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Pore Strips

Pore Strips shows low returns (0.1%), but prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($2.81–$11.99) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

54
Worth a look

Top 19% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +7 vs the category median of 47

Market size 62Growth 17Conversion 97Competition 46Returns 100Price range 0Avg price 18Brand share 46Review moat 24Quality gap 92
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Pore Strips profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Pore Strips is a £544K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (587K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 77% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 54/100.

Pore Strips: 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 -16.6% over the last 90 days and 14.6% of searches end in a purchase.

£544K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr100K
Search volume / yr-16.6%587K
Conversion rate14.6%
Avg price£6.33

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 77% of demand, so 23% of the market is open.

23%

open market share

Brands · sellers18 · 83
Top-5 product click share57%
Open market23%
Avg brand age40 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.0★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 27 products

Sponsored placement85%
New entrants (1y)10· 4 succeeded
Avg rating4.0★
Avg reviews5,584

Top Pore Strips 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 57% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£27K£54K£82K£109K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

18 flat

Sellers

83

Top-5 brand share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

57%

Top 20: 93%

Open market

18%

  • Bioré29%
  • T-Zone19%
  • Starface World15%
  • Garnier7%
  • Eveellyn7%
  • Beauty Formulas5%

Pore Strips demand & seasonality

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

Volume587KCVR14.6%Products27Brands18Top 5 Brands77%OOS Rate19.9%Rating4.0★Reviews5,584Avg BSR#45
18K13KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Top Pore Strips search terms shoppers use

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

  • blackhead remover strips105K/yr
  • pore strips107K/yr
  • nose pore strips59K/yr
  • nose strips blackhead63K/yr
  • black head strips for nose31K/yr
  • nose blackhead remover33K/yr
  • nose strips blackhead remover24K/yr
  • blackhead strips39K/yr
  • pore strips for blackheads18K/yr
  • biore nose pore strips17K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Pore Strips

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

What buyers love

77% of reviews
Quality-Overall17%

Excellent product

Suitability Combination Skin14%

Keeps skin clear

Value For Money12%

Excellent value

Soft Feel8%

my skin feels super soft

Ease Of Use6%

Easy to use

What buyers complain about

68% of reviews
Adhesion/Stickiness14%

Adhesive is poor

Functionality-Overall11%

Doesnt work properly

Value For Money9%

Waste of money

Allergies8%

skin feels irritated

Size-Overall6%

they are a little short

Pore Strips return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

15%

Fixable by listing

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

1Functionality-Overall
14%
2Value For Money
10%
3Adhesion/Stickiness
10%
4Leak-Proof
9%
5Advertised Vs Actual Product
9%

Common Pore Strips questions

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

Flapen scores Pore Strips 54/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £544K/yr across 27 tracked products. 4 of 10 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -16.6% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Pore Strips on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.5× the quietest.