How competitive is the Aciclovir Cream niche on Amazon United Kingdom?

8 brands and 129 sellers compete in Aciclovir Cream on Amazon United Kingdom. The top 5 Aciclovir Cream products take 80% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 94% of demand.

What do buyers complain about in Aciclovir Cream?

Aciclovir Cream buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Size-Overall, Cold Relief, Adhesion/Stickiness, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.1%.

What does it cost to enter the Aciclovir Cream niche?

Aciclovir Cream sells for £5.81 on average on Amazon United Kingdom, outside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span £2.74–£10.81. The average incumbent carries 2,412 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

Aciclovir Cream

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($2.74–$10.81) — Aciclovir Cream doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

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This niche Category average

Is Aciclovir Cream profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Aciclovir Cream is a £88K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (90K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 94% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 36/100.

Aciclovir Cream: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -13.7% over the last 90 days and 16.9% of searches end in a purchase.

£88K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr15K

Search volume / yr-13.7%90K

Conversion rate16.9%

Avg price£5.81

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 94% of demand, so 6% of the market is open.

open market share

Brands · sellers8 · 129

Top-5 product click share80%

Open market6%

Avg brand age69 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 12 products

Top Aciclovir Cream products & what they sell for

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

Top sellers

by 90-day click share

Virasorb Cold Sore Cream Aciclovir 5% 2g

Price: £2.74
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 1,542
Age: 8y ago

Zovirax Cold Sore Cream Aciclovir PUMP 2 g

Price: £5.07
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 6,315
Age: 17y ago

5 x Virasorb 2g 5% Cold Sore cream (5 Packs)

Price: £6.51
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 1,164
Age: 8y ago

Zovirax Cold Sore Cream for Lips with Aciclovir Cold Sore Treatment that Speeds Healing and Pain Relief Tube 2g

Price: £4.78
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 6,094
Age: 19y ago

4 x Cold Sore Cream 5% Aciclovir Fast Acting Treatment for Cold Sores and Mouth Ulcers Includes JJH Guide 4 Packs x 2g

Price: £8.28
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 34
Age: 9mo ago

Newest

by launch date

4 x Cold Sore Cream 5% Aciclovir Fast Acting Treatment for Cold Sores and Mouth Ulcers Includes JJH Guide 4 Packs x 2g

Price: £8.28
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 34
Age: 9mo ago

Cold Sore Cream 5% Aciclovir Bundle Kit | Fast Acting Coldsore Cream | Effective Treatment for Cold Sores & Mouth Ulcers Lip Treatment Blisters | 3 Pack x 2g Tubes with Lip Care Pimple Patch 144pcs

Price: £10.81
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 6
Age: 10mo ago

4 x Cold Sore Cream 5% Aciclovir Fast Acting Coldsore Cream for Mouth Ulcer & Cold Sore Treatment (4 Packs x 2g Tubes)

Price: £7.72
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 51
Age: 1y ago

2 x Virasorb 2g 5% Cold Sore cream (2 Packs)

Price: £4.01
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 471
Age: 8y ago

5 x Virasorb 2g 5% Cold Sore cream (5 Packs)

Price: £6.51
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 1,164
Age: 8y ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 80% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 rising

Sellers

129

Top-5 brand share

94%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

80%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

Virasorb55%
Zovirax26%
JJH Medical7%
Lipsore3%
Compeed3%
Mo's Super Store2%
Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 4%)

Aciclovir Cream demand & seasonality

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

Volume90KCVR16.9%Products12Brands8Top 5 Brands94%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.6★Reviews2,412Avg BSR#38

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Top Aciclovir Cream search terms shoppers use

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

aciclovir cream36K/yr -2.8%16.8% conv.
aciclovir15K/yr -15.4%11.0% conv.
acyclovir cream15K/yr -26.7%14.0% conv.
acyclovir10K/yr -21.2%8.5% conv.
virasorb cold sore cream6K/yr -27.6%29.0% conv.
virasorb4K/yr +6.2%33.3% conv.
aciclovir cold sore cream3K/yr -47.3%19.8% conv.
acyclovir ointment713/yr +11.7%2.3% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Aciclovir Cream

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

What buyers love

83% of reviews

Cold Relief21%

“Gets rid of cold sores”

Value For Money15%

“Good value for money”

Quality-Overall12%

“Better than other brands”

Advertised Vs Actual Product12%

“As advertised”

Efficiency11%

“Does the job”

What buyers complain about

68% of reviews

Size-Overall14%

“Not fit fur purpose”

Cold Relief11%

“Cold-sores don't stand a chance”

Adhesion/Stickiness9%

“adhesion issues”

Quality-Overall8%

“quality whichever way you look at it”

Functionality-Overall6%

“Didn't Work”

Common Aciclovir Cream questions

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

Flapen scores Aciclovir Cream 36/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £88K/yr across 12 tracked products. 0 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -13.7% over the last 90 days.