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Calprofen

Fail

The top 5 brands take 98% of clicks, so Calprofen is a Fail.

Flapen Score
48
48 / 100
Ranks 987 of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · on the category median
Market size
£1.1M/yr940K searches / yr
90-day growth
-8.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
61%top-5 click share · 7 brands · 69 sellers

Flapen Score

Calprofen against its category

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

48Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Calprofen market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Calprofen 940K times last year and spent an estimated £1.1M. The top 5 brands take 98% of clicks. Demand peaks in Feb–Mar–Jul. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

21.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 940K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 21.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -8.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.1M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
940K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-8.3%
Conversion, latest week
21.5%
Market size, estimated
£1.1Ma year
Peak month
February2.7× the quietest month
Top search term
imodium instants203K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.36.

Listings sell for £5.36 on average, from £1.56 to £22.51. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 200K to 250K a year. The average listing sells 12,500 to 15,000 of them. At £5.36 that is £67K to £80K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.36under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.56–£22.51
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
200K–250K
Units per listing a year
12,500–15,000
Revenue per listing a year
£67K–£80K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

63% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 95% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #6 within Over-the-Counter Medication. It carries 3,164 reviews at 4.70 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
63%
Prime listings
95%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#6in Over-the-Counter Medication
Average rating
4.70 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,164per listing
Listings tracked
19

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 76 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
76 months

Products

Top Calprofen 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 61% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£108K£216K£325K£433K1001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

7 flat

Sellers

69

Top-5 brand share

98%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

61%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

1%

  • Nurofen59%
  • Imodium29%
  • BECKYS CHOICE4%
  • CALPROFEN4%
  • Amazon Basics2%
  • Galpharm1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 1%)

Demand

Calprofen search demand

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

18K13KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Feb, Mar, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.7×

Search terms

Top Calprofen search terms shoppers use

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

  • imodium instants203K/yr
  • nurofen181K/yr
  • nurofen for children92K/yr
  • medication & remedies96K/yr
  • medicine45K/yr
  • ibuprofen kids31K/yr
  • nurofen express38K/yr
  • nurofen tablets for adults21K/yr
  • over-the-counter medication13K/yr
  • imodium instants 36 pack23K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Calprofen

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

Complain

Value For Money17%

Bit pricey

incredibly expensive

Too expensive

Pain Relief-Overall12%−0.05

Did not give satisfactory pain relief

Didn't relieve my pain

doesnt seem to be as effective for pain relief

Ease Of Use7%−0.02

no use

Tablets hard to remove from packaging

not accesible

Dosage5%

I hate taking tablets

it is not my normal practice to take pills only if necessary

after several doses over the last two days i am still scared. not stiff

Size-Overall5%−0.01

The tablets themselves are small

The tablets are quite large

The tablets are quite big

Love

Value For Money21%

Fair Price

Good value for money

Decent price

Advertised Vs Actual Product13%+1.23

As advertised

Does the job perfectly

As described

Quality-Overall12%−0.01

Just as good as the branded one's

Reliable Brand

Brilliant quality

Efficiency9%+0.71

Effective

Work perfect

Works quickly

Ease Of Use6%−0.02

Ease of Use

are easy to take

really handy

Return

0.0% Return rate 57% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall53%▁▁▇█▄▇

The tablets themselves are small

The tablets are quite large

The tablets are quite big

Quality-Overall17%█▁▁▁▃▂
Ease Of Use10%▁█▁▁▁▂

no use

Tablets hard to remove from packaging

not accesible

Weight Heavy7%▁▁█▁▁▁
Advertised Vs Actual Product3%▁▁▁█▁▁

FAQ

Common Calprofen questions

Answered from the same tracked data.