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Tubular Bandages

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.4% of orders. But prices span $2.86–$15.83, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Tubular Bandages is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
58
58 / 100
Top 13% of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · +10 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£134K/yr224K searches / yr
90-day growth
+8.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
35%top-5 click share · 23 brands · 48 sellers

Flapen Score

Tubular Bandages against its category

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

58Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Tubular Bandages market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Tubular Bandages 224K times last year and spent an estimated £134K. The top 5 brands take 60% of clicks. Demand peaks in May. Flapen scores it 58 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

8.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 224K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 8.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +8.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £134K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
224K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+8.0%
Conversion, latest week
8.3%
Market size, estimated
£134Ka year
Peak month
May1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
tubigrip96K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.21.

Listings sell for £7.21 on average, from £2.86 to £15.83. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £7.21 that is £2K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.21under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.86–£15.83
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£4K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

65% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 93% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #90 within Medical Supplies & Equipment. It carries 1,466 reviews at 4.35 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
65%
Prime listings
93%
Out of stock, average day
2.9%
Average rank
#90in Medical Supplies & Equipment
Average rating
4.35 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,466per listing
Listings tracked
43

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 7 launches as successful.

7 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 46 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
7
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
46 months

Products

Top Tubular Bandages 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 only 35% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£4K£8K£12K£16K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

23 rising

Sellers

48

Top-5 brand share

60%

Top 20: 99%

Top-5 click share

35%

Top 20: 82%

Open market

32%

  • Safety First Aid Group18%
  • Tubigrip17%
  • Cozii8%
  • Steroplast8%
  • CUNQN8%
  • Daryunk8%

Demand

Tubular Bandages search demand

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

5K3KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Search terms

Top Tubular Bandages search terms shoppers use

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

  • tubigrip96K/yr
  • tubular bandage for legs21K/yr
  • tubular bandages38K/yr
  • tubular bandage19K/yr
  • tubular bandage arm9K/yr
  • tube bandage11K/yr
  • tubigrip bandage9K/yr
  • tubi grip5K/yr
  • tube bandage arm3K/yr
  • tube bandage for leg4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Tubular Bandages

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

Complain

Size-Overall25%−0.12

Large size

Far too small

Very tight n not in a good way

Thickness11%−0.04

Thick

thinner than expected

Material Thinner Than Expected

Quality-Overall10%+0.51

Low quality

Not up to usual quality

Quality has decreased over 3 years

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%+0.88

Very deceptive

Not as advertised

Not as,seen in photo

Stretchability/Expandability/Elasticity8%−0.06

Very poor, lost all elasticity within minutes

Not elastic far to tight

No stretch

Love

Quality-Overall18%+0.51

Excellent product

Fantastic quality

Very good item

Advertised Vs Actual Product14%+0.88

Does the job

This does do the intended job overall

As described

Size-Overall11%−0.12

Good Fit

Really great just the right size for my calf

The size is great l

Value For Money10%+0.30

Good price

Fair for the price

Excellent value for money

Comfort-Overall6%+0.30

Very comfortable

The first pair are very comfortable

Comfortable to wear

Return

0.4% Return rate 78% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall63%▇▆▇▇▇█

Large size

Far too small

Very tight n not in a good way

Stretchability/Expandability/Elasticity4%▆▅▂█▅▃

Very poor, lost all elasticity within minutes

Not elastic far to tight

No stretch

Quality-Overall3%▄█▂▂▃▂

Low quality

Not up to usual quality

Quality has decreased over 3 years

Thin3%▇▇▄▄▆█
Advertised Vs Actual Product3%▂▆▇█▂▆

Very deceptive

Not as advertised

Not as,seen in photo

FAQ

Common Tubular Bandages questions

Answered from the same tracked data.