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100ml Sun Cream

100ml Sun Cream shows demand growing +284.4% this quarter, but prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($2.14–$11.26) keeps it on the watch list.

Signals Trending

Flapen Score

53
Worth a look

Top 22% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +6 vs the category median of 47

Market size 23Growth 100Conversion 70Competition 64Returns 100Price range 0Avg price 15Brand share 7Review moat 56Quality gap 42
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is 100ml Sun Cream profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, 100ml Sun Cream is a £92K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (269K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 97% of demand. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul–Aug. Verdict: Worth a look — 53/100.

100ml Sun Cream: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved +284.4% over the last 90 days and 6.4% of searches end in a purchase.

£92K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr20K
Search volume / yr+284.4%269K
Conversion rate6.4%
Avg price£5.33

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 97% of demand, so 3% of the market is open.

3%

open market share

Brands · sellers8 · 160
Top-5 product click share47%
Open market3%
Avg brand age41 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 · 31 products

Sponsored placement48%
New entrants (1y)3· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews1,270

Top 100ml Sun Cream 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 47% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£4K£7K£11K£15K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

160

Top-5 brand share

97%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

47%

Top 20: 89%

Open market

2%

  • Malibu67%
  • Nivea Sun13%
  • Garnier10%
  • Calypso5%
  • P203%
  • Shengqialun1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 2%)

100ml Sun Cream demand & seasonality

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

Volume269KCVR6.4%Products31Brands8Top 5 Brands97%OOS Rate3.3%Rating4.5★Reviews1,270Avg BSR#101
15K10KSpike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 11.5×

Top 100ml Sun Cream search terms shoppers use

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

  • 100ml sun cream63K/yr
  • travel size sunscreen33K/yr
  • travel sun cream33K/yr
  • sun cream 100ml19K/yr
  • mini sun cream16K/yr
  • travel sun cream 100ml13K/yr
  • travel sunscreen11K/yr
  • sun cream travel size9K/yr
  • sunscreen 100ml9K/yr
  • travel size sun cream9K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 100ml Sun Cream

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

What buyers love

77% of reviews
Value For Money14%

Good Value

Quality-Overall10%

Build quality of the bottle is fine

Smell9%

a very pleasing smell

Ease Of Use9%

Easy to use

Protection8%

Excellent protection

What buyers complain about

54% of reviews
Size-Overall16%

The spray is quite wide

Value For Money8%

Waste of Money

Adhesion/Stickiness5%

Havent used it yet tried it did feel sticky though girl said wasnt

Allergies4%

Have Allergies

Oily/Greasy4%

I would say its still greasy because it doesn't soak in

100ml Sun Cream return rate & reasons

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

0.0%

Return rate

70%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
60%
2Language Issues
20%
3Leak-Proof
10%
4Advertised Vs Actual Product
10%

Common 100ml Sun Cream questions

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

Flapen scores 100ml Sun Cream 53/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £92K/yr across 31 tracked products. 1 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +284.4% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for 100ml Sun Cream on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in May–Jun–Jul–Aug, where the busiest month runs 11.5× the quietest.