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Scar Cream

Scar Cream shows low returns (0.1%), but a concentrated shelf (top 5 take 82% of clicks) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

53
Worth a look
Market size 84Growth 19Conversion 78Competition 15Returns 100Price range 86Avg price 87Brand share 18Review moat 23Quality gap 62
This niche Category average

Is Scar Cream profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Scar Cream is a £1.4M/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (889K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 93% of demand. Demand peaks in Mar–Jun. Verdict: Worth a look — 53/100.

Scar Cream: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -11.4% over the last 90 days and 7.7% of searches end in a purchase.

£1.4M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr80K
Search volume / yr-11.4%889K
Conversion rate7.7%
Avg price£19.78

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 93% of demand, so 7% of the market is open.

7%

open market share

Brands · sellers7 · 45
Top-5 product click share82%
Open market7%
Avg brand age47 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 10 products

Sponsored placement100%
New entrants (1y)4· 4 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews6,943

Top Scar Cream products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 82% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£136K£271K£407K£542K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

7 falling

Sellers

45

Top-5 brand share

93%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

3%

  • KELO-COTE55%
  • YEMAJIE15%
  • Wewell13%
  • Dermatix7%
  • MURASAKI BEAUTY4%
  • AZALLY4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 3%)

Scar Cream demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume889KCVR7.7%Products10Brands7Top 5 Brands93%OOS Rate9.1%Rating4.4★Reviews6,943Avg BSR#11
35K25KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.3×

Top Scar Cream search terms shoppers use

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

  • scar308K/yr
  • scar cream122K/yr
  • silicone scar gel91K/yr
  • kelo cote scar gel76K/yr
  • scar gel50K/yr
  • scar removal cream33K/yr
  • silicone gel for scars27K/yr
  • silicone gel23K/yr
  • dermatix silicone scar gel22K/yr
  • kelo cote17K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Scar Cream

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

69% of reviews
Quality-Overall20%

Absolutely incredible cream

Value For Money12%

worth the money

Efficiency6%

Does the job very well

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%

As advertised

Absorbency5%

Easily absorbed

What buyers complain about

64% of reviews
Value For Money18%

expensive

Functionality-Overall13%

Doesn't do much

Size-Overall7%

The bottle isnt very big

Stretchability/Expandability/Elasticity5%

Doesn't prevent stretch marks

Allergies4%

I found them irritating

Scar Cream return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.1%

Return rate

31%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Advertised Vs Actual Product
17%
2Functionality-Overall
17%
3Size-Overall
8%
4Quality-Overall
7%
5Ingredients-Overall
6%

Common Scar Cream questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Scar Cream 53/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £1.4M/yr across 10 tracked products. 4 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -11.4% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Scar Cream on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Mar–Jun, where the busiest month runs 2.3× the quietest.