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Macleans Toothpaste

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Macleans Toothpaste is a Fail.

Flapen Score
38
38 / 100
Ranks 1,800 of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · −10 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£52K/yr23K searches / yr
90-day growth
-7.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
91%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 26 sellers

Flapen Score

Macleans Toothpaste against its category

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

38Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Macleans Toothpaste market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Macleans Toothpaste 23K times last year and spent an estimated £52K. All 5 brands take every click. Flapen scores it 38 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

25.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 23K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 25.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -7.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £52K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
23K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-7.7%
Conversion, latest week
25.4%
Market size, estimated
£52Ka year
Peak month
August1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
macleans toothpaste20K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.84.

Listings sell for £8.84 on average, from £3.39 to £14.82. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £8.84 that is £4K to £7K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.84under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.39–£14.82
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
5K–6K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£4K–£7K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

13% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 75% ship with Prime. On an average day, 25.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #890 within Dental Care. It carries 45 reviews at 4.39 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
13%
Prime listings
75%
Out of stock, average day
25.6%
Average rank
#890in Dental Care
Average rating
4.39 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
45per listing
Listings tracked
8

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 70 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
70 months

Products

Top Macleans Toothpaste 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 91% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£8K£16K£23K£31K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

5 flat

Sellers

26

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

91%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Macleans45%
  • AA Merchant18%
  • XENEVO18%
  • Generic16%
  • zaizah2%

Demand

Macleans Toothpaste search demand

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

600400JulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Macleans Toothpaste

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

Complain

Comfort-Overall20%−0.09

Uncomfortable and impossible to return

Color15%−0.07

Not blue

This is not white and shine

The paste isn't white

Tooth Brightening10%−0.07

NOT white and shine

This is not white and shine

Oral Hygiene10%+0.97

It's toothpaste - not as good as the old stuff

Quality-Overall10%+1.36

It's toothpaste - not as good as the old stuff

Love

Oral Hygiene23%+0.97

Good toothpaste clean teeth & fresh breath

It's a good value Toothpaste

Its great toothpaste

Value For Money22%+1.12

Great deal

Good value for the money

Good Deal

Quality-Overall22%+1.36

Excellent Product

Good brand

Great product

Tooth Brightening12%−0.07

Teeth feel good after using

This toothpaste was once remarkable for removing stains resulting in whiter teeth however its changed

Works well on whitening teeth

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%+0.74

As described

Just what was required

Return

0.1% Return rate 6% Fixable by listing

Ingredients-Overall33%▁█▁▁█▁
Taste-Overall22%▁▁▆▁█▁

it's barely mint taste at all

Value For Money17%▁█▁▁▁▁
Functionality-Overall8%▁▁▁▁▁█
Quality-Overall8%▁▁▁▁▁█

It's toothpaste - not as good as the old stuff

FAQ

Common Macleans Toothpaste questions

Answered from the same tracked data.