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Crest Toothpaste

Fail

The top 5 brands take 99% of clicks, so Crest Toothpaste is a Fail.

Flapen Score
46
46 / 100
Ranks 1,173 of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · −2 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£171K/yr213K searches / yr
90-day growth
-0.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
58%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 68 sellers

Flapen Score

Crest Toothpaste against its category

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

46Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Crest Toothpaste market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Crest Toothpaste 213K times last year and spent an estimated £171K. The top 5 brands take 99% of clicks. Flapen scores it 46 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

5.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 213K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 5.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -0.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £171K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
213K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-0.2%
Conversion, latest week
5.6%
Market size, estimated
£171Ka year
Peak month
October1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
crest toothpaste117K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £14.30.

Listings sell for £14.30 on average, from £4.35 to £25.16. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £14.30 that is £7K to £11K a year per listing.

Average price
£14.30under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.35–£25.16
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£7K–£11K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

83% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 12.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #269 within Dental Care. It carries 9,376 reviews at 4.36 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
83%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
12.4%
Average rank
#269in Dental Care
Average rating
4.36 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
9,376per listing
Listings tracked
18

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 44 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
44 months

Products

Top Crest 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 58% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£7K£14K£21K£27K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

68

Top-5 brand share

99%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

58%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Crest78%
  • LuxPaks17%
  • Spotlight Oral Care1%
  • Fashion Base1%
  • Arm & Hammer1%
  • Monicare1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Crest Toothpaste search demand

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

6K4KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Crest Toothpaste search terms shoppers use

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

  • crest toothpaste117K/yr
  • crest52K/yr
  • peroxide teeth whitening28K/yr
  • crest whitening7K/yr
  • teeth whitening peroxide5K/yr
  • toothpaste crest4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Crest Toothpaste

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

Complain

Size-Overall16%−0.11

I was disappointed by the size

Tiny travel size very misleading

was smaller than I expected

Value For Money13%+0.70

Pricey

Expensive

SO expensive

Visibility9%−0.08

Can't see a real difference after a few days

no visible difference

i don't see any difference

Tooth Brightening7%+0.64

Too addictive whitening your teeth

doesnt whiten teeth

no whitening effect

Functionality-Overall7%−0.11

made no difference at all

Didnt work

Doesn't work

Love

Oral Hygiene20%+1.82

most importantly very effective in maintaining mouth health

Great for Gums & Teeth

Great toothpaste leaves your teeth clean and breath fresh

Tooth Brightening18%+0.64

Good whitening

A good whitening kit

Teeth whitening

Quality-Overall14%+0.40

Good Crest product

Great Product

Wonderful good quality n good value for money

Value For Money12%+0.70

Good Price

Value for money

Good value for money

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%−0.01

Does the job

As described

Just what I wanted

Return

0.3% Return rate 41% Fixable by listing

Leak-Proof19%▁▂▆█▅▂
Size-Overall19%▃█▃▂▃▅

I was disappointed by the size

Tiny travel size very misleading

was smaller than I expected

Advertised Vs Actual Product16%█▂▄▂▂▅

Misleading

Tiny travel size very misleading

Tooth Brightening13%▄▂▁▃█▄

Too addictive whitening your teeth

doesnt whiten teeth

no whitening effect

Oral Hygiene8%▄▁█▄▄▁

havent found it any better than other toothpastes

It doesnt give you that feeling of fresh teeth like oral toothpaste

the gel went on my gums a little which has made my gums a little sore

FAQ

Common Crest Toothpaste questions

Answered from the same tracked data.