How competitive is the Spot Cream niche on Amazon United Kingdom?

6 brands and 59 sellers compete in Spot Cream on Amazon United Kingdom. The top 5 Spot Cream products take 88% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 97% of demand.

What do buyers complain about in Spot Cream?

Spot Cream buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Allergies, Size-Overall, Moist/Dry, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.1%.

What does it cost to enter the Spot Cream niche?

Spot Cream sells for £8.38 on average on Amazon United Kingdom, outside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span £2.25–£19.59. The average incumbent carries 1,797 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

Spot Cream

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 97% of clicks) — Spot Cream doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

Skip it

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

This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Spot Cream profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Spot Cream is a £139K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (89K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 97% of demand. Demand peaks in Aug. Verdict: Skip it — 38/100.

Spot Cream: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -10.7% over the last 90 days and 18.7% of searches end in a purchase.

£139K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr20K

Search volume / yr-10.7%89K

Conversion rate18.7%

Avg price£8.38

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 97% of demand, so 3% of the market is open.

open market share

Brands · sellers6 · 59

Top-5 product click share88%

Open market3%

Avg brand age62 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 · 9 products

Top Spot Cream products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Top sellers

by 90-day click share

Witch Doctor Gel 35ml with Witch Hazel helps calm and soothe skin. Packaging may vary

Price: £2.25
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 2,399
Age: 5y ago

THREE PACKS of Witch Doctor Skin Soothing Gel 35g

Price: £8.61
Rating: 4.8/5
Reviews: 688
Age: 9y ago

Witch Blemish Clearing Spot Gel with Salicylic Acid and Witch Hazel anti inflammatory reduces redness calms soothes and helps clear effected pores. 15ml

Price: £2.48
Rating: 4.3/5
Reviews: 832
Age: 2y ago

Clean & Clear Advantage Fast Action Spot Treatment Gel 15ml

Price: £4.45
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 2,683
Age: 16y ago

Witch Doctor Skin Soothing Gel For Irritated Skin (Pack of 2)

Price: £7.60
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 903
Age: 10y ago

Newest

by launch date

Witch Blemish Clearing Spot Gel with Salicylic Acid and Witch Hazel anti inflammatory reduces redness calms soothes and helps clear effected pores. 15ml

Price: £2.48
Rating: 4.3/5
Reviews: 832
Age: 2y ago

Absolei Hemorrhoids Ointment Natural Witch Hazel Ointment for Burning Itching and Discomfort 40 ml (Pack of 1)

Price: £8.09
Rating: 4.3/5
Reviews: 287
Age: 3y ago

Witch Doctor Gel 35ml with Witch Hazel helps calm and soothe skin. Packaging may vary

Price: £2.25
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 2,399
Age: 5y ago

Acnecide Face Gel 5% Benzoyl Peroxide Acne Treatment for Spot Prone Skin 15g

Price: £6.26
Rating: 4.3/5
Reviews: 8,107
Age: 6y ago

THREE PACKS of Witch Doctor Skin Soothing Gel 35g

Price: £8.61
Rating: 4.8/5
Reviews: 688
Age: 9y ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 88% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 rising

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

97%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

88%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

Witch75%
Clean & Clear10%
KIPOZI5%
Kebonds3%
ABSOLEI3%
Acnecide3%
Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Spot Cream demand & seasonality

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

Volume89KCVR18.7%Products9Brands6Top 5 Brands97%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.5★Reviews1,797Avg BSR#88

Peak months: Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Top Spot Cream search terms shoppers use

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

witch hazel gel38K/yr -7.4%17.5% conv.
witch doctor gel11K/yr +14.1%25.8% conv.
spot remover11K/yr -3.4%1.1% conv.
spot gel9K/yr -10.4%5.9% conv.
clean and clear rapid gel9K/yr -20.5%3.0% conv.
witch doctor5K/yr -10.5%14.4% conv.
clean and clear spot gel3K/yr +27.1%3.7% conv.
witch hazel gel soothing gel4K/yr -69.6%15.9% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Spot Cream

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

What buyers love

81% of reviews

Quality-Overall23%

“Good cream”

Value For Money16%

“worth it”

Suitability Combination Skin12%

“blended nicely with my skin care products”

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%

“does what its meant to do”

Symptom Reduction6%

“It's cleared my mild acne in a week”

What buyers complain about

81% of reviews

Allergies20%

“Caused an allergic reaction”

Size-Overall13%

“there was one tube short in the order”

Moist/Dry12%

“definitely makes your skin dry”

Value For Money10%

“Its ineffective and expensive”

Skin Health10%

“Causes Redness & Irritation”

Spot Cream return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

23%

Fixable by listing

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

1Functionality-Overall

23%

2Product Condition

19%

3Size-Overall

16%

4Suitability Combination Skin

5Defective Material/Parts

Common Spot Cream questions

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

Flapen scores Spot Cream 38/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £139K/yr across 9 tracked products. Search demand moved -10.7% over the last 90 days.