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Sun Cream

Maybe

An estimated 0.1% of orders come back. But prices span $4.02–$12.20, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Sun Cream is a Maybe.

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Flapen Score
62
62 / 100
Top 4% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +15 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£2.0M/yr3.6M searches / yr
90-day growth
+180.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
58%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 207 sellers

Flapen Score

Sun Cream against its category

The dotted line is the Beauty average. Past it, Sun Cream is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

62Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Sun Cream market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Sun Cream 3.6M times last year and spent an estimated £2.0M. The top 5 brands take 81% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul. Flapen scores it 62 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 8.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 3.6M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 8.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +180.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £2.0M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
3.6M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+180.5%
Conversion, latest week
8.2%
Market size, estimated
£2.0Ma year
Peak month
May6.2× the quietest month
Top search term
sun cream1.2M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.64.

Listings sell for £6.64 on average, from £4.02 to £12.20. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 250K to 300K a year. The average listing sells 10,000 to 12,500 of them. At £6.64 that is £66K to £83K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.64under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.02–£12.20
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
250K–300K
Units per listing a year
10,000–12,500
Revenue per listing a year
£66K–£83K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

85% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #14 within Sun Care & Tanning. It carries 5,357 reviews at 4.59 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
85%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.6%
Average rank
#14in Sun Care & Tanning
Average rating
4.59 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
5,357per listing
Listings tracked
20

04 · Newcomers

2 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 48 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
48 months

Products

Top Sun Cream products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 21, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 58% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£197K£393K£590K£787K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 falling

Sellers

207

Est. top-5 brand share

81%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

58%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

14%

  • Nivea Sun44%
  • Garnier12%
  • NIVEA11%
  • Piz Buin9%
  • COSRX5%
  • Beauty of Joseon5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 14%)

Demand

Sun Cream search demand

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

300K200KSpike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 6.2×

Search terms

Top Sun Cream search terms shoppers use

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

  • sun cream1.2M/yr
  • sunscreen612K/yr
  • sun cream spf 50222K/yr
  • sunscreen spf 50232K/yr
  • suncream186K/yr
  • factor 50 sun cream146K/yr
  • suncream factor 50133K/yr
  • spf 50155K/yr
  • suncare66K/yr
  • sun149K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Sun Cream

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

12%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
8%of negative reviews mention “Allergies”
0.1%of orders come back
“Gave me a rash”
A buyer, on “Allergies”8% 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.

19 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Sun Cream questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data