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Dental Floss

Maybe

Buyers convert on 20.4% of searches. But products sell for $5.74 on average, outside the sweet spot, so Dental Floss is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
58
58 / 100
Top 13% of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · +10 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£2.1M/yr1.8M searches / yr
90-day growth
-1.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
56%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 182 sellers

Flapen Score

Dental Floss against its category

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

58Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Dental Floss market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Dental Floss 1.8M times last year and spent an estimated £2.1M. The top 5 brands take 86% of clicks. Flapen scores it 58 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

20.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.8M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 20.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -1.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £2.1M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.8M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-1.1%
Conversion, latest week
20.4%
Market size, estimated
£2.1Ma year
Peak month
March1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
floss677K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.74.

Listings sell for £5.74 on average, from £1.42 to £23.13. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 300K to 400K a year. The average listing sells 20,000 to 25,000 of them. At £5.74 that is £115K to £144K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.74under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.42–£23.13
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
300K–400K
Units per listing a year
20,000–25,000
Revenue per listing a year
£115K–£144K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

68% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 96% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #16 within Dental Care. It carries 3,425 reviews at 4.40 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
68%
Prime listings
96%
Out of stock, average day
5.4%
Average rank
#16in Dental Care
Average rating
4.40 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,425per listing
Listings tracked
25

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 5 of last year's 6 launches as successful.

6 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 5 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 47 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
5Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
47 months

Products

Top Dental Floss 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 56% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£104K£209K£313K£418K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 rising

Sellers

182

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

56%

Top 20: 94%

Open market

11%

  • Oral-B62%
  • Cleanse12%
  • Y-Kelin6%
  • Colgate4%
  • HouChanges3%
  • Waken3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 11%)

Demand

Dental Floss search demand

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

40K30KSpike '24Prime Day '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Dental Floss search terms shoppers use

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

  • floss677K/yr
  • dental floss556K/yr
  • oral b floss108K/yr
  • tooth floss93K/yr
  • dental tape56K/yr
  • oral b satin tape30K/yr
  • teeth floss47K/yr
  • oral b satin tape dental floss35K/yr
  • dental floss tape27K/yr
  • oral b dental floss28K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Dental Floss

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

Complain

Oral Hygiene15%+1.57

The floss doesnt work properly

oh my I was so worried for my gums

What a bad product which puts more crap in your teeth than takes out

Quality-Overall13%−0.07

Bad quality

Cheap quality

Reduce the quality

Thickness8%−0.07

The floss is too thick

Way too thick

They are on the thin side

Ease Of Use5%

hard to use

Hard to pull out

impossible to remove

Value For Money5%+1.24

Waste of money

It's expensive

It over priced

Love

Oral Hygiene26%+1.57

Amazing for teeth

Improved my dental hygiene

Great for dental hygiene

Quality-Overall15%−0.07

EXCELLENT QUALITY

Excellent item and quality speedy delivery highly recommended

Good product as described

Value For Money12%+1.24

Decent price

fair price

Good value for money

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%+0.92

work as advertised

As described

Did its job

Ease Of Use7%

Ease of use

Very handy

Makes it easier

Return

0.1% Return rate 39% Fixable by listing

Advertised Vs Actual Product22%▄▁▅▆▄█
Quality-Overall17%▂▇█▂█▃

Bad quality

Cheap quality

Reduce the quality

Size-Overall8%▆▄▄▁█▆
Oral Hygiene5%█▇▃▃▃▄

The floss doesnt work properly

oh my I was so worried for my gums

What a bad product which puts more crap in your teeth than takes out

Thickness5%▅▆▂▅▃█

The floss is too thick

Way too thick

They are on the thin side

FAQ

Common Dental Floss questions

Answered from the same tracked data.