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Iodine

soft demand (-90.7% this quarter) — Iodine doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

48
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Ranks 223 of 371 Health niches · −3 vs the category median of 51

Market size 53Growth 0Conversion 75Competition 37Returns 97Price range 44Avg price 81Brand share 48Review moat 54Quality gap 33
This niche Category average · 371 niches

Is Iodine profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Arab Emirates niche tracking, Iodine is a $347K/yr Amazon United Arab Emirates market (61K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 76% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 48/100.

Iodine: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -90.7% over the last 90 days and 7.0% of searches end in a purchase.

$347K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr4K
Search volume / yr-90.7%61K
Conversion rate7.0%
Avg price$82.44

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 76% of demand, so 24% of the market is open.

24%

open market share

Brands · sellers11 · 31
Top-5 product click share63%
Open market24%
Avg brand age57 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 13 products

Sponsored placement77%
New entrants (1y)4· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews1,336

Top Iodine 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 take 63% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

$0$35K$69K$104K$139K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 rising

Sellers

31

Top-5 brand share

76%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

63%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

17%

  • AMBROSIAL31%
  • NOW17%
  • Pure Encapsulations11%
  • THORNE10%
  • Ovelle7%
  • King Mariot Medical Equipments7%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 17%)

Iodine demand & seasonality

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

Volume61KCVR7.0%Products13Brands11Top 5 Brands76%OOS Rate6.2%Rating4.5★Reviews1,336Avg BSR#296
600400Spike '26Apr '26Apr '26May '26May '26May '26Jun '26Jun '26Jul '26

Top Iodine search terms shoppers use

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

  • iodine10K/yr
  • potassium iodide29K/yr
  • iodine supplement3K/yr
  • iodine tablets4K/yr
  • iodine pills for radiation6K/yr
  • potassium iodine3K/yr
  • potassium iodide tablets4K/yr
  • يوديد البوتاسيوم2K/yr
  • potassium iodide tablet565/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Iodine

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

What buyers complain about

100% of reviews
الجودة الشاملة100%

Poor quality

Iodine return rate & reasons

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

0.6%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

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

1قابلة للاشتعال
100%

Common Iodine questions

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

Flapen scores Iodine 48/100 on Amazon United Arab Emirates — Skip it. The niche generates $347K/yr across 13 tracked products. 0 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -90.7% over the last 90 days.
Iodine buyers on Amazon United Arab Emirates complain most about الجودة الشاملة, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.6%.