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The Ordinary Set

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so The Ordinary Set is a Fail.

Flapen Score
26
26 / 100
Ranks 2,459 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −21 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£67K/yr224K searches / yr
90-day growth
-23.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
92%top-5 click share · 2 brands · 5 sellers

Flapen Score

The Ordinary Set against its category

The dotted line is the Beauty average. Past it, The Ordinary Set is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

26Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The The Ordinary Set market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for The Ordinary Set 224K times last year and spent an estimated £67K. All 2 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 26 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 3.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 224K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 3.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -23.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £67K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
224K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-23.9%
Conversion, latest week
3.1%
Market size, estimated
£67Ka year
Peak month
December5.5× the quietest month
Top search term
the ordinary set59K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.53.

Listings sell for £9.53 on average, from £3.96 to £18.11. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £9.53 that is £953 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£9.53under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.96–£18.11
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
5K–6K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£953–£2K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

86% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #42 within Body. It carries 26,668 reviews at 4.57 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
86%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
4.4%
Average rank
#42in Body
Average rating
4.57 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
26,668per listing
Listings tracked
7

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 34 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

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

Products

Top The Ordinary Set products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 92% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

2 falling

Sellers

5

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

92%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 196%
  • Brand 24%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

The Ordinary Set search demand

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

18K13KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.5×

Search terms

Top The Ordinary Set search terms shoppers use

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

  • the ordinary set59K/yr
  • ordinary skincare set48K/yr
  • ordinary set18K/yr
  • the ordinary clear set16K/yr
  • the ordinary skincare set15K/yr
  • the ordinary gift set20K/yr
  • the ordinary set skincare8K/yr
  • the ordinary the clear set7K/yr
  • inkey list set8K/yr
  • the ordinary gift set for women7K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about The Ordinary Set

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

19%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
18%of negative reviews mention “Allergies”
0.1%of orders come back
“Allergic reaction”
A buyer, on “Allergies”18% 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 The Ordinary Set questions

Answered from the same tracked data.