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Oil Free Moisturiser

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — Oil Free Moisturiser doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

34
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Ranks 2,344 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −13 vs the category median of 47

Market size 35Growth 15Conversion 81Competition 8Returns 99Price range 0Avg price 23Brand share 0Review moat 22Quality gap 47
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Oil Free Moisturiser profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Oil Free Moisturiser is a £172K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (239K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 34/100.

Oil Free Moisturiser: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -20.0% over the last 90 days and 8.6% of searches end in a purchase.

£172K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr20K
Search volume / yr-20.0%239K
Conversion rate8.6%
Avg price£8.40

Who owns the niche?

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

0%

open market share

Brands · sellers5 · 75
Top-5 product click share91%
Open market0%
Avg brand age64 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 · 7 products

Sponsored placement100%
New entrants (1y)0· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews9,832

Top Oil Free Moisturiser 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 91% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£26K£52K£77K£103K1K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

5 falling

Sellers

75

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

91%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • CeraVe59%
  • Neutrogena15%
  • Minimalist10%
  • La Roche-Posay10%
  • BYOMA7%

Oil Free Moisturiser demand & seasonality

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

Volume239KCVR8.6%Products7Brands5Top 5 Brands100%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.5★Reviews9,832Avg BSR#51
7K5KSpike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Top Oil Free Moisturiser search terms shoppers use

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

  • cerave oil control moisturizing gel-cream29K/yr
  • oil free moisturiser29K/yr
  • minimalist36K/yr
  • moisturiser for oily skin29K/yr
  • oily skin moisturiser26K/yr
  • oil control moisturiser17K/yr
  • cerave oil control moisturising gel-cream5K/yr
  • oil free moisturiser face12K/yr
  • face moisturiser for oily skin9K/yr
  • face cream for oily skin8K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Oil Free Moisturiser

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

What buyers love

75% of reviews
Moist/Dry25%

Good moisturiser

Quality-Overall10%

Good quality

Suitability Combination Skin9%

Excellent on my combination skin :

Suitability Dry Skin6%

The best for dry skin

Value For Money6%

Worth the money

What buyers complain about

51% of reviews
Allergies10%

it give me an itchy skin

Moist/Dry9%

not very hydrating

Oily/Greasy6%

makes my skin oily

Size-Overall5%

can't see it lasting long as the bottle is smaller than I expected

Suitability Oily Skin4%

This product doesn't provide any oil control on my skin

Oil Free Moisturiser return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

5%

Fixable by listing

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

1Suitability Combination Skin
12%
2Functionality-Overall
11%
3Product Condition
10%
4Value For Money
10%
5Oily/Greasy
9%

Common Oil Free Moisturiser questions

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

Flapen scores Oil Free Moisturiser 34/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £172K/yr across 7 tracked products. Search demand moved -20.0% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Oil Free Moisturiser on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.4× the quietest.