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Evening Primrose Oil

Evening Primrose Oil shows low returns (0.1%), but soft demand (-10.7% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

51
Worth a look
Market size 63Growth 20Conversion 96Competition 37Returns 100Price range 34Avg price 35Brand share 51Review moat 49Quality gap 24
This niche Category average

Is Evening Primrose Oil profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Evening Primrose Oil is a £566K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (388K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 74% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 51/100.

Evening Primrose Oil: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -10.7% over the last 90 days and 14.2% of searches end in a purchase.

£566K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr60K
Search volume / yr-10.7%388K
Conversion rate14.2%
Avg price£10.23

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 74% of demand, so 26% of the market is open.

26%

open market share

Brands · sellers15 · 55
Top-5 product click share63%
Open market26%
Avg brand age88 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 18 products

Sponsored placement83%
New entrants (1y)2· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews1,563

Top Evening Primrose Oil products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 63% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£57K£113K£170K£226K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 flat

Sellers

55

Top-5 brand share

74%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

63%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

22%

  • Natures Aid30%
  • Horbäach23%
  • Zipvit8%
  • Nature's Truth7%
  • WeightWorld6%
  • Carlyle4%

Evening Primrose Oil demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume388KCVR14.2%Products18Brands15Top 5 Brands74%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.6★Reviews1,563Avg BSR#35
9K7KSpike '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Top Evening Primrose Oil search terms shoppers use

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

  • evening primrose oil227K/yr
  • evening primrose oil 1000mg53K/yr
  • evening primrose capsules21K/yr
  • primrose oil20K/yr
  • primrose oil capsules 1000mg20K/yr
  • evening primrose16K/yr
  • evening primrose oil capsules8K/yr
  • primrose6K/yr
  • oil of evening primrose 1000mg4K/yr
  • primrose oil capsules5K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Evening Primrose Oil

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

72% of reviews
Value For Money15%

Good value for money

Quality-Overall13%

The quality is excellent in these capsules too, they're really clean and natural, and they absolutely do the trick for her

Ease Of Chewing/Swallowing12%

never had a problem swallowing

Dosage6%

The dosage is decent

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%

Does the job

What buyers complain about

53% of reviews
Size-Overall12%

the capsules are pretty small

Dosage11%

Capsules are 500mg each, not 1500mg

Side Effects7%

have brain fog

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%

There is a slight discrepancy between the listing title. which states 180mg GLA

Breathability3%

I didn't notice any difference to taking this and just breathing

Common Evening Primrose Oil questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Evening Primrose Oil 51/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £566K/yr across 18 tracked products. 0 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -10.7% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Evening Primrose Oil on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.3× the quietest.