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Lidocaine Gel

Fail

Prices span $2.98–$13.44, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Lidocaine Gel is a Fail.

Flapen Score
41
41 / 100
Ranks 1,596 of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · −7 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£168K/yr238K searches / yr
90-day growth
-27.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
83%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 97 sellers

Flapen Score

Lidocaine Gel against its category

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

41Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Lidocaine Gel market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Lidocaine Gel 238K times last year and spent an estimated £168K. The top 5 brands take 88% of clicks. Demand peaks in Feb. Flapen scores it 41 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

11.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 238K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 11.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -27.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £168K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
238K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-27.7%
Conversion, latest week
11.9%
Market size, estimated
£168Ka year
Peak month
February1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
anbesol57K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.92.

Listings sell for £5.92 on average, from £2.98 to £13.44. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 2,500 to 3,000 of them. At £5.92 that is £15K to £18K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.92under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.98–£13.44
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
2,500–3,000
Revenue per listing a year
£15K–£18K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

80% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 90% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #65 within Dental Care. It carries 4,491 reviews at 4.32 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
80%
Prime listings
90%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#65in Dental Care
Average rating
4.32 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
4,491per listing
Listings tracked
10

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 66 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
66 months

Products

Top Lidocaine Gel 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 83% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£25K£50K£76K£101K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 rising

Sellers

97

Top-5 brand share

88%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

83%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

7%

  • Anbesol51%
  • Orajel13%
  • Aloclair9%
  • Bonjela7%
  • AINxtolm7%
  • apipharma5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 7%)

Demand

Lidocaine Gel search demand

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

8K6KSpike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Lidocaine Gel search terms shoppers use

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

  • anbesol57K/yr
  • anbesol liquid99K/yr
  • anbesol adult strength gel50K/yr
  • anbesol liquid adult20K/yr
  • ambesol6K/yr
  • anbesol adult strength liquid4K/yr
  • ambersol2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Lidocaine Gel

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

Complain

Taste-Overall14%+0.08

Tastes bad

It tastes disgusting

Has a faint banana taste

Pain Relief-Overall13%−0.09

they can be surprisingly painful

hurts a little

Pain

Functionality-Overall11%−0.11

Doesn't work, and doesn't spray

Didn't work for me

doesn't work well for me I use it

Value For Money6%−0.01

Waste of money

Not worth it

Not impressed for the price

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting5%−0.05

No information in English as how to use it

Unreadable instructions

There are no instructions enclosed

Love

Tooth Sensitivity21%+1.79

it calmed my gum down around the tooth it handy to have in for emergencies

This is amazing at soothing toothache

very effective, and it can be useful not only for toothache

Advertised Vs Actual Product13%+0.37

Exactly as described

As advertised

Did the job

Quality-Overall9%+0.78

Better than other makes I've used

Great product very pleased with purchase

Excellent product

Efficiency9%+0.83

Very effective

Works well

Worked well immediately

Oral Hygiene9%

Teething lifesaver

Very Handy dental care to have

provides a natural option for oral care

Return

0.1% Return rate 24% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall22%█▇▄▅▁▄

Doesn't work, and doesn't spray

Didn't work for me

doesn't work well for me I use it

Language Issues12%▆▁▁█▁█
Size-Overall11%▅▁▃▁█▃
Advertised Vs Actual Product9%▁▃▁▃█▁

Didnt read the info properly

The description on here is misleading

Why is the info on the bottle matching it??!. And how can a product come without any packaging of its own. A bit dodgy

Compatibility-Overall7%▁▁▁█▁▁

FAQ

Common Lidocaine Gel questions

Answered from the same tracked data.