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Ph Test Strips

Fail

Prices span $2.53–$9.52, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Ph Test Strips is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Ranks 422 of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · −2 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£58K/yr82K searches / yr
90-day growth
+19.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
75%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 27 sellers

Flapen Score

Ph Test Strips against its category

The dotted line is the Business, Industry & Science average. Past it, Ph Test Strips is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

47Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Ph Test Strips market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Ph Test Strips 82K times last year and spent an estimated £58K. The top 5 brands take 75% of clicks. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

13.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 82K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 13.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +19.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £58K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
82K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+19.4%
Conversion, latest week
13.1%
Market size, estimated
£58Ka year
Peak month
February1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
ph test strips42K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.47.

Listings sell for £5.47 on average, from £2.53 to £9.52. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £5.47 that is £3K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.47under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.53–£9.52
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£4K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

92% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #7 within Lab & Scientific Products. It carries 4,920 reviews at 4.30 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
92%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
6.7%
Average rank
#7in Lab & Scientific Products
Average rating
4.30 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
4,920per listing
Listings tracked
12

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 42 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
42 months

Products

Top Ph Test Strips 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 75% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£6K£12K£17K£23K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

27

Top-5 brand share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

17%

  • Lansonee30%
  • Fontee13%
  • Just Fitter13%
  • HOVIRAN10%
  • EASYTEST9%
  • LRMYS8%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 17%)

Demand

Ph Test Strips search demand

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

3K2KSpike '24Black Friday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Ph Test Strips search terms shoppers use

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

  • ph test strips42K/yr
  • ph strips20K/yr
  • ph test6K/yr
  • ph test kit4K/yr
  • ph level tester3K/yr
  • ph testing strips3K/yr
  • ph strips for acidity3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Ph Test Strips

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

Complain

Functionality-Overall23%−0.12

Doesnt work

Hit and miss some worked some never

These did not work

Color13%−0.11

colours never change

I tried 5 strips - all were the same - the second box never changed colour

Colours dont match

Quality-Overall13%0.00

does the job cheap quality

Complete rubbish

Poor quality

Value For Money10%+0.62

a bit cheaper with Amazon

Not Worth the Money

Waste of money

Measurement/Reading Accuracy10%−0.03

DANGEROUS - inaccurate pH reading

Sending back as readings were inaccurate

as I did not believe that they were accurately reflecting the results I hoped

Love

Ease Of Use30%+2.27

Easy to use

Easy to use and handle

Easy to read

Value For Money16%+0.62

Excellent value for money

Ok for the price

worth buying

Advertised Vs Actual Product15%+1.26

All as advertised

As described, just what we needed then for

As Described

Efficiency10%−0.01

effective test strips

works very well

Seem to work fine

Quality-Overall8%0.00

Recently purchased these strips because of the good reviews

Good quality

Great product

Return

0.2% Return rate 16% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall37%▅▆▇▇█▆

Doesnt work

Hit and miss some worked some never

These did not work

Color9%▇█▇▃▇█

colours never change

I tried 5 strips - all were the same - the second box never changed colour

Colours dont match

Quality-Overall8%█▁▇▁▁▄

does the job cheap quality

Complete rubbish

Poor quality

Defective Material/Parts7%▅▅▁█▃▂

This item keeps turning on and off, it is rubbish,

Compatibility-Overall5%▁▁▁█▃▄

FAQ

Common Ph Test Strips questions

Answered from the same tracked data.