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Pimple Patches

Maybe

An estimated 0.1% of orders come back. But prices span $1.82–$13.96, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Pimple Patches is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
59
59 / 100
Top 7% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +12 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£3.2M/yr3.2M searches / yr
90-day growth
-11.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
52%top-5 click share · 18 brands · 73 sellers

Flapen Score

Pimple Patches against its category

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

59Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Pimple Patches market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Pimple Patches 3.2M times last year and spent an estimated £3.2M. The top 5 brands take 68% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov. Flapen scores it 59 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 15.7% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 3.2M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 15.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -11.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £3.2M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
3.2M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-11.4%
Conversion, latest week
15.7%
Market size, estimated
£3.2Ma year
Peak month
November1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
pimple patches1.2M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.41.

Listings sell for £6.41 on average, from £1.82 to £13.96. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 400K to 500K a year. The average listing sells 10,000 to 12,500 of them. At £6.41 that is £64K to £80K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.41under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.82–£13.96
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
400K–500K
Units per listing a year
10,000–12,500
Revenue per listing a year
£64K–£80K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

96% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #26 within Eyes. It carries 10,333 reviews at 4.39 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
96%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
3.5%
Average rank
#26in Eyes
Average rating
4.39 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
10,333per listing
Listings tracked
26

04 · Newcomers

3 of last year's 4 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. 3 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 29 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
29 months

Products

Top Pimple Patches 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 52% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

18 falling

Sellers

73

Top-5 brand share

68%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

52%

Top 20: 94%

Open market

26%

  • Brand 121%
  • Brand 218%
  • Brand 315%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 66%

Demand

Pimple Patches search demand

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

70K50KSpike '24Prime Day '25Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Pimple Patches search terms shoppers use

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

  • pimple patches1.2M/yr
  • spot patches827K/yr
  • dots for spots200K/yr
  • pimple patch135K/yr
  • hydrocolloid patches163K/yr
  • mighty patches128K/yr
  • acne patches110K/yr
  • spot stickers59K/yr
  • pimple patches salicylic acid76K/yr
  • mighty patch47K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Pimple Patches

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

19%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
15%of negative reviews mention “Functionality-Overall”
0.1%of orders come back
“Dont work very well”
A buyer, on “Functionality-Overall”15% 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.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Pimple Patches questions

Answered from the same tracked data.