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Saddle Soap

Fail

Demand is soft, at -31.4% this quarter, so Saddle Soap is a Fail.

Flapen Score
44
44 / 100
Ranks 1,609 of 2,461 Fashion niches · −4 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£129K/yr99K searches / yr
90-day growth
-31.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
67%top-5 click share · 14 brands · 52 sellers

Flapen Score

Saddle Soap against its category

The dotted line is the Fashion average. Past it, Saddle Soap is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

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

Market

The Saddle Soap market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Saddle Soap 99K times last year and spent an estimated £129K. The top 5 brands take 81% of clicks. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

13.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 99K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 13.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -31.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £129K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
99K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-31.4%
Conversion, latest week
13.7%
Market size, estimated
£129Ka year
Peak month
February1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
saddle soap76K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.47.

Listings sell for £9.47 on average, from £5.07 to £30.92. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £9.47 that is £5K to £7K a year per listing.

Average price
£9.47under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.07–£30.92
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–£7K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

58% 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 #228 within Shoe, Jewellery & Watch Accessories. It carries 4,666 reviews at 4.47 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
58%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#228in Shoe, Jewellery & Watch Accessories
Average rating
4.47 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
4,666per listing
Listings tracked
19

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 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 71 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
71 months

Products

Top Saddle Soap 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 67% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£13K£26K£39K£52K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

14 rising

Sellers

52

Top-5 brand share

81%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

67%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

16%

  • arlo.26%
  • Fiebing's22%
  • NAF17%
  • Nature Child11%
  • LINCOLN6%
  • LEATHER Honey3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 16%)

Demand

Saddle Soap search demand

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

3K2KSpike '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Saddle Soap search terms shoppers use

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

  • saddle soap76K/yr
  • saddle soap for leather19K/yr
  • leather soap5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Saddle Soap

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

Complain

Value For Money18%−0.20

Expensive

A little pricey

Waste of money

Quality-Overall16%+2.33

Not the best

Low quality

Rubbish

Smell11%

doesn't really smell of anything

the smell is not very nice

The soap itself has very mild smell

Size-Overall7%−0.03

as it is a big can, not soon

Small size

it's a small tin

Ease Of Cleaning7%+0.13

Cleaned a 3 piece leather suite with this which was very dirty

sadly, no saddle to clean

Love

Quality-Overall37%+2.33

was very pleased with the results

Excellent product

Good quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%

Does as advertised great

Works as specified

Works as itshould

Value For Money8%−0.20

Great value for money

Good value for money

Good value

Ease Of Use8%+0.27

Easy to use

Easy to apply

This was so easy to use on my handbags

Smell6%

Super easy to apply with the sponge and nice and natural too so no strong smells

Smells amazing

Has a gentle smell when using

Return

0.3% Return rate 14% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall21%▃▂▃▂▁█

Didnt work, will clean but wont take out a stain

It didnt work

Don't work rubbish

Smell18%▂▃▅▁█▁

doesn't really smell of anything

the smell is not very nice

The soap itself has very mild smell

Compatibility-Overall11%█▁▁▁▇▁
Size-Overall11%▁▄▇█▃▁

as it is a big can, not soon

Small size

it's a small tin

Adhesion/Stickiness7%▁▁▇██▁

FAQ

Common Saddle Soap questions

Answered from the same tracked data.