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Blistex Cold Sore Cream

Fail

Prices span $2.39–$8.81, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Blistex Cold Sore Cream is a Fail.

Flapen Score
38
38 / 100
Ranks 2,131 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −9 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£296K/yr382K searches / yr
90-day growth
-45.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
69%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 172 sellers

Flapen Score

Blistex Cold Sore Cream against its category

The dotted line is the Beauty average. Past it, Blistex Cold Sore Cream is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

38Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Blistex Cold Sore Cream market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Blistex Cold Sore Cream 382K times last year and spent an estimated £296K. The top 5 brands take 99% of clicks. Flapen scores it 38 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 13.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 382K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 13.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -45.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £296K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
382K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-45.0%
Conversion, latest week
13.4%
Market size, estimated
£296Ka year
Top search term
aquaphor lip balm108K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.80.

Listings sell for £5.80 on average, from £2.39 to £8.81. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 50K to 60K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At £5.80 that is £17K to £23K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.80under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.39–£8.81
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
50K–60K
Units per listing a year
3,000–4,000
Revenue per listing a year
£17K–£23K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

94% 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 #73 within Lips. It carries 7,453 reviews at 4.48 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
94%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#73in Lips
Average rating
4.48 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
7,453per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 41 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
41 months

Products

Top Blistex Cold Sore Cream products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 69% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

172

Top-5 brand share

99%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

69%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 142%
  • Brand 240%
  • Brand 37%
  • Brand 45%
  • Brand 54%
  • Brand 61%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Blistex Cold Sore Cream search demand

Weekly searches over the year. Pick a range.

13K8KSpike '26Feb '26Mar '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26

Search terms

Top Blistex Cold Sore Cream search terms shoppers use

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

  • aquaphor lip balm108K/yr
  • okeefe lip balm38K/yr
  • lip repair37K/yr
  • okeeffes lip repair23K/yr
  • aquaphor lip repair20K/yr
  • lip repair balm11K/yr
  • o keefe lip balm19K/yr
  • aquaphor lip13K/yr
  • lip balm for dry cracked lips21K/yr
  • e45 lip balm13K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Blistex Cold Sore Cream

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

28%of positive reviews mention “Moist/Dry”
30%of negative reviews mention “Moist/Dry”
0.1%of orders come back
“No moisture”
A buyer, on “Moist/Dry”30% 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 Blistex Cold Sore Cream questions

Answered from the same tracked data.