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Swim Ear

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But prices span $5.19–$16.46, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Swim Ear 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
£54K/yr36K searches / yr
90-day growth
+81.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
75%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 65 sellers

Flapen Score

Swim Ear against its category

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

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

Market

The Swim Ear market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Swim Ear 36K times last year and spent an estimated £54K. The top 5 brands take 86% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jun–Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 51 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

15.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 36K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 15.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +81.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £54K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
36K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+81.0%
Conversion, latest week
15.6%
Market size, estimated
£54Ka year
Peak month
August5.9× the quietest month
Top search term
swim ear15K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.59.

Listings sell for £9.59 on average, from £5.19 to £16.46. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £9.59 that is £5K to £7K a year per listing.

Average price
£9.59under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.19–£16.46
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£5K–£7K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

77% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 85% ship with Prime. On an average day, 11.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #26 within Ear Care. It carries 850 reviews at 4.45 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
77%
Prime listings
85%
Out of stock, average day
11.1%
Average rank
#26in Ear Care
Average rating
4.45 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
850per listing
Listings tracked
13

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 48 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
48 months

Products

Top Swim Ear 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£5K£11K£16K£22K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 rising

Sellers

65

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

11%

  • Earol49%
  • SwimSeal18%
  • Swim-Ear10%
  • Sleeklink6%
  • Otinova4%
  • Fulforlov3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 11%)

Demand

Swim Ear search demand

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

2K2KSpike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.9×

Search terms

Top Swim Ear search terms shoppers use

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

  • swim ear15K/yr
  • swim ear drops13K/yr
  • earol swim5K/yr
  • earol swim with tea tree oil3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Swim Ear

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

Complain

Functionality-Overall21%−0.19

Didn't work for me

Didnt work

Don't work for me

Leak-Proof14%

The bottle leaks

it ran out 2nd time so i guess it had leaked before it had even arrived

AND THIS BOTTLE HAD LEAKED

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%−0.03

Also, packaging did not look as described on Amazon website

Allergies8%−0.05

I suffer with itchy ear canals

My ear canals are still itchy

Moist/Dry8%+0.09

Drys ear

Love

Ear Hygiene26%+1.80

no issues with their ears what so ever

it keeps ear clear

Absolutely brilliant ear drops

Quality-Overall20%+1.58

Excellent product

Good Value and Quality

Always use a good product

Efficiency12%+0.21

Does the job

It works instantly

Works well

Ease Of Use11%−0.03

Easy to use

Works really quickly

Easy to carry

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%−0.03

Does the job

Item as described

Does exactly as it say on box

Return

0.1% Return rate 52% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall48%█▇▃▆▅▃

The container is bigger than it needs to be. you could use the big void to the right to store an emergency bank note perhaps

Leak-Proof21%▁▇▁▁▆█

The bottle leaks

it ran out 2nd time so i guess it had leaked before it had even arrived

AND THIS BOTTLE HAD LEAKED

Ear Hygiene11%▁▁▆▅█▁

Didnt work, not clear instructions, and actually made my ear worse and painful

Made my ear worse

I had water stuck in my ear for hours after swimming

Functionality-Overall7%▁▁▁█▁█

Didn't work for me

Didnt work

Don't work for me

Water Resistance4%▁▁█▁▁▁

I suffer with water trapped after swimming

FAQ

Common Swim Ear questions

Answered from the same tracked data.