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Glucomannan

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But prices span $5.46–$17.26, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Glucomannan 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
£139K/yr173K searches / yr
90-day growth
+79.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
75%top-5 click share · 14 brands · 19 sellers

Flapen Score

Glucomannan against its category

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

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

Market

The Glucomannan market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Glucomannan 173K times last year and spent an estimated £139K. The top 5 brands take 75% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Jun. Flapen scores it 58 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

7.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 173K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 7.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +79.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £139K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
173K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+79.6%
Conversion, latest week
7.0%
Market size, estimated
£139Ka year
Peak month
May3.4× the quietest month
Top search term
glucomannan124K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £11.46.

Listings sell for £11.46 on average, from £5.46 to £17.26. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At £11.46 that is £11K to £14K a year per listing.

Average price
£11.46under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.46–£17.26
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
£11K–£14K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

73% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 93% ship with Prime. On an average day, 11.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #235 within Diet & Nutrition. It carries 1,058 reviews at 4.11 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
73%
Prime listings
93%
Out of stock, average day
11.8%
Average rank
#235in Diet & Nutrition
Average rating
4.11 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,058per listing
Listings tracked
15

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 51 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
51 months

Products

Top Glucomannan 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 75% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£14K£28K£42K£55K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

14 rising

Sellers

19

Top-5 brand share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

19%

  • Lindens25%
  • BANDINI16%
  • WeightWorld13%
  • NUMAN11%
  • Horbäach11%
  • Bulk6%

Demand

Glucomannan search demand

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

18K13KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.4×

Search terms

Top Glucomannan search terms shoppers use

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

  • glucomannan124K/yr
  • glucomannan weight loss29K/yr
  • glucomannan capsules11K/yr
  • glucomannan complex5K/yr
  • glucomannan fibre4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Glucomannan

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

Complain

Functionality-Overall22%−0.20

Ineffective

Didn't work for me

It just doesnt do anything

Size-Overall8%−0.02

Large capsules,

The tablets are quite large

Quite big

Ease Of Chewing/Swallowing6%

can snap in half to swallow

Hard To Swallow

Only giving this 2 stars as they are very hard to swallow

Taste-Overall4%−0.03

Ease of swallow no taste just being using for a few weeks will need to take a little longer to see some affects for now not a great difference can be seen

Don't like the capsules they taste weird

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting4%−0.06

Unfortunately did nothing for me even though I followed the instructions

No instructions

Love

Quality-Overall19%+1.16

A good product with a good track record

Excellent product

Great quality

Value For Money15%+1.00

Good value

Good value for money

Good value for money

Joint Pain14%+0.86

Good for joints

Good joint-support supplement

It is to help with joint pain

Ease Of Chewing/Swallowing6%

Easy to swallow

not difficult to swallow

Great product although difficult to swallow

Weight Loss5%+0.29

I have found this to be such a useful supplement to aid my weight loss journey

Ive found these really help me to stick to my diet

Weight loss

FAQ

Common Glucomannan questions

Answered from the same tracked data.