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Silicone Oil

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — Silicone Oil doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

33
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Market size 41Growth 22Conversion 100Competition 3Returns 99Price range 0Avg price 19Brand share 0Review moat 23Quality gap 14
This niche Category average

Is Silicone Oil profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Silicone Oil is a £210K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (130K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 33/100.

Silicone Oil: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -5.1% over the last 90 days and 23.9% of searches end in a purchase.

£210K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr30K
Search volume / yr-5.1%130K
Conversion rate23.9%
Avg price£6.78

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand, so 0% of the market is open.

0%

open market share

Brands · sellers3 · 39
Top-5 product click share96%
Open market0%
Avg brand age66 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.8★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 6 products

Sponsored placement100%
New entrants (1y)0· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.8★
Avg reviews8,342

Top Silicone Oil 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 96% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£42K£84K£126K£168K1K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

3 flat

Sellers

39

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

96%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

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  • Rocket TT7%

Silicone Oil demand & seasonality

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

Volume130KCVR23.9%Products6Brands3Top 5 Brands100%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.8★Reviews8,342Avg BSR#7
3K2KSpike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Top Silicone Oil search terms shoppers use

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

  • wd40 silicone spray lubricant86K/yr
  • silicone lubricant18K/yr
  • wd 40 silicone spray lubricant11K/yr
  • wd40 silicone spray8K/yr
  • wd40 silicone5K/yr
  • silicon lubricant2K/yr
  • silicone lubricant wd40411/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Silicone Oil

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

What buyers love

89% of reviews
Quality-Overall20%

Excellent, far more effective than many other better known products

Value For Money16%

GREAT VALUE

Advertised Vs Actual Product15%

As advertised

Spray/Flow12%

Great spray

Ease Of Use9%

Very handy

What buyers complain about

68% of reviews
Spray/Flow20%

No spray at all

Rusts/Corrodes11%

kpt in shed ws discovered really bad deep rust after picked up fm elec cord repair

Value For Money7%

There are other brands at cheaper prices

Size-Overall6%

a bit long

Quality-Overall5%

Cheap than other brands

Silicone Oil 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.

1Spray/Flow
23%
2Functionality-Overall
14%
3Defective Material/Parts
12%
4Size-Overall
10%
5Leak-Proof
9%

Common Silicone Oil questions

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

Flapen scores Silicone Oil 33/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £210K/yr across 6 tracked products. Search demand moved -5.1% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Silicone Oil on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.3× the quietest.