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Colgate Total Toothpaste

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Colgate Total Toothpaste is a Fail.

Flapen Score
40
40 / 100
Ranks 1,670 of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · −8 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£371K/yr326K searches / yr
90-day growth
-22.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
70%top-5 click share · 2 brands · 146 sellers

Flapen Score

Colgate Total Toothpaste against its category

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

40Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Colgate Total Toothpaste market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Colgate Total Toothpaste 326K times last year and spent an estimated £371K. All 2 brands take every click. Flapen scores it 40 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

14.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 326K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 14.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -22.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £371K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
326K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-22.4%
Conversion, latest week
14.7%
Market size, estimated
£371Ka year
Peak month
September2.7× the quietest month
Top search term
colgate total66K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.76.

Listings sell for £7.76 on average, from £2.43 to £17.33. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 40K to 50K a year. The average listing sells 2,000 to 2,500 of them. At £7.76 that is £16K to £19K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.76under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.43–£17.33
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
40K–50K
Units per listing a year
2,000–2,500
Revenue per listing a year
£16K–£19K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

47% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 93% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #118 within Dental Care. It carries 1,440 reviews at 4.65 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
47%
Prime listings
93%
Out of stock, average day
6.5%
Average rank
#118in Dental Care
Average rating
4.65 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,440per listing
Listings tracked
15

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 59 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
59 months

Products

Top Colgate Total Toothpaste 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 70% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£37K£74K£111K£148K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

2 falling

Sellers

146

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Colgate97%
  • Aquafresh3%

Demand

Colgate Total Toothpaste search demand

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

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

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.7×

Search terms

Top Colgate Total Toothpaste search terms shoppers use

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

  • colgate total66K/yr
  • colgate total toothpaste107K/yr
  • toothpaste multipack63K/yr
  • colgate advanced white toothpaste12K/yr
  • colgate total active prevention10K/yr
  • toothpaste bulk12K/yr
  • toothpaste colgate total10K/yr
  • bulk toothpaste8K/yr
  • colgate toothpaste total6K/yr
  • colgate original toothpaste7K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Colgate Total Toothpaste

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

Complain

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%−0.05

Not as advertised

Not the same product across regions

This is not the same as the UK version

Taste-Overall9%−0.03

different taste

Terrible taste

The taste is vile

Oral Hygiene8%+1.19

Do not buy this toothpaste

It burns my mouth for ages afterwards no matter how well I rinse

these left gums / lips flaking off

Value For Money7%+1.52

Is good I'm not sure if it's cheaper on Amazon

It is more costly than a standard cheap toothpaste

Waste of money

Color7%

a little milder is blue

Whiter than white

Not advanced white inside

Love

Oral Hygiene24%+1.19

Keep teeth healthy

Keep your teeth clean and white

cleans teeth

Value For Money17%+1.52

Great deal

Excellent value for money

Great value

Quality-Overall12%+1.20

Overall, this multipack offers great value for money and consistent quality

Brilliant quality

Overall, this is a reliable, high-quality toothpaste that does exactly what it promises

Taste-Overall9%−0.03

Great taste

Great, minty taste

taste fresh in the mouth

Freshness5%+0.35

Fresh and clean

Brilliant fresh taste

I find the freshness you feel after using is long lasting

Return

0.1% Return rate 71% Fixable by listing

Advertised Vs Actual Product69%▄▆▆▆█▂

Not as advertised

Not the same product across regions

This is not the same as the UK version

Taste-Overall7%▁▁▁▃▁█

different taste

Terrible taste

The taste is vile

Value For Money6%██▁▁▁▁

Is good I'm not sure if it's cheaper on Amazon

It is more costly than a standard cheap toothpaste

Waste of money

Ingredients-Overall5%█▇▁▁▁▁
Certifications2%█▁▁▁▁▁

FAQ

Common Colgate Total Toothpaste questions

Answered from the same tracked data.