travel sickness
Skip itBrand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Returns
Incredible0.1%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Conversion
Great10.5%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Quality gap
Good4.4★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Growth
Okay+8.4%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Review moat
Okay3,103.63avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Market size
Bad£65K£65K/yr · 125K searches
Avg price
Bad£5.00avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Competition
Bad92%top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf
Brand share
Bad100%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
Price range
Bad£3.75–£5.83cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, travel sickness is a £65K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (125K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Demand peaks in Jul–Aug–Sep. Verdict: Skip it — 36/100.
Data updated Jul 25, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
travel sickness market data
- Units sold / yr
- 10K–13K
- avg 1,250–1,500/product
- Revenue / yr
- £50K–£63K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 10.5%
- Avg BSR
- #24
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 100%
- Sponsored
- 100%
- Out of stock
- 0.0%
- Avg brand age
- 42 months
- Avg seller age
- 169 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products capture 92% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.Brands
5 falling
Sellers
9
Top-5 brand share
100%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
92%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
0%
- Hionfurt49%
- MQ40%
- Coloroom5%
- Nacerlary2%
- Beauylook2%
- Open — no brand owns it (0%)
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +8.4% search growth over the last 90 days.Peak months: Jul, Aug, Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.2×
Top travel sickness search terms
- motion sickness patches46K/yr
- travel sickness patches18K/yr
- sea sickness patches14K/yr
- scopolamine patch12K/yr
- scopoderm patches 1.5 mg hyoscine10K/yr
- anti sickness patches5K/yr
- hyoscine hydrobromide5K/yr
- sickness patches3K/yr
- motion sickness patch3K/yr
- seasickness patches for cruises3K/yr
Top travel sickness products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 8 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Hionfurt Motion Sickness Patches - 32 Count for Fast Nausea Relief in Car Sea Air Travel - Travel Sickness Patches Non-Drowsy Effective Lasts 72 Hours
Hionfurt£5.504.3★9,568 rev
MQ Motion Sickness Patch 20 Count/Box
MQ£4.944.4★2,453 rev
Hionfurt Motion Sickness Patches - 16 Count for Fast Nausea Relief in Car Sea Air Travel - Travel Sickness Patches Non-Drowsy Effective Lasts 72 Hours
Hionfurt£4.744.3★9,568 rev
Motion Sickness Patches 36 PCS Anti Nausea Patches for Travel Sea Sickness Relief Prevent Vomiting & Nausea
Coloroom£4.374.2★23 rev
MQ Motion Sickness Patches 20 Count Travel Sickness Patches Non-Drowsy Cruise Ship Travel Essentials Fast Acting & Long Lasting 72H Light Color
MQ£5.834.5★732 rev
Newest
by launch date
Motion Sickness Patches - 36 PCS Travel Sickness Patches Fast-Acting Nausea Improve for Car Cruise Airplane Trips
Beauylook£3.757 rev
40 Motion Sickness Patches - Non-Drowsy Nausea Relief for Car and Boat
Nacerlary£5.0225 rev
Motion Sickness Patches 36 PCS Anti Nausea Patches for Travel Sea Sickness Relief Prevent Vomiting & Nausea
Coloroom£4.3723 rev
MQ Motion Sickness Patches 20 Count Travel Sickness Patches Non-Drowsy Cruise Ship Travel Essentials Fast Acting & Long Lasting 72H Light Color
MQ£5.83732 rev
Hionfurt Motion Sickness Patches - 32 Count for Fast Nausea Relief in Car Sea Air Travel - Travel Sickness Patches Non-Drowsy Effective Lasts 72 Hours
Hionfurt£5.509,568 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumMotion Sickness Patches - 36 PCS Travel Sickness Patches Fast-Acting Nausea Improve for Car Cruise Airplane Trips
Beauylook£3.754.2★
40 Motion Sickness Patches - Non-Drowsy Nausea Relief for Car and Boat
Nacerlary£5.024.7★
Hionfurt Motion Sickness Patches - 16 Count for Fast Nausea Relief in Car Sea Air Travel - Travel Sickness Patches Non-Drowsy Effective Lasts 72 Hours
Hionfurt£4.744.3★
Motion Sickness Patches 36 PCS Anti Nausea Patches for Travel Sea Sickness Relief Prevent Vomiting & Nausea
Coloroom£4.374.2★
MQ Motion Sickness Patch 20 Count/Box
MQ£4.944.4★
What buyers say about travel sickness
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Effective”
“Excellent product, fantastic results”
“Easy to Use”
“Product as described”
“These patches seemed to work well for me on a route I always get motion sickness on”
“Good price”
“No nasty side effects”
“It's like a faint lemon balm spicy smell its quite pleasant”
“comfortable to wear without causing irritation on the skin during use”
“Ingredients”
What buyers complain about
“Did not work”
“Waste of money”
“Don't make me sleepy”
“Travel sickness”
“Small patches”
“Rubbish”
“Annoying that the listing didnt mention this as otherwise I wouldnt have purchased”
“I was nauseous”
“I was sick on my journey”
“Felt sick and dizzy within half an hour”
Common questions
- Is travel sickness profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?
- The niche generates £65K/yr across 8 tracked products. 0 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is +8.4%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (36/100).
- How competitive is the travel sickness niche?
- 5 brands and 9 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 92% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 100% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in travel sickness?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Functionality-Overall, Value For Money, Sleep Quality. The return rate is 0.1%.
- When does demand for travel sickness peak?
- Demand peaks in Jul–Aug–Sep; the busiest month runs 3.2× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the travel sickness niche?
- Listings span £3.75–£5.83; the average listing price is £5.00 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 3,104 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.