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Ky Gel Lubricant

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($3.86–$11.92) — Ky Gel Lubricant doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

44
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Market size 50Growth 33Conversion 100Competition 14Returns 100Price range 0Avg price 18Brand share 23Review moat 29Quality gap 45
This niche Category average

Is Ky Gel Lubricant profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Ky Gel Lubricant is a £286K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (216K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 91% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 44/100.

Ky Gel Lubricant: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved +6.2% over the last 90 days and 20.1% of searches end in a purchase.

£286K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr50K
Search volume / yr+6.2%216K
Conversion rate20.1%
Avg price£6.58

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 91% of demand, so 9% of the market is open.

9%

open market share

Brands · sellers4 · 60
Top-5 product click share83%
Open market9%
Avg brand age92 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 9 products

Sponsored placement33%
New entrants (1y)0· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews3,596

Top Ky Gel Lubricant products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 83% of clicks — a locked-up 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

Top-5 brand share

91%

Top 20: 91%

Top-5 click share

83%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

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

Ky Gel Lubricant demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume216KCVR20.1%Products9Brands4Top 5 Brands91%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.5★Reviews3,596Avg BSR#1
5K3KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Top Ky Gel Lubricant search terms shoppers use

The exact queries shoppers type, with 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

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Ky Gel Lubricant

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

82% of reviews
Quality-Overall21%

An excellent and cost effective product

Value For Money18%

Good value

Lubrication11%

Great lube and good value for money

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%

Do the job as intended

Ease Of Cleaning6%

cleanups a breeze

What buyers complain about

74% of reviews
Adhesion/Stickiness25%

Great lube although it can get sticky quickly

Smell17%

My major issue with this after using it for the last year is the after smell on fabrics

Absorbency7%

Dont bother, only last a little while then absorbs and you then need more

Stain Resistance7%

Stains bedding👎 Sticky asf and stains

Moist/Dry4%

Dries Up

Ky Gel Lubricant return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.1%

Return rate

15%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Adhesion/Stickiness
16%
2Leak-Proof
15%
3Compatibility-Overall
10%
4Advertised Vs Actual Product
8%
5Product Condition
8%

Common Ky Gel Lubricant questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Ky Gel Lubricant 44/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £286K/yr across 9 tracked products. Search demand moved +6.2% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Ky Gel Lubricant on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.5× the quietest.