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Plasters

Maybe

Buyers convert on 21.1% of searches. But prices span $1.18–$5.05, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Plasters is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 33% of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · +4 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£993K/yr1.6M searches / yr
90-day growth
+15.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
71%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 61 sellers

Flapen Score

Plasters against its category

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

52Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Plasters market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Plasters 1.6M times last year and spent an estimated £993K. The top 5 brands take 89% of clicks. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 21.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 1.6M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 21.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +15.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £993K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.6M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+15.2%
Conversion, latest week
21.1%
Market size, estimated
£993Ka year
Peak month
May1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
plasters800K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £3.01.

Listings sell for £3.01 on average, from £1.18 to £5.05. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 300K to 400K a year. The average listing sells 20,000 to 25,000 of them. At £3.01 that is £60K to £75K a year per listing.

Average price
£3.01under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.18–£5.05
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
300K–400K
Units per listing a year
20,000–25,000
Revenue per listing a year
£60K–£75K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

87% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #28 within First Aid. It carries 2,823 reviews at 4.42 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
87%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
4.3%
Average rank
#28in First Aid
Average rating
4.42 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,823per listing
Listings tracked
15

04 · Newcomers

2 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 46 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Plasters products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 24, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 71% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£149K£298K£447K£596K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 flat

Sellers

61

Est. top-5 brand share

89%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

71%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

8%

  • Elastoplast63%
  • Lewis-Plast9%
  • Safety First Aid Group7%
  • TENERIS5%
  • Value Aid5%
  • Safe + Sound3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 8%)

Demand

Plasters search demand

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

35K25KSpike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Plasters search terms shoppers use

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

  • plasters800K/yr
  • plasters waterproof assorted99K/yr
  • elastoplast99K/yr
  • waterproof plasters86K/yr
  • plaster108K/yr
  • fabric plasters60K/yr
  • plasters fabric50K/yr
  • elastoplast fabric plasters47K/yr
  • plasters for wounds51K/yr
  • elastoplast waterproof plasters24K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Plasters

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

23%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
39%of negative reviews mention “Adhesion/Stickiness”
<0.1%of orders come back, a rate Amazon rounds to zero
“No stick”
A buyer, on “Adhesion/Stickiness”39% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Plasters questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data