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Vitamin B12

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($4.73–$7.99) — Vitamin B12 doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

47
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Market size 89Growth 22Conversion 98Competition 14Returns 100Price range 0Avg price 18Brand share 37Review moat 23Quality gap 27
This niche Category average

Is Vitamin B12 profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Vitamin B12 is a £1.6M/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (1.5M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 83% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 47/100.

Vitamin B12: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -7.0% over the last 90 days and 16.6% of searches end in a purchase.

£1.6M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr250K
Search volume / yr-7.0%1.5M
Conversion rate16.6%
Avg price£6.51

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 83% of demand, so 17% of the market is open.

17%

open market share

Brands · sellers11 · 57
Top-5 product click share83%
Open market17%
Avg brand age63 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 11 products

Sponsored placement100%
New entrants (1y)0· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews7,909

Top Vitamin B12 products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 83% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£246K£492K£737K£983K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

57

Top-5 brand share

83%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

83%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

13%

  • Nutrition Geeks41%
  • WeightWorld22%
  • Zipvit11%
  • Solgar5%
  • Nutravita4%
  • Red Label Health4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 13%)

Vitamin B12 demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume1.5MCVR16.6%Products11Brands11Top 5 Brands83%OOS Rate0.7%Rating4.6★Reviews7,909Avg BSR#8
30K20KSepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Top Vitamin B12 search terms shoppers use

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

  • vitamin b12548K/yr
  • b12316K/yr
  • b12 tablets high strength220K/yr
  • b12 vitamin116K/yr
  • vitamin b12 tablets high strength69K/yr
  • b12 supplement32K/yr
  • vitamin b12 methylcobalamin20K/yr
  • b12 tablets30K/yr
  • vit b1224K/yr
  • vitamin b12 tablets28K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Vitamin B12

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

83% of reviews
Value For Money23%

Excellent value for money

Quality-Overall14%

Great quality arrived on time thanks Amazon

Vitamin11%

Good quality vitamin tablets

Ease Of Chewing/Swallowing11%

so no problem swallowing

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%

As advertised

What buyers complain about

53% of reviews
Dosage9%

your body will not absorb the amount you think it is in the daily dose

Functionality-Overall9%

Made no difference

Side Effects8%

Belly Cramps

Size-Overall7%

Much smaller than expected

Vitamin6%

I assume there maybe issues with my absorption of this vitamin

Vitamin B12 return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.1%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Value For Money
100%

Common Vitamin B12 questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Vitamin B12 47/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £1.6M/yr across 11 tracked products. Search demand moved -7.0% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Vitamin B12 on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.3× the quietest.