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Canesten Hydrocortisone Cream

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($3.99–$10.58) — Canesten Hydrocortisone Cream doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

33
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Market size 14Growth 16Conversion 66Competition 25Returns 100Price range 0Avg price 21Brand share 27Review moat 24Quality gap 38
This niche Category average

Is Canesten Hydrocortisone Cream profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Canesten Hydrocortisone Cream is a £54K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (122K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 89% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 33/100.

Canesten Hydrocortisone 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 -18.3% over the last 90 days and 5.9% of searches end in a purchase.

£54K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr8K
Search volume / yr-18.3%122K
Conversion rate5.9%
Avg price£7.49

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 89% of demand, so 11% of the market is open.

11%

open market share

Brands · sellers10 · 105
Top-5 product click share70%
Open market11%
Avg brand age47 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 15 products

Sponsored placement60%
New entrants (1y)5· 4 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews6,230

Top Canesten Hydrocortisone Cream 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 capture 70% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£5K£11K£16K£22K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 rising

Sellers

105

Top-5 brand share

89%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

8%

  • Canesten68%
  • Generic8%
  • Kopa Haiku5%
  • Terthon4%
  • Vagisil3%
  • ANCIENT CARE CREATING HEALTHIER LIVES3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 8%)

Canesten Hydrocortisone Cream demand & seasonality

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

Volume122KCVR5.9%Products15Brands10Top 5 Brands89%OOS Rate3.2%Rating4.5★Reviews6,230Avg BSR#19
3K2KNov '25Dec '25Jan '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26

Top Canesten Hydrocortisone Cream search terms shoppers use

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

  • canesten hydrocortisone cream61K/yr
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  • clotrimazole cream 2 percent for men20K/yr
  • canesten hydrocortisone cream clotrimazole and hydrocortisone12K/yr
  • clotrimazole 2%7K/yr
  • canesten cream for men5K/yr
  • clomitrazole4K/yr
  • canesten cream clotrimazole 50g651/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Canesten Hydrocortisone Cream

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

What buyers love

77% of reviews
Quality-Overall19%

Great product - Very effective

Efficiency14%

Effective

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%

It arrived as described

Value For Money9%

Excellent value for money

Allergies8%

helps irritated skin

What buyers complain about

59% of reviews
Allergies19%

Allergic reaction

Functionality-Overall13%

Didn't do much good

Size-Overall6%

Smaller tube

Value For Money6%

It's expensive

Ingredients-Overall3%

The ingredients don't appear to be pharmaceutical

Canesten Hydrocortisone Cream return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

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

1Quality-Overall
38%
2Value For Money
25%
3Leak-Proof
13%
4Functionality-Overall
13%
5Warmth
13%

Common Canesten Hydrocortisone Cream questions

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

Flapen scores Canesten Hydrocortisone Cream 33/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £54K/yr across 15 tracked products. 4 of 5 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -18.3% over the last 90 days.
Canesten Hydrocortisone Cream buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Allergies, Functionality-Overall, Size-Overall, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.1%.