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Preparation H Hemorrhoid Cream

Fail

The top 5 products take 100% of clicks, so Preparation H Hemorrhoid Cream is a Fail.

Flapen Score
29
29 / 100
Ranks 2,009 of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · −19 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£86K/yr88K searches / yr
90-day growth
-25.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
100%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 57 sellers

Flapen Score

Preparation H Hemorrhoid Cream against its category

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

29Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Preparation H Hemorrhoid Cream market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Preparation H Hemorrhoid Cream 88K times last year and spent an estimated £86K. All 4 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Aug–Sep–Oct. Flapen scores it 29 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

19.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 88K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 19.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -25.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £86K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
88K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-25.2%
Conversion, latest week
19.3%
Market size, estimated
£86Ka year
Peak month
September11.2× the quietest month
Top search term
preparation h hemorrhoid cream48K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.08.

Listings sell for £5.08 on average, from £3.70 to £6.78. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 4,000 to 5,000 of them. At £5.08 that is £20K to £25K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.08under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.70–£6.78
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
4,000–5,000
Revenue per listing a year
£20K–£25K
Returns
0.0%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. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #15 within Over-the-Counter Medication. It carries 5,393 reviews at 4.68 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
80%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#15in Over-the-Counter Medication
Average rating
4.68 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
5,393per listing
Listings tracked
5

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 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 63 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
63 months

Products

Top Preparation H Hemorrhoid 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 100% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£17K£35K£52K£69K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

4 flat

Sellers

57

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • WAITROSE75%
  • Germoloids10%
  • Anusol9%
  • JJH Medical6%

Demand

Preparation H Hemorrhoid Cream search demand

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

25K15KHoliday '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Aug, Sep, Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 11.2×

Search terms

Top Preparation H Hemorrhoid Cream search terms shoppers use

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

  • preparation h hemorrhoid cream48K/yr
  • preparation h clear gel12K/yr
  • preparation h18K/yr
  • preparation h ointment9K/yr
  • preparation h max strength hemorrhoid cream688/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Preparation H Hemorrhoid Cream

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

Complain

Allergies11%−0.02

I had a very painful hemorrhoid

Now Ill be straight with you the situation back there was red-hot, itchy, and about as comfortable as sitting on a box of drawing pins

itchy i bobbed a drop of this on them for 4 days

Value For Money8%

However over priced because half the size of my old one for same money that was bought in a pharmacy

Waste of money for me

Quality-Overall7%+0.54

its not quite as good as the leading brand, the one in the blue & white tubes

Not as good as expected

Functionality-Overall6%−0.04

Completely ineffective

Taste-Overall6%−0.04

Tastes horrible

Love

Advertised Vs Actual Product21%+2.12

It works as it should do

Does the job

As described

Quality-Overall16%+0.54

Best on market

Best pile cream ever made

Great product

Efficiency15%+0.51

Works perfectly

very effective

Works very effectively

Ease Of Use10%

Ease of use

Easy to order

Great cream eases them

Value For Money9%

Great value

Good price

Great value

FAQ

Common Preparation H Hemorrhoid Cream questions

Answered from the same tracked data.