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Clear Plasters

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($1.64–$9.54) — Clear Plasters doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

46
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Market size 13Growth 40Conversion 99Competition 47Returns 100Price range 0Avg price 12Brand share 28Review moat 45Quality gap 52
This niche Category average

Is Clear Plasters profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Clear Plasters is a £53K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (63K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 88% of demand. Demand peaks in Aug. Verdict: Skip it — 46/100.

Clear Plasters: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved +12.3% over the last 90 days and 18.9% of searches end in a purchase.

£53K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr13K
Search volume / yr+12.3%63K
Conversion rate18.9%
Avg price£4.42

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 88% of demand, so 12% of the market is open.

12%

open market share

Brands · sellers10 · 58
Top-5 product click share57%
Open market12%
Avg brand age40 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 21 products

Sponsored placement100%
New entrants (1y)4· 3 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews1,968

Top Clear Plasters 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 57% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£5K£11K£16K£21K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 rising

Sellers

58

Top-5 brand share

88%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

57%

Top 20: 99%

Open market

8%

  • Elastoplast68%
  • Nexcare5%
  • Leukoplast5%
  • TENERIS5%
  • ourmed4%
  • by Amazon4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 8%)

Clear Plasters demand & seasonality

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

Volume63KCVR18.9%Products21Brands10Top 5 Brands88%OOS Rate3.6%Rating4.4★Reviews1,968Avg BSR#65
5K3KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Top Clear Plasters search terms shoppers use

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

  • waterproof plasters for swimming25K/yr
  • elastoplast waterproof plasters24K/yr
  • waterproof plasters for wounds12K/yr
  • water proof plasters for wounds3K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Clear Plasters

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

What buyers love

79% of reviews
Quality-Overall17%

Nice variety

Adhesion/Stickiness16%

The adhesion is strong

Value For Money12%

Worth buying

Water Resistance8%

they are waterproof

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%

As advertised

What buyers complain about

68% of reviews
Adhesion/Stickiness27%

Not very sticky

Water Resistance13%

Its absolutely not water resistant

Value For Money7%

expensive

Durability5%

came off sooner than expected

Size-Overall3%

Not fit for purpose

Clear Plasters return rate & reasons

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

0.0%

Return rate

33%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
29%
2Water Resistance
28%
3Adhesion/Stickiness
18%
4Quality-Overall
7%
5Value For Money
5%

Common Clear Plasters questions

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

Flapen scores Clear Plasters 46/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £53K/yr across 21 tracked products. 3 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +12.3% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Clear Plasters on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Aug, where the busiest month runs 1.7× the quietest.