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Bowel Cancer Home Test Kit

Fail

Demand is soft, at -30.7% this quarter, so Bowel Cancer Home Test Kit is a Fail.

Flapen Score
45
45 / 100
Ranks 482 of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · −4 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£83K/yr31K searches / yr
90-day growth
-30.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
86%top-5 click share · 7 brands · 12 sellers

Flapen Score

Bowel Cancer Home Test Kit against its category

The dotted line is the Business, Industry & Science average. Past it, Bowel Cancer Home Test Kit is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

45Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Bowel Cancer Home Test Kit market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Bowel Cancer Home Test Kit 31K times last year and spent an estimated £83K. The top 5 brands take 95% of clicks. Demand peaks in Feb. Flapen scores it 45 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

18.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 31K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 18.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -30.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £83K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
31K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-30.7%
Conversion, latest week
18.6%
Market size, estimated
£83Ka year
Peak month
February1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
bowel cancer home test kit19K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £14.27.

Listings sell for £14.27 on average, from £4.33 to £55.12. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £14.27 that is £4K to £7K a year per listing.

Average price
£14.27under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.33–£55.12
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
5K–6K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£4K–£7K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

56% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #9 within Professional Medical Supplies. It carries 398 reviews at 4.40 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
56%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
1.9%
Average rank
#9in Professional Medical Supplies
Average rating
4.40 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
398per listing
Listings tracked
9

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 44 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
44 months

Products

Top Bowel Cancer Home Test Kit products & what they sell for

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

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 86% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£8K£17K£25K£33K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

7 falling

Sellers

12

Top-5 brand share

95%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

2%

  • One Step53%
  • AssuTest21%
  • SELFCHECK12%
  • Coretests5%
  • Aydmed4%
  • selph3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 2%)

Demand

Bowel Cancer Home Test Kit search demand

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

1K750Holiday '24Spike '25Spike '26DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Bowel Cancer Home Test Kit search terms shoppers use

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

  • bowel cancer home test kit19K/yr
  • fit test bowel cancer7K/yr
  • fit test5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Bowel Cancer Home Test Kit

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Functionality-Overall31%−0.47

Didn't work

Test didnt work. This didnt work. Test said incomplete

I dont think it works

Accuracy-Overall23%+0.40

False positive

It is difficult to assess accuracy

not able to pass comment on the accuracy of the result as it has to be reliant on the creator

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting13%+0.20

The instructions are hard to read

I must have been misunderstanding the instructions because I couldn't make it work at all

i was not smart enough to work it out despite reading all the instructions several times

Sensitivity-Overall4%−0.06

They are extremely sensitive. stronger than NHS

Value For Money4%−0.01

Waste of money

Love

Ease Of Use27%+2.00

Fast, easy and accurate

Easy to use

Very easy to use and simple instructions

Accuracy-Overall17%+0.40

Fast, easy and accurate

Quick and accurate as compared with nhs test

quick accurate results

Quality-Overall14%+1.01

Good quality

Great product

found them really good

Value For Money11%−0.01

Great value for the money

Good value

The price was great

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting10%+0.20

The instructions are clear

very easy to understand

Worked perfectly well easy to follow instructions

Return

0.2% Return rate 9% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall45%▁█▁▆▆▁

Didn't work

Test didnt work. This didnt work. Test said incomplete

I dont think it works

Accuracy-Overall9%▁▁▁▁█▁

False positive

It is difficult to assess accuracy

not able to pass comment on the accuracy of the result as it has to be reliant on the creator

Leak-Proof9%▁▁▁█▁▁
Value For Money9%█▁▁▁▁▁

Waste of money

Certifications9%▁█▁▁▁▁

FAQ

Common Bowel Cancer Home Test Kit questions

Answered from the same tracked data.