Hydrocortisone Cream
Hydrocortisone Cream clears our launch bar: a $1.3M/yr market growing +9.8% this quarter with returns at 0.1%.
Flapen Score
Is Hydrocortisone Cream profitable on Amazon?
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Hydrocortisone Cream is a £1.3M/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (1.2M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 79% of demand. Verdict: Launch it — 56/100.
Hydrocortisone Cream: the Amazon niche in one read
Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.
Is the demand real?
Yes. Search demand moved +9.8% over the last 90 days and 15.4% of searches end in a purchase.
£1.3M
revenue / yr
Who owns the niche?
The top 5 brands hold 79% of demand, so 21% of the market is open.
21%
open market share
Is there a way in?
Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.
0/100
page quality · 19 products
Top Hydrocortisone Cream products & what they sell for
Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Pinewoods Bite & Stings Relief Cream - Hydrocortisone 1% w/w (1 x 10g Tube)
- Price
- £3.29
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 5,280
- Age
- 6y ago
2 x Bite & Stings Relief Cream Hydrocortisone 1% 10g Tube Anti-Itch Cream
- Price
- £4.93
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 63
- Age
- 11mo ago
Pinewoods Fast Acting Hydrocortisone Cream 1% w/w Bite and Sting Cream Mosquito and Bee Sting Treatment Itchy Skin and Redness Solution 3 x 10g Tubes for Eczema and Irritation
- Price
- £6.51
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 1,973
- Age
- 1y ago
4 x Hydrocortisone Cream 1% w/w Itch Relief Cream for Mosquito Bite & Sting Reactions and Itchy Skin & Redness Solution (4 Pack) GSL (Packaging May Vary)
- Price
- £8.64
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 75
- Age
- 4mo ago
2 x Bite & Stings Relief Cream - Hydrocortisone 1% 10g Tube - Anti-Itch Cream - Packging May Vary
- Price
- £4.85
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 104
- Age
- 11mo ago
Trending
90-day click momentum2 x Bite & Stings Relief Cream Hydrocortisone 1% 10g Tube Anti-Itch Cream
- Price
- £4.93
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 63
- Age
- 11mo ago
Hydrocortisone Cream 1% w/w Bite & Sting Cream Mosquito & Bee Sting Relief Itchy Skin & Redness Solution | 3 × 10g Tubes | HydraSole Bundles Packaging May Vary
- Price
- £7.28
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 41
- Age
- 3mo ago
Antibacterial Cream Eczema Cream Itch Relief Cream Fast Relief for Dermatitis Itchy Rashes Psoriasis Ointment Relieves Itchy Skin
- Price
- £8.45
- Rating
- 4.0/5
- Reviews
- 30
- Age
- 4mo ago
4 x Hydrocortisone Cream 1% w/w Itch Relief Cream for Mosquito Bite & Sting Reactions and Itchy Skin & Redness Solution (4 Pack) GSL (Packaging May Vary)
- Price
- £8.64
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 75
- Age
- 4mo ago
5 x Bite & Stings Relief Cream - Hydrocortisone 1% 10g Tube - Anti-Itch Gel - Packging May Vary
- Price
- £8.24
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 13
- Age
- 11mo ago
Newest
by launch dateHydrocortisone Cream 1% w/w Bite & Sting Cream Mosquito & Bee Sting Relief Itchy Skin & Redness Solution | 3 × 10g Tubes | HydraSole Bundles Packaging May Vary
- Price
- £7.28
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 41
- Age
- 3mo ago
Antibacterial Cream Eczema Cream Itch Relief Cream Fast Relief for Dermatitis Itchy Rashes Psoriasis Ointment Relieves Itchy Skin
- Price
- £8.45
- Rating
- 4.0/5
- Reviews
- 30
- Age
- 4mo ago
4 x Hydrocortisone Cream 1% w/w Itch Relief Cream for Mosquito Bite & Sting Reactions and Itchy Skin & Redness Solution (4 Pack) GSL (Packaging May Vary)
- Price
- £8.64
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 75
- Age
- 4mo ago
5 x Bite & Stings Relief Cream - Hydrocortisone 1% 10g Tube - Anti-Itch Cream
- Price
- £7.92
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 14
- Age
- 4mo ago
2 x Bite & Stings Relief Cream Hydrocortisone 1% 10g Tube Anti-Itch Cream
- Price
- £4.93
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 63
- Age
- 11mo ago
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 58% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.
Brands
11 rising
Sellers
97
Top-5 brand share
79%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
58%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
15%
- Generic29%
- Pinewood23%
- Skincalm14%
- Wilosc8%
- ANCIENT CARE CREATING HEALTHIER LIVES6%
- ORTCI6%
- Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 15%)
Hydrocortisone Cream demand & seasonality
Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×
Top Hydrocortisone Cream search terms shoppers use
The exact queries shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth and conversion.
- hydrocortisone cream755K/yr
- steroid cream78K/yr
- hydrocortisone cream 1 percent58K/yr
- hydrocortisone48K/yr
- 1% hydrocortisone cream28K/yr
- hydrocortisone cream 2.5 percent34K/yr
- hc45 hydrocortisone cream30K/yr
- steroid cream for eczema26K/yr
- hydrocortisone ointment24K/yr
- hydrocortisone cream 1%19K/yr
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hydrocortisone Cream
What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.
What buyers love
81% of reviews“Good value for money”
“no skin irritation”
“eases the itching”
“Just as advertised”
“Great cream”
What buyers complain about
67% of reviews“Skin reaction”
“Didnt work”
“Didnt take the itching away for hours”
“Shame it's not the 15gm size”
“It smells awful”
Hydrocortisone Cream return rate & reasons
Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.
0.1%
Return rate
0%
Fixable by listing
The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.
Common Hydrocortisone Cream questions
The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.
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