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Ky Gel Lubricant

Fail

Prices span $3.86–$11.92, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Ky Gel Lubricant is a Fail.

Flapen Score
44
44 / 100
Ranks 1,524 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −5 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£286K/yr216K searches / yr
90-day growth
+6.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
83%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 60 sellers

Flapen Score

Ky Gel Lubricant against its category

The dotted line is the DIY & Tools average. Past it, Ky Gel Lubricant is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

44Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Ky Gel Lubricant market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Ky Gel Lubricant 216K times last year and spent an estimated £286K. The top 5 brands take 91% of clicks. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 20.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 216K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 20.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +6.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £286K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
216K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+6.2%
Conversion, latest week
20.1%
Market size, estimated
£286Ka year
Peak month
January1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
ky jelly water-based lubricant sex116K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.58.

Listings sell for £6.58 on average, from £3.86 to £11.92. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 40K to 50K a year. The average listing sells 4,000 to 5,000 of them. At £6.58 that is £26K to £33K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.58under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.86–£11.92
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
40K–50K
Units per listing a year
4,000–5,000
Revenue per listing a year
£26K–£33K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

33% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #1 within Power Tool Accessories. It carries 3,596 reviews at 4.48 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
33%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#1in Power Tool Accessories
Average rating
4.48 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,596per listing
Listings tracked
9

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 92 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
92 months

Products

Top Ky Gel Lubricant products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 22, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 83% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£29K£57K£86K£114K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

4 flat

Sellers

60

Est. top-5 brand share

91%

Top 20: 91%

Est. top-5 click share

83%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • K-Y72%
  • Knect10%
  • --9%
  • Johnson & Johnson6%
  • LUBIDO3%

Demand

Ky Gel Lubricant search demand

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

5K3KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Ky Gel Lubricant search terms shoppers use

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

  • ky jelly water-based lubricant sex116K/yr
  • ky jelly37K/yr
  • ky jelly water-based27K/yr
  • ky gel5K/yr
  • ky jelly k-y sterile lubricant4K/yr
  • k y gel for women3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Ky Gel Lubricant

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

21%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
25%of negative reviews mention “Adhesion/Stickiness”
0.1%of orders come back
“Great lube although it can get sticky quickly”
A buyer, on “Adhesion/Stickiness”25% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

23 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Ky Gel Lubricant questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data