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Hay Fever

Fail

Prices span $2.77–$13.07, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Hay Fever is a Fail.

Flapen Score
49
49 / 100
Top 45% of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · +1 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£554K/yr585K searches / yr
90-day growth
+39.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
77%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 106 sellers

Flapen Score

Hay Fever against its category

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

49Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Hay Fever market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Hay Fever 585K times last year and spent an estimated £554K. The top 5 brands take 87% of clicks. Demand peaks in Apr–May–Jun–Jul. Flapen scores it 49 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

14.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 585K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 14.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +39.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £554K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
585K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+39.7%
Conversion, latest week
14.5%
Market size, estimated
£554Ka year
Peak month
June2.4× the quietest month
Top search term
piriton allergy tablets165K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.52.

Listings sell for £6.52 on average, from £2.77 to £13.07. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 80K to 100K a year. The average listing sells 6,000 to 8,000 of them. At £6.52 that is £39K to £52K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.52under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.77–£13.07
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
80K–100K
Units per listing a year
6,000–8,000
Revenue per listing a year
£39K–£52K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

79% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 79% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #21 within Allergy & Asthma Relief. It carries 3,499 reviews at 4.66 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
79%
Prime listings
79%
Out of stock, average day
7.2%
Average rank
#21in Allergy & Asthma Relief
Average rating
4.66 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,499per listing
Listings tracked
14

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 3 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 3 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 55 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
55 months

Products

Top Hay Fever 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 77% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£55K£111K£166K£221K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 falling

Sellers

106

Top-5 brand share

87%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

8%

  • Generic29%
  • Piriteze25%
  • Clarityn17%
  • Piri9%
  • PIRITEZE6%
  • Benadryl5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 8%)

Demand

Hay Fever search demand

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

23K18KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Apr, May, Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.4×

Search terms

Top Hay Fever search terms shoppers use

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

  • piriton allergy tablets165K/yr
  • piriton167K/yr
  • piriteze59K/yr
  • piriton tablets42K/yr
  • clarityn allergy tablets24K/yr
  • hay fever14K/yr
  • clarityn22K/yr
  • claritin15K/yr
  • benadryl one a day 30 tablets11K/yr
  • allergy13K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hay Fever

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

Complain

Functionality-Overall23%−0.16

Didn't work

Not very effective

Don't work, do absolutely nothing

Value For Money13%+2.61

A rip off price

expensive

Half the price as expensive ones same results

Allergies10%−0.02

If you have allergies got yours

Itching

making his skin bleed

Fever Relief7%+0.14

not in the real hay fever season yet

I used to suffer badly from hay fever

Hay-fever tablets

Side Effects4%−0.02

Side effects unpleasant

Seems to be the only side-effect

One side effect I noticed was a bit of drowsiness

Love

Value For Money35%+2.61

They are affordable

Excellent value for money

Great savings

Quality-Overall10%+0.57

I like this product its well made

No complaints here

Excellent product

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%+0.74

DID THE JOB AS EXPECTED

As described

Work as they should

Allergies9%−0.02

Great allergy reliever highly recommend

Good for allergies

Seem to help with my allergies

Efficiency9%+0.32

Works well

Effective

Work great as expected

FAQ

Common Hay Fever questions

Answered from the same tracked data.