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Continuous Glucose Monitor

Maybe

The products selling today average only 3.6★. But the top 5 products take 71% of clicks, so Continuous Glucose Monitor is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
57
57 / 100
Top 15% of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · +9 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£505K/yr310K searches / yr
90-day growth
+10.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
71%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 29 sellers

Flapen Score

Continuous Glucose Monitor against its category

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

57Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Continuous Glucose Monitor market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Continuous Glucose Monitor 310K times last year and spent an estimated £505K. The top 5 brands take 89% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

3.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 310K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +10.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £505K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
310K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+10.6%
Conversion, latest week
3.3%
Market size, estimated
£505Ka year
Peak month
January1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
continuous glucose monitor102K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £49.83.

Listings sell for £49.83 on average, from £32.66 to £98.39. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £49.83 that is £12K to £25K a year per listing.

Average price
£49.83inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£32.66–£98.39
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£12K–£25K
Returns
1.9%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

69% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 85% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #65 within Medical Supplies & Equipment. It carries 111 reviews at 3.60 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
69%
Prime listings
85%
Out of stock, average day
2.1%
Average rank
#65in Medical Supplies & Equipment
Average rating
3.60 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
111per listing
Listings tracked
13

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 3 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 3 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 35 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
35 months

Products

Top Continuous Glucose Monitor 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 71% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£51K£101K£152K£202K101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 rising

Sellers

29

Top-5 brand share

89%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

71%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

7%

  • Lingo38%
  • sinocare24%
  • SIBIONICS14%
  • LIMDO7%
  • buut b6%
  • Generic4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 7%)

Demand

Continuous Glucose Monitor search demand

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

13K8KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Continuous Glucose Monitor search terms shoppers use

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

  • continuous glucose monitor102K/yr
  • cgm - continuous glucose monitor49K/yr
  • cgm35K/yr
  • lingo glucose monitor20K/yr
  • lingo22K/yr
  • glucose monitor patch17K/yr
  • cgm glucose monitor9K/yr
  • cgm monitor8K/yr
  • continuous glucose monitoring7K/yr
  • diabetic sensor6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Continuous Glucose Monitor

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

Complain

Value For Money23%+0.90

Waste of money

True it is not particularly cheap

I think it is way way to expensive for ordinary people who need on daily basis

Durability15%−0.50

Easily comes off

It's stoped working on the 2nd day

Then after a few hours it dies

Functionality-Overall11%−0.34

device not working properly anyway

Never worked

Didn't work

Connectivity-Overall7%−0.15

Poor signal connection

It doesnt connect to the app

will no longer connect

Quality-Overall7%+0.29

indicating poor quality control

Absolutely rubbish

Poor quality

Love

Ease Of Use21%+1.59

Very easy to use

Easy to wear

Easy to use and install

Quality-Overall13%+0.29

High quality and perfect monitor

Excellent product

Good quality and very effective

Value For Money11%+0.90

Good value for money

Good value

worth it

Health Monitoring6%+0.56

Very good health tech

I think it is useful for anyone interested in their health

It shows you what's happening to your blood sugars, how your body interprets and uses food, and your stress levels; it really helps you to stay in control and to know exactly what's going on with your health

Efficiency6%+0.33

Ive been really impressed with how well it performs

Works well for monitoring on your phone

This works well

Return

1.9% Return rate 2% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall30%▇▇▇█▅▇

device not working properly anyway

Never worked

Didn't work

Defective Material/Parts17%▇▆▆▅█▅
Durability13%▅▅▆▅▆█

Easily comes off

It's stoped working on the 2nd day

Then after a few hours it dies

Connectivity-Overall10%▅▆▆█▆█

Poor signal connection

It doesnt connect to the app

will no longer connect

Adhesion/Stickiness7%▄▄▅▆█▅

the adhesion is absolutely rubbish

Not sticky enough

Either the adhesive was not sticky enough

FAQ

Common Continuous Glucose Monitor questions

Answered from the same tracked data.