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Contour Next Test Strips

Fail

Shoppers spend only $36K a year here, so Contour Next Test Strips is a Fail.

Flapen Score
42
42 / 100
Ranks 1,521 of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · −6 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£36K/yr20K searches / yr
90-day growth
-10.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
68%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 39 sellers

Flapen Score

Contour Next Test Strips against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Personal Care average. Past it, Contour Next Test Strips is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

42Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Contour Next Test Strips market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Contour Next Test Strips 20K times last year and spent an estimated £36K. The top 5 brands take 95% of clicks. Flapen scores it 42 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

9.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 20K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 9.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -10.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £36K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
20K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-10.1%
Conversion, latest week
9.4%
Market size, estimated
£36Ka year
Peak month
February1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
contour next test strips16K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £18.97.

Listings sell for £18.97 on average, from £7.89 to £43.18. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 2K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £18.97 that is £2K to £5K a year per listing.

Average price
£18.97inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£7.89–£43.18
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
2K–2K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£5K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

36% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 64% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #176 within Medical Supplies & Equipment. It carries 699 reviews at 4.69 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
36%
Prime listings
64%
Out of stock, average day
1.9%
Average rank
#176in Medical Supplies & Equipment
Average rating
4.69 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
699per listing
Listings tracked
14

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 100 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
100 months

Products

Top Contour Next Test Strips 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 68% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£4K£7K£11K£14K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 flat

Sellers

39

Top-5 brand share

95%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

68%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

3%

  • Contour Next53%
  • Generic15%
  • Contour13%
  • Bayer8%
  • DOCLOGE5%
  • Bayer Contour2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 3%)

Demand

Contour Next Test Strips search demand

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

900700Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Contour Next Test Strips

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

Complain

Compatibility-Overall33%+0.59

Only suitable for Sinocare

Error Popup33%−0.12

Hopeless, none of them worked, just kept getting error messages

Functionality-Overall33%−0.10

Dont work

Love

Quality-Overall33%−0.03

Great producl

Excellent product

good quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product24%0.00

They do what they need to do

does the job

Exactly as expected

Size-Overall10%+1.24

Good purchase, fit for purpose

Fits the blood monitor perfectly

They are the correct size and work well

Value For Money9%+1.03

good value for money

Good value

they offer really solid value

Ease Of Use7%+0.81

Easy to use

Easy to order

Handy & Essential

Return

0.4% Return rate 16% Fixable by listing

Compatibility-Overall56%▂▆█▇▃▇

Only suitable for Sinocare

Functionality-Overall15%▄▄▅▃█▁

Dont work

Size-Overall10%█▂▁▂▄▁
Blood Sugar Level5%▁█▃▆▁▁
Defective Material/Parts5%▇▄▁▁▁█

FAQ

Common Contour Next Test Strips questions

Answered from the same tracked data.