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The Ordinary Vitamin C

Fail

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

Flapen Score
44
44 / 100
Ranks 1,531 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −3 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£161K/yr103K searches / yr
90-day growth
-5.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
94%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 86 sellers

Flapen Score

The Ordinary Vitamin C against its category

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

44Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The The Ordinary Vitamin C market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for The Ordinary Vitamin C 103K times last year and spent an estimated £161K. All 5 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Feb. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 6.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 103K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 6.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -5.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £161K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
103K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-5.3%
Conversion, latest week
6.5%
Market size, estimated
£161Ka year
Peak month
February1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
timeless vitamin c serum29K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £24.12.

Listings sell for £24.12 on average, from £6.31 to £89.26. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £24.12 that is £18K to £24K a year per listing.

Average price
£24.12inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£6.31–£89.26
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£18K–£24K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

57% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 86% ship with Prime. On an average day, 14.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #1,520 within Face. It carries 4,416 reviews at 4.29 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
57%
Prime listings
86%
Out of stock, average day
14.3%
Average rank
#1,520in Face
Average rating
4.29 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
4,416per listing
Listings tracked
7

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 54 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
54 months

Products

Top The Ordinary Vitamin C 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 94% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£32K£64K£96K£129K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

5 flat

Sellers

86

Est. top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

94%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • CeraVe62%
  • The INKEY List20%
  • Timeless Skin Care9%
  • Geek & Gorgeous6%
  • Garnier3%

Demand

The Ordinary Vitamin C search demand

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

5K4KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top The Ordinary Vitamin C search terms shoppers use

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

  • timeless vitamin c serum29K/yr
  • cerave vitamin c serum30K/yr
  • cerave vitamin c11K/yr
  • timeless vitamin c9K/yr
  • cerave skin renewing vitamin c serum5K/yr
  • inkey list vitamin c serum7K/yr
  • cerave vitamin c serum for face4K/yr
  • inkey list vitamin c3K/yr
  • cera ve vitamin c serum2K/yr
  • timeless skin care1K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about The Ordinary Vitamin C

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

11%of positive reviews mention “Suitability Combination Skin”
19%of negative reviews mention “Allergies”
0.1%of orders come back
“Allergic reaction”
A buyer, on “Allergies”19% 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.

21 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common The Ordinary Vitamin C 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