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Sensitive Toothpaste

Maybe

Buyers convert on 19.9% of searches. But the top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Sensitive Toothpaste is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 33% of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · +4 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£1.6M/yr1.6M searches / yr
90-day growth
-7.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
47%top-5 click share · 3 brands · 129 sellers

Flapen Score

Sensitive Toothpaste against its category

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

52Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Sensitive Toothpaste market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Sensitive Toothpaste 1.6M times last year and spent an estimated £1.6M. All 3 brands take every click. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

19.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.6M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 19.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -7.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.6M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.6M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-7.1%
Conversion, latest week
19.9%
Market size, estimated
£1.6Ma year
Peak month
February1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
sensodyne toothpaste836K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.08.

Listings sell for £5.08 on average, from £1.77 to £16.11. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 300K to 400K a year. The average listing sells 10,000 to 12,500 of them. At £5.08 that is £51K to £64K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.08under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.77–£16.11
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
300K–400K
Units per listing a year
10,000–12,500
Revenue per listing a year
£51K–£64K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

59% 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 #110 within Dental Care. It carries 1,611 reviews at 4.64 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
59%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#110in Dental Care
Average rating
4.64 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,611per listing
Listings tracked
29

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 53 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Sensitive Toothpaste 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 47% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£79K£157K£236K£315K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

3 flat

Sellers

129

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

47%

Top 20: 90%

Open market

0%

  • Sensodyne58%
  • SENSODYNE PRONAMEL26%
  • Colgate16%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Sensitive Toothpaste search demand

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

35K25KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Search terms

Top Sensitive Toothpaste search terms shoppers use

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

  • sensodyne toothpaste836K/yr
  • sensitive toothpaste141K/yr
  • colgate sensitive toothpaste111K/yr
  • sensodyne95K/yr
  • sensodyne clinical repair50K/yr
  • toothpaste sensodyne58K/yr
  • sensodyne rapid relief toothpaste59K/yr
  • sensodyne whitening toothpaste37K/yr
  • toothpaste sensitive19K/yr
  • sensitive teeth toothpaste23K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Sensitive Toothpaste

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

Complain

Oral Hygiene12%+0.91

my teeth are suffering

Unfortunately whatever is in this it makes my mouth burn

Given how delicate our gums are this product should NOT be sold at all

Taste-Overall9%−0.03

Awful Taste

Weird after-taste

It tastes metallic

Value For Money8%+1.90

Not worth it

too expensive

Overpriced

Tooth Sensitivity6%+0.88

I have terrible sensitive teeth

didn't relieve sensitivity at all

It doesnt work for sensitive teeth anymore

Color6%−0.04

the ones I received are not white

Different colour. white to blue

changed the paste to a blue version which I dont like

Love

Oral Hygiene25%+0.91

it keeps my teethe very clean

Good for teeth

Good for gums

Tooth Sensitivity16%+0.88

Helped my teeth sensitivity

Suitable for sensitive teeth

Great for Sensitive Teeth

Value For Money15%+1.90

Good value for money

Great deal

Good value for money

Quality-Overall9%+0.19

Usual good quality of Colgate

Quality toothpaste

Excellent product

Tooth Brightening6%+0.23

The whitening result was fantastic

the whitening benefit is a nice bonus

helps with sensitive teeth

Return

0.1% Return rate 49% Fixable by listing

Advertised Vs Actual Product20%▅▄▄▄█▆

Incorrect information

NOT THE SAME PRODUCT

Not as described

Color15%▁▅▇█▇▃

the ones I received are not white

Different colour. white to blue

changed the paste to a blue version which I dont like

Minerals8%▆█▄▅█▃
Flavor7%▁▂▁█▇▂
Tooth Brightening7%▁█▅▂▃▆

FAQ

Common Sensitive Toothpaste questions

Answered from the same tracked data.