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Borax

Fail

Prices span $1.63–$14.94, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Borax is a Fail.

Flapen Score
39
39 / 100
Ranks 2,381 of 2,976 Grocery niches · −7 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£132K/yr354K searches / yr
90-day growth
+26.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
82%top-5 click share · 7 brands · 70 sellers

Flapen Score

Borax against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Borax is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

39Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Borax market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Borax 354K times last year and spent an estimated £132K. The top 5 brands take 96% of clicks. Demand peaks in Apr–May. Flapen scores it 39 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 4.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 354K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 4.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +26.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £132K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
354K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+26.3%
Conversion, latest week
4.9%
Market size, estimated
£132Ka year
Peak month
May2.3× the quietest month
Top search term
borax205K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.66.

Listings sell for £7.66 on average, from £1.63 to £14.94. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At £7.66 that is £8K to £10K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.66under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.63–£14.94
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
£8K–£10K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

82% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 91% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #310 within Household Cleaners. It carries 6,240 reviews at 4.45 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
82%
Prime listings
91%
Out of stock, average day
1.1%
Average rank
#310in Household Cleaners
Average rating
4.45 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
6,240per listing
Listings tracked
11

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 57 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
57 months

Products

Top Borax 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 24, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 82% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£13K£26K£39K£53K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

7 flat

Sellers

70

Est. top-5 brand share

96%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

2%

  • Dri-Pak66%
  • Mareluxe16%
  • ZOPPER7%
  • Generic4%
  • Arm & Hammer3%
  • BORAXDIRECT2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 2%)

Demand

Borax search demand

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

12K8KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.3×

Search terms

Top Borax search terms shoppers use

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

  • borax205K/yr
  • borax powder uk76K/yr
  • borax powder46K/yr
  • 20 mule team borax7K/yr
  • borax for cleaning4K/yr
  • borax crystals5K/yr
  • sodium borate4K/yr
  • borax substitute4K/yr
  • borax powder uk pure food grade3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Borax

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

17%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
15%of negative reviews mention “Functionality-Overall”
0.1%of orders come back
“Does not make the slime come together at”
A buyer, on “Functionality-Overall”15% 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.

22 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Borax 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