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Finasteride

Fail

Demand is soft, at -24.4% this quarter, so Finasteride is a Fail.

Flapen Score
42
42 / 100
Ranks 1,759 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −5 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£60K/yr149K searches / yr
90-day growth
-24.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
73%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 34 sellers

Flapen Score

Finasteride against its category

The dotted line is the Beauty average. Past it, Finasteride is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

42Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Finasteride market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Finasteride 149K times last year and spent an estimated £60K. The top 5 brands take 83% of clicks. Flapen scores it 42 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.7% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 149K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -24.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £60K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
149K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-24.4%
Conversion, latest week
1.7%
Market size, estimated
£60Ka year
Top search term
finasteride84K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £23.15.

Listings sell for £23.15 on average, from £5.65 to £39.84. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £23.15 that is £2K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£23.15inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.65–£39.84
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£6K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

86% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #27 within Hair Loss Prevention. It carries 3,468 reviews at 4.09 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
86%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
7.7%
Average rank
#27in Hair Loss Prevention
Average rating
4.09 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,468per listing
Listings tracked
14

04 · Newcomers

2 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 48 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
48 months

Products

Top Finasteride 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 73% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

9 rising

Sellers

34

Top-5 brand share

83%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

73%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

6%

  • Brand 130%
  • Brand 214%
  • Brand 314%
  • Brand 413%
  • Brand 512%
  • Brand 611%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 6%)

Demand

Finasteride search demand

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

5K4KSpike '25Spike '26SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Jan, Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.3× · 11 of 12 months tracked

Search terms

Top Finasteride search terms shoppers use

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

  • finasteride84K/yr
  • finasteride tablets for men24K/yr
  • manual11K/yr
  • minoxidil tablets for men6K/yr
  • manual hair loss treatment for men13K/yr
  • oral minoxidil tablets for men2K/yr
  • finasteride tablets4K/yr
  • manual hair4K/yr
  • manuel hair2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Finasteride

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

26%of positive reviews mention “Hair Growth”
14%of negative reviews mention “Functionality-Overall”
0.2%of orders come back
“Did not work”
A buyer, on “Functionality-Overall”14% 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.

20 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Finasteride questions

Answered from the same tracked data.