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Numbing Cream

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But the top 5 products take 83% of clicks, so Numbing Cream is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
50
50 / 100
Top 41% of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · +2 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£903K/yr932K searches / yr
90-day growth
+1.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
83%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 71 sellers

Flapen Score

Numbing Cream against its category

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

50Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Numbing Cream market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Numbing Cream 932K times last year and spent an estimated £903K. The top 5 brands take 87% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jul. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

10.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 932K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 10.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +1.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £903K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
932K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+1.5%
Conversion, latest week
10.1%
Market size, estimated
£903Ka year
Peak month
July1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
numbing cream564K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.59.

Listings sell for £9.59 on average, from £2.96 to £27.71. 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 £9.59 that is £58K to £77K a year per listing.

Average price
£9.59under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.96–£27.71
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
£58K–£77K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

60% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #414 within First Aid. It carries 2,889 reviews at 4.48 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
60%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.6%
Average rank
#414in First Aid
Average rating
4.48 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,889per listing
Listings tracked
10

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 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 69 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
69 months

Products

Top Numbing Cream 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£136K£271K£407K£542K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 rising

Sellers

71

Top-5 brand share

87%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

83%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

10%

  • GERMOLENE69%
  • TDY Store5%
  • Brulidine4%
  • EETU4%
  • Germoloids4%
  • FISTIT4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 10%)

Demand

Numbing Cream search demand

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

20K15KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26DecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Numbing Cream search terms shoppers use

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

  • numbing cream564K/yr
  • germolene antiseptic cream199K/yr
  • germolene58K/yr
  • numbing cream strong26K/yr
  • extra strong numbing cream17K/yr
  • germolene cream7K/yr
  • germaline7K/yr
  • skin numbing cream10K/yr
  • germoline6K/yr
  • strong numbing cream8K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Numbing Cream

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

Complain

Pain Relief-Overall14%−0.04

get a lot of pain

I have had pain in my wrist

No noticeable improvement in the pain

Smell12%+0.35

Unpleasant smelling

very smelly

Rather a strong smell which wears off after a while

Functionality-Overall12%−0.07

Didn't work

generally ineffective

Never worked for me

Value For Money11%−0.01

Pricey

costly

Hugely overpriced

Size-Overall4%−0.02

If this continues I will purchase larger size

Very small for the money

Just the same as before just a bigger tube

Love

Quality-Overall13%+0.61

Always a reliable product

Reasonable Product

Excellent Product

Advertised Vs Actual Product12%+1.09

AS DESCRIBED

It works as it should do

does what it says

Joint Pain11%+0.81

Eases my knee pain

Joint pain relief

Brilliant for my knee pain

Value For Money10%−0.01

Excellent value

good value

Good price

Smell10%+0.35

Very good, strong smell

I can vouch that the cream smells divine

Lovely smell

Return

0.1% Return rate 7% Fixable by listing

Leak-Proof29%▁█▆▁▇▆
Functionality-Overall23%▁▆▆█▅▅

Didn't work

generally ineffective

Never worked for me

Oily/Greasy10%▁▁▁█▁▅
Joint Pain10%▁█▁▆▇▁

Personally this product did nothing for my arthritis or joint pain

Pain in joints

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%▁▁▆█▁▁

FAQ

Common Numbing Cream questions

Answered from the same tracked data.