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Tens Machine Pads

Fail

Prices span $6.48–$9.94, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Tens Machine Pads is a Fail.

Flapen Score
39
39 / 100
Ranks 1,746 of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · −9 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£150K/yr151K searches / yr
90-day growth
-7.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
81%top-5 click share · 7 brands · 11 sellers

Flapen Score

Tens Machine Pads against its category

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

39Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Tens Machine Pads market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Tens Machine Pads 151K times last year and spent an estimated £150K. The top 5 brands take 93% of clicks. Flapen scores it 39 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

12.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 151K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 12.9% 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 £150K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
151K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-7.1%
Conversion, latest week
12.9%
Market size, estimated
£150Ka year
Peak month
January1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
tens machine pads81K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.69.

Listings sell for £7.69 on average, from £6.48 to £9.94. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £7.69 that is £6K to £8K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.69under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£6.48–£9.94
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£6K–£8K
Returns
0.8%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

90% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #11 within Medical Supplies & Equipment. It carries 3,221 reviews at 4.48 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
90%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
2.3%
Average rank
#11in Medical Supplies & Equipment
Average rating
4.48 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,221per listing
Listings tracked
10

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 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
2
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
48 months

Products

Top Tens Machine Pads 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 81% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£22K£45K£67K£90K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

7 falling

Sellers

11

Top-5 brand share

93%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

81%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

3%

  • Healthcare World51%
  • AUVON20%
  • med-fit9%
  • LiteTour8%
  • GHTENS5%
  • atnayo4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 3%)

Demand

Tens Machine Pads search demand

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

4K3KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Tens Machine Pads search terms shoppers use

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

  • tens machine pads81K/yr
  • tens pads24K/yr
  • tens pads replacement8K/yr
  • tens machine pads replacement8K/yr
  • tens replacement pads4K/yr
  • tens machine replacement pads4K/yr
  • replacement pads for tens machine3K/yr
  • electrode pads4K/yr
  • tens electrode pads4K/yr
  • lloyds pharmacy tens machine pads4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Tens Machine Pads

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

Complain

Adhesion/Stickiness44%−0.16

Poor adhesion

Not adhesive

Not sticky at all

Size-Overall9%

Rubbish, they didn't fit

Large size

only much smaller/slimmer

Quality-Overall9%+1.62

Poor quality

Not as good as the small ones

Absolutely crap not worth buying

Allergies8%−0.03

Also the ones that were ok gave me a terrible rash underneath them and around

Leave your skin sticky

I had a bad skin reaction to these pads - I emailed the manufacturer

Durability3%−0.01

They kept falling off

instead fell down

Love

Quality-Overall27%+1.62

definitely no complaints

Decent quality

Good quality pads

Value For Money18%+1.53

Good price

Great Value for money

Excellent value for money

Adhesion/Stickiness13%−0.16

good adhesive

Stick really well

Super sticky

Size-Overall9%

Great size

All the same size

Im happy with size

Efficiency7%+0.44

Does the same job just as well as the more expensive ones

Work well with the machine

Working well

Return

0.8% Return rate 38% Fixable by listing

Compatibility-Overall37%▆▃▆▅▃█

I had to return as the pads did not fit my machine

Size-Overall36%▄█▅▆▅▃

Rubbish, they didn't fit

Large size

only much smaller/slimmer

Connectivity-Overall7%▃▁█▃█▁
Functionality-Overall6%▃▄▁▄█▂

does not work properly

Adhesion/Stickiness6%█▂▃▃▁▃

Poor adhesion

Not adhesive

Not sticky at all

FAQ

Common Tens Machine Pads questions

Answered from the same tracked data.