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Shower Stool

Maybe

Products sell for $26.11 on average, inside the sweet spot. But demand is soft, at -5.9% this quarter, so Shower Stool is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
59
59 / 100
Top 11% of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · +11 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£1.2M/yr1.1M searches / yr
90-day growth
-5.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
46%top-5 click share · 14 brands · 25 sellers

Flapen Score

Shower Stool against its category

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

59Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Shower Stool market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Shower Stool 1.1M times last year and spent an estimated £1.2M. The top 5 brands take 84% of clicks. Flapen scores it 59 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

4.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.1M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -5.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.2M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.1M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-5.9%
Conversion, latest week
4.0%
Market size, estimated
£1.2Ma year
Peak month
February1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
shower stool245K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £26.11.

Listings sell for £26.11 on average, from £12.20 to £46.30. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 40K to 50K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £26.11 that is £13K to £20K a year per listing.

Average price
£26.11inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£12.20–£46.30
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
40K–50K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£13K–£20K
Returns
1.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

94% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 59% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #26 within Medical Supplies & Equipment. It carries 1,287 reviews at 4.50 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
94%
Prime listings
59%
Out of stock, average day
7.2%
Average rank
#26in Medical Supplies & Equipment
Average rating
4.50 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,287per listing
Listings tracked
32

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 5 launches as successful.

5 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 39 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
39 months

Products

Top Shower Stool 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 46% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£60K£119K£179K£239K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

14 falling

Sellers

25

Top-5 brand share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

46%

Top 20: 86%

Open market

12%

  • Luckfaith23%
  • HOMCOM21%
  • ZENO15%
  • HOMLAND15%
  • DRIVE DEVILBISS HEALTHCARE10%
  • Ez2Care3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 12%)

Demand

Shower Stool search demand

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

25K15KSepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Shower Stool search terms shoppers use

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

  • shower stool245K/yr
  • shower chair177K/yr
  • shower seat146K/yr
  • shower chair to sit on in shower89K/yr
  • shower stools to sit on in shower77K/yr
  • bathroom stool50K/yr
  • shower seats for elderly47K/yr
  • bath stool45K/yr
  • shower chairs for the elderly34K/yr
  • bath chair33K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Shower Stool

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

Complain

Size-Overall18%−0.11

Too big

Didn't fit the bathtub

THIS ITEM IS NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE

Assembly/Installation10%+0.57

Couldnt assemble it

I definitely did not éxpect to have to assemble the chair

Assembly instructions not great

Durability7%−0.04

Today it just fell apart

broke in half

Does not last

Quality-Overall7%

Poor quality

No reliable

Unsafe junk

Balance/Stability6%−0.05

Unstable

not very stable

Therefore the stool itself is not stable, and wobbles

Love

Strength18%+1.68

Sturdy construction

Good strong

Solidly built

Assembly/Installation13%+0.57

Ease of assembly

assembly was easy

Easy set up

Quality-Overall11%

Excellent product very well made

Amazing quality

Well constructed and a quality product which was well packed

Value For Money8%+0.41

Good price

Excellent value for money

WORTH THE MONEY

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%+0.26

As described

Just what I needed

Does what is needed

Return

1.1% Return rate 74% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall62%▇▇█▆█▇

Too big

Didn't fit the bathtub

THIS ITEM IS NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE

Assembly/Installation4%▆▃▃█▅▃

Couldnt assemble it

I definitely did not éxpect to have to assemble the chair

Assembly instructions not great

Defective Material/Parts4%▅█▃▇▆▄
Strength4%█▇▆▂▃▅

broke in half

Slightly wobbly in use

not as strong as my other one

Balance/Stability3%▄▅▃▅▅█

Unstable

not very stable

Therefore the stool itself is not stable, and wobbles

FAQ

Common Shower Stool questions

Answered from the same tracked data.