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Ear Plugs

Pass

Ear Plugs scores 69 out of 100, a Pass. Shoppers spend $3.4M a year here, demand is soft, at -1.1% this quarter, and returns run at 0.8% of orders.

Flapen Score
69
69 / 100
Top 2% of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · +21 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£3.4M/yr3.7M searches / yr
90-day growth
-1.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
40%top-5 click share · 32 brands · 86 sellers

Flapen Score

Ear Plugs against its category

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

69Pass
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Ear Plugs market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Ear Plugs 3.7M times last year and spent an estimated £3.4M. The top 5 brands take 51% of clicks. Flapen scores it 69 out of 100, a Pass.

01 · Demand

11.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 3.7M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 11.3% 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 £3.4M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
3.7M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-1.1%
Conversion, latest week
11.3%
Market size, estimated
£3.4Ma year
Peak month
January1.1× the quietest month
Top search term
ear plugs1.7M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.07.

Listings sell for £8.07 on average, from £2.11 to £24.72. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 400K to 500K a year. The average listing sells 6,000 to 8,000 of them. At £8.07 that is £48K to £65K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.07under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.11–£24.72
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
400K–500K
Units per listing a year
6,000–8,000
Revenue per listing a year
£48K–£65K
Returns
0.8%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

78% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 98% ship with Prime. On an average day, 14.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #38 within Ear Care. It carries 6,546 reviews at 4.20 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
78%
Prime listings
98%
Out of stock, average day
14.1%
Average rank
#38in Ear Care
Average rating
4.20 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
6,546per listing
Listings tracked
41

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 6 of last year's 8 launches as successful.

8 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 6 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 38 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
8
Successful launches
6Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
38 months

Products

Top Ear Plugs 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 40% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£101K£203K£304K£406K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

32 falling

Sellers

86

Top-5 brand share

51%

Top 20: 91%

Top-5 click share

40%

Top 20: 82%

Open market

45%

  • Loop19%
  • Earmedic11%
  • Howard Leight8%
  • ERM TOOL8%
  • HOYIO5%
  • Duppiie5%

Demand

Ear Plugs search demand

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

80K60KSepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.1×

Search terms

Top Ear Plugs search terms shoppers use

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

  • ear plugs1.7M/yr
  • ear plugs for sleep438K/yr
  • earplugs273K/yr
  • ear plugs for sleeping228K/yr
  • noise cancelling ear plugs172K/yr
  • earplugs for sleep157K/yr
  • sleep ear plugs149K/yr
  • sleeping ear plugs101K/yr
  • foam ear plugs80K/yr
  • ear plugs noise cancelling89K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Ear Plugs

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

Complain

Functionality-Overall15%−0.41

Not effective

dont work as described

Did not work

Comfort-Overall12%+1.23

Incredibly uncomfortable

Very uncomfortable to wear

Very uncomfortable in ears

Quality-Overall9%+0.24

High price for quality

Awful Quality

Cheap quality

Size-Overall9%−0.05

Very small

Didnt fit

Much too narrow

Value For Money8%+0.07

Too expensive

Not worth it

just overpriced

Love

Comfort-Overall24%+1.23

Comfortable to wear

Comfortable fit

no discomfort

Quality-Overall13%+0.24

Amazing quality

Good quality plugs

gives them a premium quality feeling

Ear Hygiene9%+1.15

They protect your ears

Comfy ear plugs

Very Comfortable Ear Plugs

Value For Money9%+0.07

Money well spent

Not expensive

Competitive price

Sleep Quality9%+0.84

Helps me sleep

Good night's sleep

Good night's sleep

Return

0.8% Return rate 30% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall30%█▇▇██▇

Not effective

dont work as described

Did not work

Size-Overall21%▇▇█▆▆█

Very small

Didnt fit

Much too narrow

Comfort-Overall16%▆██▆▇█

Incredibly uncomfortable

Very uncomfortable to wear

Very uncomfortable in ears

Quality-Overall7%▆█▆▆▇▇

High price for quality

Awful Quality

Cheap quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%█▅▆▆█▇

Very misleading picture

Not as described

Misleading

FAQ

Common Ear Plugs questions

Answered from the same tracked data.