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Slendertone

Maybe

The products selling today average only 4.1★. But demand is soft, at -12.0% this quarter, so Slendertone is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 25% of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · +6 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£255K/yr181K searches / yr
90-day growth
-12.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
45%top-5 click share · 19 brands · 36 sellers

Flapen Score

Slendertone against its category

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

54Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Slendertone market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Slendertone 181K times last year and spent an estimated £255K. The top 5 brands take 63% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

2.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 181K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -12.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £255K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
181K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-12.0%
Conversion, latest week
2.4%
Market size, estimated
£255Ka year
Peak month
January3.1× the quietest month
Top search term
ems muscle stimulator64K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £59.34.

Listings sell for £59.34 on average, from £16.71 to £166.81. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £59.34 that is £0 to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£59.34inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£16.71–£166.81
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
4K–5K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£6K
Returns
2.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

97% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 83% ship with Prime. On an average day, 16.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #175 within Medical Supplies & Equipment. It carries 4,586 reviews at 4.08 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
97%
Prime listings
83%
Out of stock, average day
16.8%
Average rank
#175in Medical Supplies & Equipment
Average rating
4.08 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
4,586per listing
Listings tracked
30

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 6 launches as successful.

6 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 34 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
34 months

Products

Top Slendertone 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 45% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£13K£25K£38K£51K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

19 falling

Sellers

36

Top-5 brand share

63%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

45%

Top 20: 87%

Open market

32%

  • EVOLAND18%
  • AUVON18%
  • Slendertone11%
  • SLENDERTONE9%
  • iWarmbase7%
  • ABFLEX6%

Demand

Slendertone search demand

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

8K6KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.1×

Search terms

Top Slendertone search terms shoppers use

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

  • ems muscle stimulator64K/yr
  • slendertone34K/yr
  • muscle stimulator22K/yr
  • ems16K/yr
  • slendertone belt22K/yr
  • slendertone abs belt4K/yr
  • electric muscle stimulator6K/yr
  • muscle stimulater machine14K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Slendertone

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

Complain

Functionality-Overall10%−0.14

I didnt believe in its effectiveness either

does not work well at all

Not working

Durability9%−0.13

Broke and started shocking me after a few months

Stopped working after a few weeks

Malfunctioned after a few weeks

Quality-Overall7%+0.37

Really cheap and low quality product for the price

Costed £75, poor quality

Bad quality

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting5%−0.03

the instructions are poor

No instructions

The instruction book is confusing

Charging5%−0.05

Doesnt charge or turn on

Wasn't holding the charge

refuses to recharge

Love

Value For Money15%+1.28

Good for the money

Excellent value

Worth buying

Quality-Overall14%+0.37

Really high quality device

the unit itself seems well made

EXCELLENT PRODUCT

Ease Of Use13%+0.97

Delivered quickly easy to use

Ease of use

Easy to operate

Muscle Pain Relief6%+0.37

It relaxes the muscles

helping my leg muscles to good result

Relaxes tight muscles

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%

Seems to work as it should

Works as it should

As described

Return

2.5% Return rate 14% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall32%▆▆█▆▆▆

I didnt believe in its effectiveness either

does not work well at all

Not working

Defective Material/Parts9%▆█▃▅█▅
Joint Pain6%█▃▆▇▆▅
Size-Overall6%▄▄▄▆▇█

Dont get me wronf the fit is good put the functio s dont do the job

The belt is to small

Too small

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%█▅▇▄▅█

FAQ

Common Slendertone questions

Answered from the same tracked data.