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Forehead Thermometer

Fail

Demand is soft, at -37.5% this quarter, so Forehead Thermometer is a Fail.

Flapen Score
44
44 / 100
Ranks 1,348 of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · −4 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£142K/yr114K searches / yr
90-day growth
-37.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
70%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 67 sellers

Flapen Score

Forehead Thermometer against its category

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

44Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Forehead Thermometer market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Forehead Thermometer 114K times last year and spent an estimated £142K. The top 5 brands take 85% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

10.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 114K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 10.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -37.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £142K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
114K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-37.5%
Conversion, latest week
10.4%
Market size, estimated
£142Ka year
Peak month
December2.1× the quietest month
Top search term
forehead thermometer66K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £11.97.

Listings sell for £11.97 on average, from £5.00 to £24.44. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £11.97 that is £6K to £9K a year per listing.

Average price
£11.97under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.00–£24.44
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
£6K–£9K
Returns
0.8%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #8 within Baby & Child Care. It carries 6,742 reviews at 4.34 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#8in Baby & Child Care
Average rating
4.34 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
6,742per listing
Listings tracked
16

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 53 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
53 months

Products

Top Forehead Thermometer 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 70% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£14K£28K£42K£57K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

67

Top-5 brand share

85%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

10%

  • femometer30%
  • ANMEATE22%
  • INDOTEAM12%
  • Braun11%
  • Berrcom10%
  • OxiPro5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 10%)

Demand

Forehead Thermometer search demand

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

4K3KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×

Search terms

Top Forehead Thermometer search terms shoppers use

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

  • forehead thermometer66K/yr
  • head thermometer11K/yr
  • forehead thermometers10K/yr
  • no touch thermometer8K/yr
  • non contact thermometer7K/yr
  • head thermometer for kids4K/yr
  • thermometer forehead5K/yr
  • forehead thermometer baby3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Forehead Thermometer

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

Complain

Measurement/Reading Accuracy27%−0.20

Inaccurate readings

Readings are incorrect

Inaccurate

Functionality-Overall15%−0.11

Doesnt work properly

Does t work well

Didn't work

Quality-Overall9%+0.38

Very bad quality it broke in 20 days

Poor quality

Inaccurate and poor quality

Value For Money6%+0.57

It might be cheaper than others

Waste of money

Not worth it

Ease Of Use5%+2.71

they are extremely difficult to remove

not easy to use at all

Not straightforward

Love

Ease Of Use40%+2.71

Easy to handle

Easy to read

Ease of use

Quality-Overall15%+0.38

Excellent product as described

Excellent product

Good product that performs well

Value For Money13%+0.57

Excellent price

Excellent value

Great value for money

Advertised Vs Actual Product10%+0.68

As advertised

Exactly what I ordered

As described

Efficiency6%+0.36

Does the job

Works perfectly

It works straight away

Return

0.8% Return rate 2% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall33%▅▆▆▇▇█

Doesnt work properly

Does t work well

Didn't work

Measurement/Reading Accuracy24%█▇█▆▃▃

Inaccurate readings

Readings are incorrect

Inaccurate

Defective Material/Parts7%▄▅▅▄▅█
Heating6%▅▅▅▅▅█
Accuracy-Overall5%▅▆▅▅█▄

Inaccurate

is very inaccurate

Inaccurate and waste of time

FAQ

Common Forehead Thermometer questions

Answered from the same tracked data.