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Hand Sanitiser Refill

Fail

Shoppers spend only $60K a year here, so Hand Sanitiser Refill is a Fail.

Flapen Score
43
43 / 100
Ranks 551 of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · −6 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£60K/yr74K searches / yr
90-day growth
-12.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
65%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 33 sellers

Flapen Score

Hand Sanitiser Refill against its category

The dotted line is the Business, Industry & Science average. Past it, Hand Sanitiser Refill is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

43Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Hand Sanitiser Refill market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Hand Sanitiser Refill 74K times last year and spent an estimated £60K. The top 5 brands take 86% of clicks. Flapen scores it 43 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

7.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 74K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 7.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -12.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £60K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
74K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-12.5%
Conversion, latest week
7.4%
Market size, estimated
£60Ka year
Peak month
August1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
purell hand sanitizer25K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £11.09.

Listings sell for £11.09 on average, from £2.73 to £41.39. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £11.09 that is £3K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£11.09under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.73–£41.39
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
£3K–£6K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

61% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 39% ship with Prime. On an average day, 14.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #33 within Janitorial & Sanitation Supplies. It carries 1,346 reviews at 4.54 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
61%
Prime listings
39%
Out of stock, average day
14.5%
Average rank
#33in Janitorial & Sanitation Supplies
Average rating
4.54 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,346per listing
Listings tracked
18

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 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 55 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
55 months

Products

Top Hand Sanitiser Refill 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 65% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£6K£12K£18K£24K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

33

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

65%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

10%

  • Purell60%
  • Handsafe7%
  • Star Brite6%
  • Puratise6%
  • Clinell6%
  • Vira Safe4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 10%)

Demand

Hand Sanitiser Refill search demand

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

2K2KSpike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Hand Sanitiser Refill search terms shoppers use

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

  • purell hand sanitizer25K/yr
  • hand sanitiser refill18K/yr
  • purell12K/yr
  • hand sanitiser 5l6K/yr
  • hand sanitizer refill5K/yr
  • purell hand sanitiser5K/yr
  • hand sanitiser refill liquid3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hand Sanitiser Refill

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

Complain

Smell32%−0.10

Bad smell

Strange smell

Weird smell

Dilute/Watery10%−0.04

Too watery

The liquid is very runny

A runny liquid

Adhesion/Stickiness5%−0.01

Sticky and unpleasant

Too sticky

the bottles were sticky :

Leak-Proof5%

Product has leaked out of the cap

Product has leaked

spilled into the package

Size-Overall4%+0.05

The bottles were a bit smaller than I expected

Thought it was bigger than it is

Smaller than I thought

Love

Value For Money21%+1.81

Great deal

Excellent price

Good value for money

Quality-Overall18%+1.22

Excellent product

Very well made

Feels like a quality gel

Smell11%−0.10

Love the smell

A fresh aroma

refreshing with a nice fragrance

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%+0.26

As described

Does exactly what it says

Just what I needed

Ease Of Use5%+0.37

Easy to use

Always handy to have

Easy to open

Return

0.1% Return rate 20% Fixable by listing

Leak-Proof24%█▄▃▂▃▅

Product has leaked out of the cap

Product has leaked

spilled into the package

Dilute/Watery15%▁▄█▄▄▂

Too watery

The liquid is very runny

A runny liquid

Size-Overall11%▄▃█▃▃▃

The bottles were a bit smaller than I expected

Thought it was bigger than it is

Smaller than I thought

Adhesion/Stickiness8%▇▁▁▃█▁

Sticky and unpleasant

Too sticky

the bottles were sticky :

Defective Material/Parts7%▁▁▁█▄▂

FAQ

Common Hand Sanitiser Refill questions

Answered from the same tracked data.