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Oil Spill Granules

Fail

Shoppers spend only $28K a year here, so Oil Spill Granules is a Fail.

Flapen Score
46
46 / 100
Ranks 447 of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · −3 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£28K/yr20K searches / yr
90-day growth
-5.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
68%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 18 sellers

Flapen Score

Oil Spill Granules against its category

The dotted line is the Business, Industry & Science average. Past it, Oil Spill Granules is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

46Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Oil Spill Granules market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Oil Spill Granules 20K times last year and spent an estimated £28K. The top 5 brands take 87% of clicks. Flapen scores it 46 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

10.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 20K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 10.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -5.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £28K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
20K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-5.7%
Conversion, latest week
10.8%
Market size, estimated
£28Ka year
Top search term
oil spill granules4K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £13.25.

Listings sell for £13.25 on average, from £7.71 to £21.04. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £13.25 that is £1K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£13.25under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£7.71–£21.04
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–3K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£1K–£3K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

69% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 38% ship with Prime. On an average day, 20.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #273 within Janitorial & Sanitation Supplies. It carries 56 reviews at 4.42 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
69%
Prime listings
38%
Out of stock, average day
20.0%
Average rank
#273in Janitorial & Sanitation Supplies
Average rating
4.42 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
56per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 63 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Oil Spill Granules 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 68% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£3K£6K£8K£11K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 falling

Sellers

18

Top-5 brand share

87%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

68%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

9%

  • Safety First Aid Group35%
  • BearTOOLS16%
  • Spill-Aid14%
  • RE-GEN12%
  • Flowfit10%
  • Ecospill4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 9%)

Demand

Oil Spill Granules search demand

Weekly searches over the year. Pick a range.

500300Spike '26Mar '26Apr '26Apr '26May '26May '26Jun '26Jun '26Jul '26

Search terms

Top Oil Spill Granules search terms shoppers use

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

  • oil spill granules4K/yr
  • vomit absorbent powder4K/yr
  • absorbent granules3K/yr
  • oil absorbent granules3K/yr
  • absorbent powder2K/yr
  • sick powder2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Oil Spill Granules

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

Complain

Value For Money67%−0.06

an expensive bag of sawdust

Brilliant product just a little expensive

pricey

Functionality-Overall17%−0.14

Not very effective, not granules

Quality-Overall17%

Not a very good product

Love

Quality-Overall28%

Great product

Good product

Very good and made for the job

Value For Money17%−0.06

Excellent product at a good price

Good product and price

Smell11%+1.66

Have used these at a school and they do a good job of getting rid of the smell and staining

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%+1.66

Does what it says

Disinfection11%−0.10

Good for clearing fluids

Return

0.1% Return rate 56% Fixable by listing

Advertised Vs Actual Product31%▅█▁▁▅▁
Size-Overall25%▁▁▁▁▅█
Functionality-Overall25%▁▁█▅▁▁

Not very effective, not granules

Smell13%▁▁▁█▁▁
Measurement/Reading Accuracy6%█▁▁▁▁▁

FAQ

Common Oil Spill Granules questions

Answered from the same tracked data.