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Evening Primrose Oil

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But demand is soft, at -10.7% this quarter, so Evening Primrose Oil is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
51
51 / 100
Top 36% of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · +3 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£566K/yr388K searches / yr
90-day growth
-10.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
63%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 55 sellers

Flapen Score

Evening Primrose Oil against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Personal Care average. Past it, Evening Primrose Oil is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

51Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Evening Primrose Oil market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Evening Primrose Oil 388K times last year and spent an estimated £566K. The top 5 brands take 74% of clicks. Flapen scores it 51 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

14.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 388K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 14.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -10.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £566K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
388K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-10.7%
Conversion, latest week
14.2%
Market size, estimated
£566Ka year
Peak month
October1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
evening primrose oil227K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £10.23.

Listings sell for £10.23 on average, from £5.79 to £19.85. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 50K to 60K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At £10.23 that is £31K to £41K a year per listing.

Average price
£10.23under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.79–£19.85
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
50K–60K
Units per listing a year
3,000–4,000
Revenue per listing a year
£31K–£41K
Returns
0.1%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. 94% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #35 within Essential Fatty Acids. It carries 1,563 reviews at 4.62 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
83%
Prime listings
94%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#35in Essential Fatty Acids
Average rating
4.62 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,563per listing
Listings tracked
18

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 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 88 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
88 months

Products

Top Evening Primrose Oil 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 63% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past 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%

Demand

Evening Primrose Oil search demand

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

9K7KSpike '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Evening Primrose Oil search terms shoppers use

The exact words 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

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Evening Primrose Oil

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

Complain

Size-Overall12%

the capsules are pretty small

that are smaller than expected

slightly large for me

Dosage11%−0.05

Capsules are 500mg each, not 1500mg

NOT 1500mg

This is very misleading as I thought each capsule was 1500mg as my previous provider

Side Effects7%−0.04

have brain fog

Since taking for 7 days I have aches n pains and bloating and tummy issues

Side effects include blood thinning, severe nosebleeds

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%−0.03

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

Misleading

This is very misleading as I thought each capsule was 1500mg as my previous provider

Breathability3%−0.02

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

so no breathy taint either

Love

Value For Money15%+0.76

Good value for money

Excellent price

Worth buying

Quality-Overall13%+1.22

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

Good quality capsules

Excellent product

Ease Of Chewing/Swallowing12%+0.66

never had a problem swallowing

Easy to swallow

These are easy to consume with a little water

Dosage6%−0.05

The dosage is decent

Good pills

Very good and easy size capsule to take

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%−0.03

Does the job

As described

its work as good as it said

FAQ

Common Evening Primrose Oil questions

Answered from the same tracked data.