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Lancaster Sun Cream

Lancaster Sun Cream shows low returns (0.1%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Signals Trending

Flapen Score

57
Worth a look

Top 11% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +10 vs the category median of 47

Market size 8Growth 97Conversion 55Competition 71Returns 100Price range 62Avg price 64Brand share 44Review moat 33Quality gap 30
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Lancaster Sun Cream profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Lancaster Sun Cream is a £32K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (50K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 79% of demand. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul. Verdict: Worth a look — 57/100.

Lancaster 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 +179.0% over the last 90 days and 4.6% of searches end in a purchase.

£32K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr3K
Search volume / yr+179.0%50K
Conversion rate4.6%
Avg price£13.72

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 79% of demand, so 21% of the market is open.

21%

open market share

Brands · sellers15 · 106
Top-5 product click share42%
Open market21%
Avg brand age66 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 33 products

Sponsored placement39%
New entrants (1y)3· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews3,238

Top Lancaster 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 42% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£1K£3K£4K£5K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 rising

Sellers

106

Top-5 brand share

79%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

42%

Top 20: 89%

Open market

16%

  • Australian Gold39%
  • Piz Buin13%
  • The Fox Tan10%
  • Lancaster9%
  • Malibu7%
  • Pro Tan5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (9 brands, 16%)

Lancaster Sun Cream demand & seasonality

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

Volume50KCVR4.6%Products33Brands15Top 5 Brands79%OOS Rate2.1%Rating4.6★Reviews3,238Avg BSR#158
23K18KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 9.3×

Top Lancaster Sun Cream search terms shoppers use

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

  • tan extender17K/yr
  • australian gold aftersun8K/yr
  • tan extender moisturiser5K/yr
  • tan prolonger moisturiser7K/yr
  • australian gold moisture lock4K/yr
  • australian gold tan extender3K/yr
  • tan extender lotion7K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Lancaster Sun Cream

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

What buyers love

80% of reviews
Smell27%

Love the smell

Quality-Overall11%

Great product it does exactly as it says in the write up

Moist/Dry10%

Nice moisturiser

Suitability Combination Skin10%

Works well nice on skin

Value For Money6%

Good price

What buyers complain about

67% of reviews
Smell13%

Horrible smell

Oily/Greasy11%

The product is greasy

Value For Money10%

Got expensive

Allergies7%

Bad reaction

Moist/Dry5%

It completely fails to moisturize my skin

Lancaster Sun Cream return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

18%

Fixable by listing

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

1Oily/Greasy
15%
2Smell
12%
3Leak-Proof
8%
4Product Condition
8%
5Size-Overall
7%

Common Lancaster Sun Cream questions

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

Flapen scores Lancaster Sun Cream 57/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £32K/yr across 33 tracked products. 1 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +179.0% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Lancaster Sun Cream on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in May–Jun–Jul, where the busiest month runs 9.3× the quietest.