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Insulin Needles

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But the top 5 products take 83% of clicks, so Insulin Needles is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 35% of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · +3 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£455K/yr419K searches / yr
90-day growth
+3.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
83%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 16 sellers

Flapen Score

Insulin Needles against its category

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

52Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Insulin Needles market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Insulin Needles 419K times last year and spent an estimated £455K. The top 5 brands take 87% of clicks. Demand peaks in Feb–Mar–Apr. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

9.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 419K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 9.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +3.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £455K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
419K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+3.2%
Conversion, latest week
9.8%
Market size, estimated
£455Ka year
Peak month
April2.7× the quietest month
Top search term
insulin needles266K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £11.05.

Listings sell for £11.05 on average, from £2.95 to £19.94. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 2,500 to 3,000 of them. At £11.05 that is £28K to £33K a year per listing.

Average price
£11.05under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.95–£19.94
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
2,500–3,000
Revenue per listing a year
£28K–£33K
Returns
0.1%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. 89% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #58 within Lab & Scientific Products. It carries 185 reviews at 4.33 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
56%
Prime listings
89%
Out of stock, average day
6.6%
Average rank
#58in Lab & Scientific Products
Average rating
4.33 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
185per listing
Listings tracked
9

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 3 of last year's 6 launches as successful.

6 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 3 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 22 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
22 months

Products

Top Insulin Needles 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 83% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£68K£137K£205K£273K101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

16

Top-5 brand share

87%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

83%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

8%

  • RecPhysical60%
  • Embecta8%
  • rietegio8%
  • MediFyn5%
  • Meterbox5%
  • JIUBULUJIU5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 8%)

Demand

Insulin Needles search demand

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

35K25KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Feb, Mar, Apr · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.7×

Search terms

Top Insulin Needles search terms shoppers use

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

  • insulin needles266K/yr
  • insulin needle68K/yr
  • insulin syringe30K/yr
  • insulin syringes19K/yr
  • subcutaneous injection needles11K/yr
  • 8mm insulin needles5K/yr
  • 0.6ml insulin syringe with needle8K/yr
  • fms micro syringe 32g 8mm 1ml6K/yr
  • sterile insulin needles4K/yr
  • diabetic syringes with needle 1ml2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Insulin Needles

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

Complain

Sharpness15%−0.08

These are not as sharp as others I've order

Not sharp

Every needle is blunt

Quality-Overall12%+1.01

These are dangerous to use A very cheap low quality product

Poor quality

These are incredibly cheap quality

Size-Overall9%

Not fit for purpose

Is to tiny

Short needles

Strength8%−0.03

Flimsy, traps lots of air bubbles which are difficult to remove

Needle bends and breaks SO easily

Not strong at all

Pain Relief-Overall7%−0.03

Painful

They hurt more than the usual jab

Hurt to get them in

Love

Advertised Vs Actual Product28%+1.74

As advertised

Exactly as advertised

As described

Quality-Overall25%+1.01

Excellent product

They are well made

no complaints

Value For Money15%+0.90

Fair price

Good value for money

good value

Ease Of Use8%+0.35

Easy to use

Fine needles easy to use

I found them easy to control when dispensing slowly

Dosage7%+0.44

Golden Dose Perfect

Perfect for the bonus dose

Perfect for my golden dose

Return

0.1% Return rate 63% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall37%▅▆▆▅█▇

Not fit for purpose

Is to tiny

Short needles

Advertised Vs Actual Product19%█▅▅▇▆▇

Not as advertised

they are completely different from the description

Listing states 10.... Only received 9!! Stated 10 in a pack but I was only sent 9.

Quality-Overall8%█▃▁▅▁▁

These are dangerous to use A very cheap low quality product

Poor quality

These are incredibly cheap quality

Functionality-Overall7%█▃▅▂▂▃
Flexibility4%▁▁█▄▄▁

kept bending when trying to inject

Very soft needle bends too much

Needles bend easily

FAQ

Common Insulin Needles questions

Answered from the same tracked data.