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Glucosamine Sulphate

Fail

Demand is soft, at -3.4% this quarter, so Glucosamine Sulphate is a Fail.

Flapen Score
45
45 / 100
Ranks 1,255 of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · −3 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£125K/yr65K searches / yr
90-day growth
-3.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
63%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 30 sellers

Flapen Score

Glucosamine Sulphate against its category

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

45Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Glucosamine Sulphate market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Glucosamine Sulphate 65K times last year and spent an estimated £125K. The top 5 brands take 88% of clicks. Flapen scores it 45 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

17.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 65K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 17.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -3.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £125K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
65K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-3.4%
Conversion, latest week
17.5%
Market size, estimated
£125Ka year
Peak month
January1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
glucosamine sulphate47K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £11.02.

Listings sell for £11.02 on average, from £6.73 to £18.19. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £11.02 that is £3K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£11.02under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£6.73–£18.19
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£6K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

82% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 19.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #51 within Chondroitin & Glucosamine. It carries 1,714 reviews at 4.56 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
82%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
19.5%
Average rank
#51in Chondroitin & Glucosamine
Average rating
4.56 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,714per listing
Listings tracked
22

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 65 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
65 months

Products

Top Glucosamine Sulphate 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£13K£25K£38K£50K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 rising

Sellers

30

Top-5 brand share

88%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

63%

Top 20: 98%

Open market

8%

  • Zipvit39%
  • Simply Supplements34%
  • Nu U Nutrition7%
  • Natures Aid4%
  • Carlyle4%
  • NEW LEAF PRODUCTS3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 8%)

Demand

Glucosamine Sulphate search demand

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

1K750Spike '25DecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Glucosamine Sulphate search terms shoppers use

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

  • glucosamine sulphate47K/yr
  • glucosamine sulphate 1500mg9K/yr
  • glucosamine 1500mg5K/yr
  • glucosamine sulphate 1000mg4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Glucosamine Sulphate

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

Complain

Taste-Overall14%−0.09

Taste awful

seemingly taste-less too

Tastes a little weird

Size-Overall10%−0.02

These capsules are rather large

The tablets are quite large

They are quite large

Ease Of Chewing/Swallowing9%−0.03

which may be difficult for those who struggle with swallowing bulky supplements

Hard To Swallow

For those who have trouble swallowing large pills

Functionality-Overall6%−0.02

Didn't work for me

Unsure if they work for me... Completed the first bottle but cannot tell if theyve made any difference....

Take a while to work

Pain Relief-Overall6%−0.02

Back pain

knees were painful

this time I got knee pain

Love

Joint Pain23%+0.89

It is to help with joint pain

Really brilliant for joint pain easing the aches

This has the right combination to help joint pain

Value For Money22%+1.30

Best value

Good value for money

Excellent price

Quality-Overall16%+1.46

Excellent combo product

EXCELLENT PRODUCT

Great quality from a reliable seller

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%+0.29

As advertised

As described

Worked as desired

Ease Of Chewing/Swallowing6%−0.03

not difficult to swallow

Easy to swallow

to date I have not had any problems swallowing them

FAQ

Common Glucosamine Sulphate questions

Answered from the same tracked data.