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Vitamin D

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($2.63–$8.40) — Vitamin D doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

45
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Market size 96Growth 9Conversion 98Competition 25Returns 100Price range 0Avg price 16Brand share 20Review moat 20Quality gap 22
This niche Category average

Is Vitamin D profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Vitamin D is a £3.1M/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (3.3M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 92% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–Nov. Verdict: Skip it — 45/100.

Vitamin D: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -31.9% over the last 90 days and 16.0% of searches end in a purchase.

£3.1M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr600K
Search volume / yr-31.9%3.3M
Conversion rate16.0%
Avg price£5.88

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 92% of demand, so 8% of the market is open.

8%

open market share

Brands · sellers9 · 87
Top-5 product click share70%
Open market8%
Avg brand age61 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.7★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 16 products

Sponsored placement100%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.7★
Avg reviews12,405

Top Vitamin D 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 take 70% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£307K£615K£922K£1.2M101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 falling

Sellers

87

Top-5 brand share

92%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

6%

  • Nutrition Geeks33%
  • Vitabiotics Ultra24%
  • WeightWorld17%
  • VitaPremium12%
  • Incite Nutrition6%
  • G R O U N D E D COFFEE SCRUB3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 6%)

Vitamin D demand & seasonality

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

Volume3.3MCVR16.0%Products16Brands9Top 5 Brands92%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.7★Reviews12,405Avg BSR#17
90K70KSpike '24Black Friday '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Top Vitamin D search terms shoppers use

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

  • vitamin d2.3M/yr
  • vitamin d3400K/yr
  • vitamin d tablets132K/yr
  • vit d68K/yr
  • vitamin d3 4000 iu45K/yr
  • high strength vitamin d31K/yr
  • vitamin d 4000 iu24K/yr
  • d3 vitamins26K/yr
  • vit d323K/yr
  • vitamin d high strength19K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Vitamin D

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

What buyers love

84% of reviews
Value For Money21%

Excellent Price

Vitamin18%

Great vitamin

Quality-Overall16%

the capsules feel high quality

Ease Of Chewing/Swallowing11%

ideal to swallow

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%

As advertised

What buyers complain about

53% of reviews
Size-Overall12%

Large capsules

Dosage11%

High dose

Vitamin8%

Not the right type of Vitamin D for me I guess

Taste-Overall5%

It doesnt have a funny taste

Functionality-Overall4%

Doesn't seem to work

Vitamin D 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.

1Vitamin
100%

Common Vitamin D questions

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

Flapen scores Vitamin D 45/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £3.1M/yr across 16 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -31.9% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Vitamin D on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Jan–Nov, where the busiest month runs 2.0× the quietest.