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tick repellent for humans

Launch it

A $2.5M/yr market growing +838.1% this quarter with returns at 0.6% — clears our launch bar.

Market size 95Growth 100Conversion 85Competition 81Returns 97Price range 83Avg price 92Brand share 77Review moat 23Quality gap 50

Growth

Incredible+838.1%

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

Returns

Incredible0.6%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Market size

Incredible$2.5M

$2.5M/yr · 1.2M searches

Avg price

Great$21.81

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Conversion

Great9.4%

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

Price range

Great$3.98–$76.42

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

Competition

Great34%

top-5 click share — an open shelf

Brand share

Great58%

top-5 brand share — no brand owns this niche

Quality gap

Good4.5★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Review moat

Bad8,339

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Competition

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (34% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

20 rising

Sellers

625

Top-5 brand share

58%

Open market

34%

  • OFF!13%
  • Ben's12%
  • Repel12%
  • Sawyer12%
  • Murphy's Naturals9%
  • TICK BAN8%

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%2%$50K4%$101K6%$151K8%$201K101001K10K100K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 44 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +838.1% search growth over the last 90 days.
100K60KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Apr, May, Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 54.5×

Reviews

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

What buyers love

Pest/Insect Control28%

“Best Insect Repellent”

Smell18%

“Good smell”

Quality-Overall12%

“Excellent Product”

Spray/Flow5%

“Easy spray”

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%

“AS advertised”

Ease Of Use4%

“Ease of use”

Value For Money4%

“good value”

Efficiency3%

“Its been really effective”

Strength2%

“Sturdy”

Adhesion/Stickiness1%

“Doesn't become sticky or have a strong odor”

What buyers complain about

Pest/Insect Control20%

“Didnt work for mosquitoes”

Functionality-Overall13%

“Did not work”

Spray/Flow8%

“Spray didnt work”

Leak-Proof8%

“The sprayer leaks”

Value For Money7%

“Expensive”

Smell6%

“Strong chemical smell”

Ease Of Use3%

“Too hard to operate”

Size-Overall3%

“Small bottle”

Quality-Overall2%

“no quality control”

Allergies2%

“Allergic reaction”

Top return reasons

Leak-Proof18%
Size-Overall16%
Value For Money13%
Advertised Vs Actual Product10%
Functionality-Overall10%
Spray/Flow7%
Smell7%
Pest/Insect Control6%
Defective Material/Parts3%
Strength1%