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Baby Vapour Rub

Fail

Demand is soft, at -57.7% this quarter, so Baby Vapour Rub is a Fail.

Flapen Score
31
31 / 100
Ranks 617 of 638 Baby Products niches · −16 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£147K/yr188K searches / yr
90-day growth
-57.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
91%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 60 sellers

Flapen Score

Baby Vapour Rub against its category

The dotted line is the Baby Products average. Past it, Baby Vapour Rub is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

31Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Baby Vapour Rub market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Baby Vapour Rub 188K times last year and spent an estimated £147K. All 5 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 31 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 17.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 188K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 17.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -57.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £147K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
188K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-57.7%
Conversion, latest week
17.4%
Market size, estimated
£147Ka year
Peak month
February5.7× the quietest month
Top search term
snuffle babe67K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £4.48.

Listings sell for £4.48 on average, from £3.04 to £7.94. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At £4.48 that is £13K to £18K a year per listing.

Average price
£4.48under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.04–£7.94
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
3,000–4,000
Revenue per listing a year
£13K–£18K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

50% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #350 within Health & Baby Care. It carries 1,468 reviews at 4.65 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
50%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#350in Health & Baby Care
Average rating
4.65 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,468per listing
Listings tracked
8

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 55 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
55 months

Products

Top Baby Vapour Rub products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 18, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 91% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£22K£44K£66K£88K1001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

5 flat

Sellers

60

Est. top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

91%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • SNUFFLE BABE72%
  • Vicks16%
  • Olbas5%
  • Colief4%
  • Calpol3%

Demand

Baby Vapour Rub search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

7K5KSpike '24Black Friday '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.7×

Search terms

Top Baby Vapour Rub search terms shoppers use

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

  • snuffle babe67K/yr
  • baby vicks30K/yr
  • baby vapour rub19K/yr
  • vicks baby rub14K/yr
  • baby vicks vapour rub10K/yr
  • snuffle babe vapour rub10K/yr
  • snufflebabe7K/yr
  • baby rub6K/yr
  • snuffle baby4K/yr
  • vicks baby5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Baby Vapour Rub

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

14%of positive reviews mention “Sinus Relief”
25%of negative reviews mention “Smell”
0.1%of orders come back
“This does smell quite strong”
A buyer, on “Smell”25% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

19 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Baby Vapour Rub questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data