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Simethicone

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($2.50–$16.05) — Simethicone doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

38
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Market size 36Growth 19Conversion 82Competition 10Returns 100Price range 8Avg price 22Brand share 18Review moat 35Quality gap 50
This niche Category average

Is Simethicone profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Simethicone is a £180K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (263K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 93% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 38/100.

Simethicone: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -12.9% over the last 90 days and 8.7% of searches end in a purchase.

£180K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr30K
Search volume / yr-12.9%263K
Conversion rate8.7%
Avg price£7.87

Who owns the niche?

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

7%

open market share

Brands · sellers9 · 78
Top-5 product click share87%
Open market7%
Avg brand age61 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 11 products

Sponsored placement64%
New entrants (1y)1· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews2,993

Top Simethicone 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 87% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£18K£36K£54K£72K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 falling

Sellers

78

Top-5 brand share

93%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

87%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

5%

  • Rennie55%
  • BLOATEZE15%
  • Windeze14%
  • Buscopan6%
  • Medic3%
  • Bisodol2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 5%)

Simethicone demand & seasonality

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

Volume263KCVR8.7%Products11Brands9Top 5 Brands93%OOS Rate6.5%Rating4.5★Reviews2,993Avg BSR#52
8K6KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Top Simethicone search terms shoppers use

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

  • simethicone59K/yr
  • simethicone tablets26K/yr
  • trapped wind relief for adults27K/yr
  • simeticone17K/yr
  • gas x14K/yr
  • wind relief for adults13K/yr
  • wind settlers gel capsules8K/yr
  • wind settlers16K/yr
  • gas-x10K/yr
  • espumisan8K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Simethicone

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

What buyers love

77% of reviews
Value For Money15%

Great value for money

Efficiency13%

Works ok

Quality-Overall11%

Good effective product

Ease Of Use9%

comes in handy

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%

Does what they advertise

What buyers complain about

70% of reviews
Functionality-Overall22%

Not effective enough

Value For Money14%

Waste of money

Taste-Overall7%

They dont taste of anything which is a positive

Acid Regulator/Stomach Ache Relief6%

I have tried alot of different tabs to relieve my bloating and horrible discomfort

Pain Relief-Overall5%

gripping pains you get with a dodgy tum

Simethicone return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

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

1Functionality-Overall
21%
2Pain Relief-Overall
21%
3Leak-Proof
14%
4Product Condition
14%
5Dosage
14%

Common Simethicone questions

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

Flapen scores Simethicone 38/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £180K/yr across 11 tracked products. 1 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -12.9% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Simethicone on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.5× the quietest.