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Black Cohosh

Fail

The top 5 products take 94% of clicks, so Black Cohosh is a Fail.

Flapen Score
39
39 / 100
Ranks 1,746 of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · −9 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£116K/yr72K searches / yr
90-day growth
-19.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
94%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 49 sellers

Flapen Score

Black Cohosh against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Personal Care average. Past it, Black Cohosh is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

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

Market

The Black Cohosh market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Black Cohosh 72K times last year and spent an estimated £116K. The top 5 brands take 98% of clicks. Demand peaks in Apr. Flapen scores it 39 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

11.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 72K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 11.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -19.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £116K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
72K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-19.8%
Conversion, latest week
11.4%
Market size, estimated
£116Ka year
Peak month
April1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
black cohosh51K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £14.12.

Listings sell for £14.12 on average, from £6.58 to £20.90. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £14.12 that is £11K to £14K a year per listing.

Average price
£14.12under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£6.58–£20.90
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£11K–£14K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

75% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #78 within Alternative Medicine. It carries 155 reviews at 4.61 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
75%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
6.7%
Average rank
#78in Alternative Medicine
Average rating
4.61 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
155per listing
Listings tracked
8

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 39 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Black Cohosh 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 94% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£12K£23K£35K£46K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

49

Top-5 brand share

98%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

94%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Schwabe31%
  • Nutrivo28%
  • Holland & Barrett23%
  • Generic15%
  • EG PHARMERS ALL IN ONE2%
  • VSYLICN2%

Demand

Black Cohosh search demand

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

4K3KSpike '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Apr · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Black Cohosh search terms shoppers use

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

  • black cohosh51K/yr
  • black cohosh menopause relief15K/yr
  • black cohosh tablets5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Black Cohosh

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

Complain

Functionality-Overall14%−0.46

Did Not Work

Focus Enhancement7%+0.21

making it impossible to focus at work

Value For Money7%+0.73

Theyre not cheap

Size-Overall5%

These black cohosh are tiny

The tablets are small

Side Effects2%

Id had some unpleasant side effects with HRT

Love

Ease Of Chewing/Swallowing12%+0.75

Easy to swallow

Same stength so much easier to swallow others were like large bullets

Easy to swallow tablets

Ease Of Use11%−0.05

its easy to use

It's easy to add into a drink

It's easy to take

Value For Money9%+0.73

great value

Worth buying

good price

Quality-Overall8%−0.07

Good quality

Excellent and I would highly recommend

The packet is good quality

Menstrual Issues7%+0.45

Anxiety during Perimenopause

They help me with my symptoms of menopause

these have made a such difference in this god awful menopause path

FAQ

Common Black Cohosh questions

Answered from the same tracked data.