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Sanitary Towels

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.0% of orders. But prices span $2.05–$17.77, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Sanitary Towels is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 25% of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · +6 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£2.0M/yr2.2M searches / yr
90-day growth
-7.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
60%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 137 sellers

Flapen Score

Sanitary Towels against its category

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

54Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Sanitary Towels market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Sanitary Towels 2.2M times last year and spent an estimated £2.0M. The top 5 brands take 89% of clicks. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

10.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 2.2M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 10.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -7.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £2.0M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.2M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-7.5%
Conversion, latest week
10.8%
Market size, estimated
£2.0Ma year
Peak month
February1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
sanitary towels375K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.48.

Listings sell for £8.48 on average, from £2.05 to £17.77. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 250K to 300K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At £8.48 that is £25K to £34K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.48under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.05–£17.77
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
250K–300K
Units per listing a year
3,000–4,000
Revenue per listing a year
£25K–£34K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

85% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 90% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #22 within Intimate Hygiene. It carries 1,206 reviews at 4.52 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
85%
Prime listings
90%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#22in Intimate Hygiene
Average rating
4.52 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,206per listing
Listings tracked
20

04 · Newcomers

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

2 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 51 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
51 months

Products

Top Sanitary Towels 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 60% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£200K£400K£600K£800K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 falling

Sellers

137

Top-5 brand share

89%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

60%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

7%

  • ZVZK34%
  • Always29%
  • Bodyform17%
  • Caliko5%
  • The Cheeky Panda3%
  • FLO3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 7%)

Demand

Sanitary Towels search demand

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

50K30KSpike '24Prime Day '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Sanitary Towels search terms shoppers use

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

  • sanitary towels375K/yr
  • pads306K/yr
  • always pads286K/yr
  • pad246K/yr
  • sanitary pads184K/yr
  • always158K/yr
  • period pads118K/yr
  • pads for women sanitary116K/yr
  • always night pads88K/yr
  • bodyform sanitary towels68K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Sanitary Towels

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

Complain

Value For Money9%+1.34

expensive

Waste of money

Definitely not worth the money

Adhesion/Stickiness8%−0.06

The wings are not at all sticky no matter how much you try

However they don't stick well at all

Just don't stay stick like you need them too

Size-Overall7%−0.05

they are small

they are too narrow

Way too short

Smell6%−0.05

Overwhelming smell of mould

Doesn't say anything about Fragrance

It's such a strong smell

Thickness5%−0.02

These pads are thick

Far too thin

These are not thick in size

Love

Value For Money21%+1.34

Good value

Excellent value for money

Good value for money

Quality-Overall13%+0.73

Excellent product

Great value for a great brand

These pads are very good quality

Comfort-Overall10%+0.79

quite comfortable

comfortable to wear

the pad was comfortable to wear

Absorbency8%−0.02

Really absorbent

Super absorbent

The pads are highly absorbent

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%+0.43

exactly as advertised

As described

Does the job

Return

0.0% Return rate 0% Fixable by listing

Value For Money60%▁▅▁▁▁█

expensive

Waste of money

Definitely not worth the money

Durability20%
Smell20%▁█▁▁▁▁

Overwhelming smell of mould

Doesn't say anything about Fragrance

It's such a strong smell

FAQ

Common Sanitary Towels questions

Answered from the same tracked data.