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Differin Gel

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 98% of clicks) — Differin Gel doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

41
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Ranks 390 of 445 Beauty niches · −10 vs the category median of 51

Market size 26Growth 61Conversion 35Competition 12Returns 96Price range 36Avg price 83Brand share 4Review moat 33Quality gap 55
This niche Category average · 445 niches

Is Differin Gel profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Arab Emirates niche tracking, Differin Gel is a $105K/yr Amazon United Arab Emirates market (49K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 98% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 41/100.

Differin Gel: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved +37.7% over the last 90 days and 2.8% of searches end in a purchase.

$105K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr2K
Search volume / yr+37.7%49K
Conversion rate2.8%
Avg price$77.28

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 98% of demand, so 2% of the market is open.

2%

open market share

Brands · sellers6 · 38
Top-5 product click share85%
Open market2%
Avg brand age60 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 11 products

Sponsored placement55%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews3,169

Top Differin Gel products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 85% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

$0$10K$21K$31K$42K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

6 rising

Sellers

38

Top-5 brand share

98%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

85%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Differin72%
  • TARO15%
  • PanOxyl5%
  • AcneFree3%
  • La Roche-Posay2%
  • LBOYLOVE2%

Differin Gel demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume49KCVR2.8%Products11Brands6Top 5 Brands98%OOS Rate0.7%Rating4.4★Reviews3,169Avg BSR#94
2K1KSpike '24Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Top Differin Gel search terms shoppers use

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

  • differin gel29K/yr
  • differin12K/yr
  • differin gel adapalene gel 0.1 acne treatment9K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Differin Gel

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

75% of reviews
الجودة الشاملة75%

Great product

What buyers complain about

75% of reviews
رطب/جاف25%

it does dry out the skin

صحة الجلد25%

it does dry out the skin

مناسب للبشرة الجافة25%

Do not use every day as it causes drying of the skin

Differin Gel return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.7%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1المنتج المعلن عنه مقابل المنتج الفعلي
22%
2ملمس صلب
11%
3ملائمة الطقس الحار
11%
4الحجم الكلي
11%
5صحة الجلد
11%

Common Differin Gel questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Differin Gel 41/100 on Amazon United Arab Emirates — Skip it. The niche generates $105K/yr across 11 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +37.7% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Differin Gel on Amazon United Arab Emirates is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.6× the quietest.