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Silica Gel

Fail

Demand is soft, at -20.0% this quarter, so Silica Gel is a Fail.

Flapen Score
45
45 / 100
Ranks 482 of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · −4 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£172K/yr170K searches / yr
90-day growth
-20.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
58%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 15 sellers

Flapen Score

Silica Gel against its category

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

45Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Silica Gel market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Silica Gel 170K times last year and spent an estimated £172K. The top 5 brands take 86% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb. Flapen scores it 45 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

9.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 170K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 9.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -20.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £172K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
170K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-20.0%
Conversion, latest week
9.4%
Market size, estimated
£172Ka year
Peak month
February2.9× the quietest month
Top search term
silica gel95K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £10.83.

Listings sell for £10.83 on average, from £3.39 to £22.87. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £10.83 that is £5K to £8K a year per listing.

Average price
£10.83under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.39–£22.87
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£5K–£8K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

81% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #68 within Lab & Scientific Products. It carries 1,860 reviews at 4.60 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
81%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
6.1%
Average rank
#68in Lab & Scientific Products
Average rating
4.60 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,860per listing
Listings tracked
21

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 39 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
39 months

Products

Top Silica Gel 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 58% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£17K£34K£52K£69K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

15

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

58%

Top 20: 99%

Open market

11%

  • Trustleaf35%
  • wisedry22%
  • Fonday15%
  • 1ABOVE9%
  • LotFancy5%
  • Yeather3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 11%)

Demand

Silica Gel search demand

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

5K4KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.9×

Search terms

Top Silica Gel search terms shoppers use

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

  • silica gel95K/yr
  • desiccant beads21K/yr
  • desiccant28K/yr
  • silica beads7K/yr
  • dessicant8K/yr
  • silica gel beads5K/yr
  • silica gel desiccant4K/yr
  • reusable desiccant3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Silica Gel

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

Complain

Color23%−0.06

As said in the description they turned a dark green colour

it's difficult to see a colour change

Already greenish tinge upon arrival

Value For Money8%+0.60

At £16/kg this is a little on the expensive side for what they are

Waste of money

Adhesion/Stickiness6%+0.17

They stick to your skin

They are quite sticky

Moist/Dry5%−0.04

Absolutely rubbish as already started to absorb moisture from a unopened container

They are Orange when dry

Ease Of Use5%−0.04

Not easy to use

hard to recharge in the bags

Love

Quality-Overall22%+2.51

Excellent product

These beads seem to be higher quality

No complaints

Value For Money15%+0.60

Good Value

Great item value for money

-decent value

Advertised Vs Actual Product14%+0.27

As described

They do the job

Just what I needed

Ease Of Use11%−0.04

Easy to use

handy stuff

Easy to store

Recycle/Reuse7%−0.02

Reusable

love that they're reusable

reusable system I was after

Return

0.3% Return rate 50% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall31%▁▆▅▃▇█
Functionality-Overall12%▄▆▅█▁▁

Didnt work for me

Leak-Proof10%▆▅██▅▁
Advertised Vs Actual Product9%▄▁▁▂▂█

False description

Total false description

Value For Money8%█▁▆▁▁▄

At £16/kg this is a little on the expensive side for what they are

Waste of money

FAQ

Common Silica Gel questions

Answered from the same tracked data.