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Spot

a concentrated shelf (top 5 take 100% of clicks) — Spot doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

38
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Ranks 2,131 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −9 vs the category median of 47

Market size 14Growth 58Conversion 100Competition 0Returns 100Price range 0Avg price 26Brand share 0Review moat 15Quality gap 50
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Spot profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Spot is a £55K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (28K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Demand peaks in Jul–Aug–Sep–Oct–Nov. Verdict: Skip it — 38/100.

Spot: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved +32.5% over the last 90 days and 21.4% of searches end in a purchase.

£55K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr10K
Search volume / yr+32.5%28K
Conversion rate21.4%
Avg price£9.11

Who owns the niche?

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

0%

open market share

Brands · sellers3 · 6
Top-5 product click share100%
Open market0%
Avg brand age25 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 · 4 products

Sponsored placement100%
New entrants (1y)0· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews21,781

Top Spot 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 100% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£11K£22K£33K£44K1K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

3 flat

Sellers

6

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Dots for Spots87%
  • Zebrlan6%
  • roselynboutique6%

Spot demand & seasonality

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

Volume28KCVR21.4%Products4Brands3Top 5 Brands100%OOS Rate24.6%Rating4.5★Reviews21,781Avg BSR#21
15K10KSpike '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 18.5×

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Spot

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

What buyers love

88% of reviews
Quality-Overall20%

quality of the patches for the price is very good

Value For Money18%

Worth the money

Symptom Reduction13%

The patch really works well in reducing the pimples

Size-Overall9%

Also comes with lots of different sizes

Adhesion/Stickiness6%

Good adhesion

What buyers complain about

80% of reviews
Functionality-Overall23%

did not do their job

Adhesion/Stickiness12%

Doesn't stick and stay in place

Value For Money8%

Don't believe the hype, folks, as these are not worth your time or money

Skin Health8%

Useless unless the skin is broken

Smell7%

smells really chemically

Spot return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

8%

Fixable by listing

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

1Functionality-Overall
31%
2Adhesion/Stickiness
19%
3Smell
16%
4Value For Money
8%
5Quality-Overall
7%

Common Spot questions

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

Flapen scores Spot 38/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £55K/yr across 4 tracked products. Search demand moved +32.5% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Spot on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Jul–Aug–Sep–Oct–Nov, where the busiest month runs 18.5× the quietest.