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Spot Stars

Spot Stars shows low returns (0.1%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

57
Worth a look

Top 11% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +10 vs the category median of 47

Market size 27Growth 23Conversion 80Competition 74Returns 99Price range 40Avg price 22Brand share 75Review moat 45Quality gap 79
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Spot Stars profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Spot Stars is a £113K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (170K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 60% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 57/100.

Spot Stars: 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 -4.9% over the last 90 days and 8.3% of searches end in a purchase.

£113K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr15K
Search volume / yr-4.9%170K
Conversion rate8.3%
Avg price£7.95

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 60% of demand, so 40% of the market is open.

40%

open market share

Brands · sellers23 · 32
Top-5 product click share41%
Open market40%
Avg brand age19 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.2★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 34 products

Sponsored placement97%
New entrants (1y)10· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.2★
Avg reviews1,972

Top Spot Stars 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 41% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£3K£7K£10K£14K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

23 rising

Sellers

32

Top-5 brand share

60%

Top 20: 98%

Top-5 click share

41%

Top 20: 86%

Open market

34%

  • Starface World31%
  • lulir8%
  • But Oswetf8%
  • LitBear7%
  • MUKBEC6%
  • LivaClean6%

Spot Stars demand & seasonality

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

Volume170KCVR8.3%Products34Brands23Top 5 Brands60%OOS Rate3.7%Rating4.2★Reviews1,972Avg BSR#130
5K3KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Top Spot Stars search terms shoppers use

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

  • star pimple patches41K/yr
  • star patches22K/yr
  • pimple patches stars22K/yr
  • star spot patches18K/yr
  • pimple patches cute13K/yr
  • black star pimple patches11K/yr
  • pimple patches star8K/yr
  • cute pimple patches7K/yr
  • black pimple patches7K/yr
  • spot stars6K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Spot Stars

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

What buyers love

74% of reviews
Value For Money16%

Great value for money

Color13%

cute colours

Quality-Overall13%

Overall, a solid product that does the job,

Adhesion/Stickiness8%

They stick really well

Symptom Reduction6%

it has cleared up my spots very well

What buyers complain about

71% of reviews
Adhesion/Stickiness18%

not sticky

Functionality-Overall14%

Not as effective as others

Value For Money11%

Waste of money

Quality-Overall10%

Low price = low quality

Smell4%

these smell absolutely diabolical

Spot Stars return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

7%

Fixable by listing

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

1Functionality-Overall
38%
2Adhesion/Stickiness
24%
3Quality-Overall
5%
4Ingredients-Overall
4%
5Value For Money
4%

Common Spot Stars questions

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

Flapen scores Spot Stars 57/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £113K/yr across 34 tracked products. 1 of 10 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -4.9% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Spot Stars on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 1.7× the quietest.