wrapped Refreshing Candy Drops**GEEOOLLAH**$20.25**139 rev9mo ago](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQW3D5JQ) [![Halls Cough and Throat Relief Cherry Cough Drops Bulk Pack 250 Drops](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51H-6yyBa6L.jpg)**Halls Cough and Throat Relief Cherry Cough Drops Bulk Pack 250 Drops**HALLS**$15.68**422 rev1y ago](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07M9N3TR1) [![Halls Relief Mountain Menthol Sugar Free Cough Drops Bulk Cough Drops 225 Drops](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41D63Ns4u7L.jpg)**Halls Relief Mountain Menthol Sugar Free Cough Drops Bulk Cough Drops 225 Drops**HALLS**$15.18**1,549 rev1y ago](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07M5WRDGN) [![HALLS Cough and Throat Relief Honey Lemon Cough Drops Bulk Pack 250 Drops](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51D6wToKpiL.jpg)**HALLS Cough and Throat Relief Honey Lemon Cough Drops Bulk Pack 250 Drops**HALLS**$14.97**3,869 rev3y ago](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MD819YV) [![Amazon Basic Care Sugar Free Honey Lemon Cough Drops for Sore Throat Relief Soothes Cough 140 Count (Compare to Halls)](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41IDk1C8J2L.jpg)**Amazon Basic Care Sugar Free Honey Lemon Cough Drops for Sore Throat Relief Soothes Cough 140 Count (Compare to Halls)**Amazon Basic Care**$5.38**6,468 rev4y ago](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09KC4XZ3K)

**~~View all new products →~~**

### **Trending**

90-day click momentum

[![GEEOOLLAH Honey Lemon Drops - Sugar Free Menthol Lozenges with Soothing Honey Lemon Flavor 360 Count Bulk Bag Individually Wrapped Refreshing Candy Drops](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/510nesRZ-kL.jpg)**GEEOOLLAH Honey Lemon Drops - Sugar Free Menthol Lozenges with Soothing Honey Lemon Flavor 360 Count Bulk Bag Individually Wrapped Refreshing Candy Drops**GEEOOLLAH**$20.25**4.6★**▲ 100%**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQW3D5JQ) [![HALLS Cough and Throat Relief Cherry Cough Drops Bulk Pack 200 Drops](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41IF8vizRuL.jpg)**HALLS Cough and Throat Relief Cherry Cough Drops Bulk Pack 200 Drops**HALLS**$9.53**4.8★**▲ 82%**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IO2GUE6) [![Medikoff Cold and Cough Relief 7.6 mg Strength Cherry Flavor Lozenge 600 Ct](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/31zM+uTskYL.jpg)**Medikoff Cold and Cough Relief 7.6 mg Strength Cherry Flavor Lozenge 600 Ct**Medique**$41.37**4.6★**▲ 38%**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JQKD49E) [![Medique Medikoff Drops Cherry Flavor Box of 600](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51Sfpj-ZpmL.jpg)**Medique Medikoff Drops Cherry Flavor Box of 600**Medique**$46.43**4.8★**▲ 13%**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07J38JY7J) [![Halls Cough and Throat Relief Cherry Cough Drops Bulk Pack 250 Drops](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51H-6yyBa6L.jpg)**Halls Cough and Throat Relief Cherry Cough Drops Bulk Pack 250 Drops**HALLS**$15.68**4.8★**— 7%**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07M9N3TR1)

**~~View all trending →~~**

## **Demand & seasonality**

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 100 weeks — -33.4% search growth over the last 90 days.

23K18KPrime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26 seasonSepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Aug, Sep, Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 24.4×

## **Reviews**

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

### **What buyers love **

**Cough Relief**23%

*“effective cough drops”*

**Value For Money**19%

*“affordable price”*

**Taste-Overall**15%

*“No weird aftertaste”*

**Quality-Overall**8%

*“Just as good as name brand”*

**Flavor**6%

*“Lemon flavor”*

**Advertised Vs Actual Product**4%

*“AS DESCRIBED”*

**Efficiency**2%

*“Works well”*

**Sweetness**2%

*“These are a bit sweet”*

**Freshness**2%

*“Minty fresh”*

**Strength**1%

*“Effective”*

### **What buyers complain about **

**Taste-Overall**17%

*“Awful Aftertaste”*

**Cough Relief**17%

*“Horrible cough drops”*

**Flavor**10%

*“the flavor makes them hard to enjoy”*

**Size-Overall**5%

*“Small”*

**Artificial Sweeteners**5%

*“They are sweetened with a different artificial sweetener”*

**Value For Money**4%

*“cheaper”*

**Sweetness**3%

*“Too sweet”*

**Ease Of Use**3%

*“Extremely hard to open”*

**Quality-Overall**3%

*“get quality not quanity”*

**Ingredients-Overall**2%

*“Bad additives, yellow #,6”*

### **Top return reasons **

**Artificial Sweeteners**28%

**Cough Relief**17%

**Sweetness**17%

**Flavor**11%

**Advertised Vs Actual Product**11%

**Touch/Button Controls**6%

**Size-Overall**6%

**Value For Money**6%