Skip to content

Washing Up Liquid

Washing Up Liquid shows searches that convert (20.5% search→purchase), but brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 95% of clicks) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

55
Worth a look
Market size 96Growth 24Conversion 100Competition 53Returns 100Price range 42Avg price 16Brand share 14Review moat 55Quality gap 21
This niche Category average

Is Washing Up Liquid profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Washing Up Liquid is a £3.7M/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (3.3M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 95% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 55/100.

Washing Up Liquid: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -2.3% over the last 90 days and 20.5% of searches end in a purchase.

£3.7M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr800K
Search volume / yr-2.3%3.3M
Conversion rate20.5%
Avg price£5.58

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 95% of demand, so 5% of the market is open.

5%

open market share

Brands · sellers8 · 227
Top-5 product click share53%
Open market5%
Avg brand age55 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.7★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 29 products

Sponsored placement52%
New entrants (1y)6· 6 succeeded
Avg rating4.7★
Avg reviews1,312

Top Washing Up Liquid 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 take 53% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£186K£373K£559K£745K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 flat

Sellers

227

Top-5 brand share

95%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

53%

Top 20: 89%

Open market

3%

  • Fairy61%
  • by Amazon16%
  • Elbow Grease9%
  • Ecover5%
  • Morrisons3%
  • Epished3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 3%)

Washing Up Liquid demand & seasonality

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

Volume3.3MCVR20.5%Products29Brands8Top 5 Brands95%OOS Rate1.7%Rating4.7★Reviews1,312Avg BSR#116
90K70KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Top Washing Up Liquid search terms shoppers use

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

  • washing up liquid1.7M/yr
  • fairy liquid896K/yr
  • fairy washing up liquid165K/yr
  • dish soap91K/yr
  • dishwashing liquid64K/yr
  • fairy liquid washing up liquid50K/yr
  • dish washing liquid43K/yr
  • elbow grease washing up liquid39K/yr
  • fairy max power washing up liquid33K/yr
  • washing up31K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Washing Up Liquid

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

What buyers love

84% of reviews
Value For Money29%

Decent price

Quality-Overall12%

Very good product, gets dishes clean and smells lovely

Washability11%

Brilliant for washing up

Smell10%

Smells fresh

Ease Of Cleaning6%

Cleans really well

What buyers complain about

56% of reviews
Quality-Overall11%

Poor quality liquid

Value For Money8%

Quite expensive to buy

Size-Overall6%

Small

Leak-Proof6%

Always arrives having leaked everywhere

De-Grease5%

didn't cut through the grease very well either

Washing Up Liquid return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

7%

Fixable by listing

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

1Leak-Proof
54%
2Value For Money
22%
3Size-Overall
4%
4Smell
3%
5Advertised Vs Actual Product
2%

Common Washing Up Liquid questions

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

Flapen scores Washing Up Liquid 55/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £3.7M/yr across 29 tracked products. 6 of 6 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -2.3% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Washing Up Liquid on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.3× the quietest.