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Sanitary Pads Heavy Flow

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But demand is soft, at -19.8% this quarter, so Sanitary Pads Heavy Flow is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
57
57 / 100
Top 15% of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · +9 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£156K/yr101K searches / yr
90-day growth
-19.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
48%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 57 sellers

Flapen Score

Sanitary Pads Heavy Flow against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Personal Care average. Past it, Sanitary Pads Heavy Flow is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

57Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Sanitary Pads Heavy Flow market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Sanitary Pads Heavy Flow 101K times last year and spent an estimated £156K. The top 5 brands take 86% of clicks. Demand peaks in Aug–Sep–Oct. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

10.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 101K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 10.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -19.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £156K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
101K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-19.8%
Conversion, latest week
10.7%
Market size, estimated
£156Ka year
Peak month
September2.7× the quietest month
Top search term
kotex maxi night time pads40K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £14.49.

Listings sell for £14.49 on average, from £4.65 to £35.32. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £14.49 that is £4K to £7K a year per listing.

Average price
£14.49under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.65–£35.32
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
250–500
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.

57% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 53% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #100 within Intimate Hygiene. It carries 363 reviews at 4.25 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
57%
Prime listings
53%
Out of stock, average day
4.5%
Average rank
#100in Intimate Hygiene
Average rating
4.25 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
363per listing
Listings tracked
30

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 5 launches as successful.

5 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 51 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
51 months

Products

Top Sanitary Pads Heavy Flow 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 48% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£6K£12K£19K£25K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 rising

Sellers

57

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

48%

Top 20: 90%

Open market

10%

  • Kotex48%
  • ZVZK17%
  • /LAGHMAN9%
  • KoalaKoi7%
  • RFOGJV6%
  • Generic4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 10%)

Demand

Sanitary Pads Heavy Flow search demand

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

5K4KSpike '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Aug, Sep, Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.7×

Search terms

Top Sanitary Pads Heavy Flow search terms shoppers use

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

  • kotex maxi night time pads40K/yr
  • kotex29K/yr
  • kotex pads19K/yr
  • kotex pads for women5K/yr
  • kotex night time3K/yr
  • kotex night time pads3K/yr
  • kotex pad3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Sanitary Pads Heavy Flow

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

Complain

Thickness17%−0.20

the thickness of the pad has greatly reduced

its annoying that the company has changed it to much thinner like the old version was better now its feels unsupported

A few months ago they changed the thickness

Value For Money10%−0.05

Expensive for a single pair, yes,

Expensive

Waste of money

Size-Overall8%+0.54

Theyre a little bit tight on the leg even though I bought my normal size

got the small simply as I often find items come up small

comes up very small around the legs

Absorbency6%

absorbent material has a terrible smell that does not wash out

The absorbent part doesn't go up high enough at the front

Comfort-Overall5%+1.71

are uncomfortable

to a point they are uncomfortable to wear for more than about an hour

are not comfortable

Love

Comfort-Overall16%+1.71

very comfortable

comfortable to the skin

My daughter said they were comfortable to wear

Value For Money12%−0.05

It is so affordable

Great value

Great for the price

Absorbency12%

Good absorbancy

The absorbent area gives a good sense of coverage

It is super absorbent and highly affordable

Quality-Overall11%+0.29

They're really good quality pants

Good quality

Very well made

Size-Overall10%+0.54

Fit well

theyre better slightly snug

The fit is snug

Return

0.1% Return rate 64% Fixable by listing

Advertised Vs Actual Product34%▁█▇▇▅▁
Size-Overall25%█▄▁█▄▁

Theyre a little bit tight on the leg even though I bought my normal size

got the small simply as I often find items come up small

comes up very small around the legs

Thickness14%▁▁▁▁▃█

the thickness of the pad has greatly reduced

its annoying that the company has changed it to much thinner like the old version was better now its feels unsupported

A few months ago they changed the thickness

Thin9%▁▁█▁▃▁

The material around the sides is so thin that a hole appeared where the material meets the waistband after the first wear

Product Condition5%▁█▁▁▁▁

FAQ

Common Sanitary Pads Heavy Flow questions

Answered from the same tracked data.