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Second Skin

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.2% of orders. But the top 5 products take 75% of clicks, so Second Skin is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
51
51 / 100
Top 36% of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · +3 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£96K/yr75K searches / yr
90-day growth
+7.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
75%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 28 sellers

Flapen Score

Second Skin against its category

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

51Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Second Skin market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Second Skin 75K times last year and spent an estimated £96K. The top 5 brands take 83% of clicks. Flapen scores it 51 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

13.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 75K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 13.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +7.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £96K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
75K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+7.4%
Conversion, latest week
13.3%
Market size, estimated
£96Ka year
Peak month
August1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
second skin72K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.54.

Listings sell for £9.54 on average, from £2.34 to £36.83. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £9.54 that is £7K to £10K a year per listing.

Average price
£9.54under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.34–£36.83
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£7K–£10K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

83% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #137 within Medical Supplies & Equipment. It carries 781 reviews at 4.28 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
83%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
4.5%
Average rank
#137in Medical Supplies & Equipment
Average rating
4.28 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
781per listing
Listings tracked
12

04 · Newcomers

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

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 29 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

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

Products

Top Second Skin 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 75% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£14K£29K£43K£57K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 falling

Sellers

28

Top-5 brand share

83%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

13%

  • Lisoviom42%
  • Monsters Ink15%
  • rayyl13%
  • Unihuby7%
  • Second Skin Tattoo Cover5%
  • Elastoplast5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 13%)

Demand

Second Skin search demand

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

3K2KSpike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Second Skin

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

Complain

Adhesion/Stickiness27%−0.19

Poor adhesive

not very sticky

Does not stick

Value For Money9%

expensive

Waste of money

Expensive

Allergies5%−0.06

After she took the first one off she noticed she had a rash

After 2mins of using this item, my tattoo became red burning and itchy, i removed, alot of residue on tattoo and around

left my skin red

Durability5%

Almost instantly comes off

starts to come off after a few minutes

Doesnt last at all

Ease Of Use4%−0.06

Fiddly to use

very fiddly

I found it quite fiddly to put on

Love

Adhesion/Stickiness17%−0.19

Sticks well

Ulthe adhesive is strong as heck

good adhesive

Quality-Overall15%+1.82

Really good quality

Brilliant product

But a great product besides that

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%+0.24

As advertised

As described

Does what it says

Value For Money6%

Affordable

Great value

Good price

Ease Of Application5%+0.34

Easy to apply

This was better than what was applied at the tattoo shop

The dressing feels good quality, looks great and is simple to apply

Return

0.2% Return rate 29% Fixable by listing

Adhesion/Stickiness35%█▁▁▆▂▄

Poor adhesive

not very sticky

Does not stick

Size-Overall28%▁█▇▃▁▅
Functionality-Overall11%▁▁▅▁█▄
Quality-Overall5%▁▁▁█▄▁
Skin Health4%▁▁▆▁▁█

left my skin red

it stuck too hard to the skin

Useless as second skin

FAQ

Common Second Skin questions

Answered from the same tracked data.