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Dental Wax

Fail

Prices span $3.10–$7.74, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Dental Wax is a Fail.

Flapen Score
49
49 / 100
Ranks 357 of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · on the category median
Market size
£229K/yr268K searches / yr
90-day growth
-10.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
74%top-5 click share · 14 brands · 39 sellers

Flapen Score

Dental Wax against its category

The dotted line is the Business, Industry & Science average. Past it, Dental Wax is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

49Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Dental Wax market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Dental Wax 268K times last year and spent an estimated £229K. The top 5 brands take 76% of clicks. Flapen scores it 49 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

16.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 268K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 16.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -10.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £229K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
268K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-10.6%
Conversion, latest week
16.8%
Market size, estimated
£229Ka year
Peak month
February1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
orthodontic wax61K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.11.

Listings sell for £5.11 on average, from £3.10 to £7.74. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 40K to 50K a year. The average listing sells 2,500 to 3,000 of them. At £5.11 that is £13K to £15K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.11under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.10–£7.74
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
40K–50K
Units per listing a year
2,500–3,000
Revenue per listing a year
£13K–£15K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

75% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #46 within Professional Dental Supplies. It carries 954 reviews at 4.24 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
75%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
5.0%
Average rank
#46in Professional Dental Supplies
Average rating
4.24 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
954per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 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 41 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
41 months

Products

Top Dental Wax 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 74% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£23K£46K£69K£92K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

14 rising

Sellers

39

Top-5 brand share

76%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

74%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

16%

  • RZJZGZ21%
  • Dental Aesthetics20%
  • HouChanges17%
  • RAZOKO10%
  • Glanzend9%
  • Maoerdental8%
  • Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 16%)

Demand

Dental Wax search demand

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

6K4KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Dental Wax search terms shoppers use

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

  • orthodontic wax61K/yr
  • dental wax50K/yr
  • braces wax43K/yr
  • dental wax for braces28K/yr
  • wax for braces25K/yr
  • brace wax20K/yr
  • brace wax orthodontic13K/yr
  • orthodontic wax for braces9K/yr
  • braces wax ortho care4K/yr
  • wax for braces teeth3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Dental Wax

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

Complain

Adhesion/Stickiness23%−0.24

No sticking

Not the most sticky

Did not stick

Hard Feel16%−0.16

The wax is far too hard

the product was too hard

very hard to soften

Functionality-Overall14%−0.14

Doesnt work

Dont work on just gum to cover bone

I've tried everything putting it in the fridge to harden etc —but nothing works

Value For Money10%+1.07

was way more expensive

just is not worth the price

Waste of Money

Quality-Overall8%+0.61

Very poor quality wax

I was a bit worried of the quality due to the price

Absolute rubbish

Love

Value For Money19%+1.07

Very cost effective

Good product and price

Great value

Quality-Overall16%+0.61

Good wax

excellent quality

Great product

Ease Of Use14%+0.68

is pretty straightforward

Simple to use

Ideal and handy

Oral Hygiene10%+0.45

Good value dental wax

just like the dentist supplies

The wax works well to protect the mouth

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%+0.53

But it does what it says on the tin

Does what it's supposed to

Works as intended

Return

0.2% Return rate 10% Fixable by listing

Adhesion/Stickiness26%█▃▅▄▅▄

No sticking

Not the most sticky

Did not stick

Functionality-Overall24%▄▁▃▇█▅

Doesnt work

Dont work on just gum to cover bone

I've tried everything putting it in the fridge to harden etc —but nothing works

Ease Of Use7%█▄▅▂▄▁

More difficult to use than the wax from my orthodontist

They can be tricky to manipulate

Hard Feel6%▁▄█▁▄▁

The wax is far too hard

the product was too hard

very hard to soften

Size-Overall6%▁█▃▄▄▁

FAQ

Common Dental Wax questions

Answered from the same tracked data.