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Deodorant Balm

Deodorant Balm shows low returns (0.2%), but brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

51
Worth a look

Top 31% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +4 vs the category median of 47

Market size 50Growth 26Conversion 92Competition 15Returns 99Price range 62Avg price 75Brand share 0Review moat 62Quality gap 83
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Deodorant Balm profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Deodorant Balm is a £272K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (161K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 51/100.

Deodorant Balm: 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 +0.8% over the last 90 days and 11.2% of searches end in a purchase.

£272K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr20K
Search volume / yr+0.8%161K
Conversion rate11.2%
Avg price£15.04

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand, so 0% of the market is open.

0%

open market share

Brands · sellers2 · 8
Top-5 product click share82%
Open market0%
Avg brand age58 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.2★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 12 products

Sponsored placement100%
New entrants (1y)0· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.2★
Avg reviews1,020

Top Deodorant Balm 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 82% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£27K£54K£82K£109K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

2 flat

Sellers

8

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • AKT90%
  • the natural DEODORANT co10%

Deodorant Balm demand & seasonality

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

Volume161KCVR11.2%Products12Brands2Top 5 Brands100%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.2★Reviews1,020Avg BSR#122
5K3KSpike '26Apr '26Apr '26May '26May '26Jun '26Jun '26Jul '26

Top Deodorant Balm search terms shoppers use

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

  • akt deodorant balm73K/yr
  • akt29K/yr
  • akt deodorant18K/yr
  • the natural deodorant company8K/yr
  • deodorant balm11K/yr
  • natural deodorant company4K/yr
  • the deodorant balm5K/yr
  • the natural deodorant2K/yr
  • deodorant balm for women4K/yr
  • the natural deodorant co3K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Deodorant Balm

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

What buyers love

72% of reviews
Smell42%

Love the smell

Ease Of Application5%

easy to apply

Quality-Overall5%

the reviews were mostly good

Allergies5%

no irritation anymore

Moist/Dry3%

being a balm I guess it helps moisturise as well

What buyers complain about

56% of reviews
Value For Money14%

expensive

Smell11%

No lasting fragrance

Allergies10%

it has irritated my skin badly

Leak-Proof4%

Also it leaks

Functionality-Overall4%

For me, it didnt perform as well as other options Ive tried

Deodorant Balm return rate & reasons

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

0.2%

Return rate

20%

Fixable by listing

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

1Smell
23%
2Functionality-Overall
14%
3Advertised Vs Actual Product
11%
4Leak-Proof
10%
5Value For Money
7%

Common Deodorant Balm questions

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

Flapen scores Deodorant Balm 51/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £272K/yr across 12 tracked products. Search demand moved +0.8% over the last 90 days.
Deodorant Balm buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Value For Money, Smell, Allergies, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.2%.