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Weight Loss

Weight Loss shows beatable incumbent ratings (3.5★), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

70
Worth a look
Market size 84Growth 21Conversion 35Competition 70Returns 100Price range 82Avg price 75Brand share 90Review moat 68Quality gap 100
This niche Category average

Is Weight Loss profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Weight Loss is a £1.4M/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (3.3M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 45% of demand. Demand peaks in May. Verdict: Worth a look — 70/100.

Weight Loss: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -7.9% over the last 90 days and 2.8% of searches end in a purchase.

£1.4M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr100K
Search volume / yr-7.9%3.3M
Conversion rate2.8%
Avg price£15.11

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 45% of demand, so 55% of the market is open.

55%

open market share

Brands · sellers35 · 72
Top-5 product click share43%
Open market55%
Avg brand age41 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 3.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 45 products

Sponsored placement73%
New entrants (1y)25· 10 succeeded
Avg rating3.5★
Avg reviews762

Top Weight Loss 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 43% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£55K£110K£166K£221K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

35 rising

Sellers

72

Top-5 brand share

45%

Top 20: 83%

Top-5 click share

43%

Top 20: 74%

Open market

51%

  • Pro BRN Supplement15%
  • Kind Patches11%
  • Nutrition Geeks8%
  • Vinco Supplements7%
  • Tilibra5%
  • Witoshilye4%

Weight Loss demand & seasonality

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

Volume3.3MCVR2.8%Products45Brands35Top 5 Brands45%OOS Rate14.2%Rating3.5★Reviews762Avg BSR#275
100K60KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Top Weight Loss search terms shoppers use

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

  • weight loss1.1M/yr
  • weight loss patches440K/yr
  • slimming patches for weight loss146K/yr
  • glp1 weight loss patches280K/yr
  • weight loss pills that work fast178K/yr
  • appetite suppressants women155K/yr
  • weight loss pills138K/yr
  • weight loss tablets86K/yr
  • weight loss injections107K/yr
  • fat burners for women weight loss115K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Weight Loss

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

What buyers love

62% of reviews
Quality-Overall13%

Good quality and item arrived in quick time

Weight Loss9%

has helped with my weight loss

Value For Money8%

good value for money

Taste-Overall7%

tastes lovely as well

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%

As advertised

What buyers complain about

65% of reviews
Functionality-Overall21%

Don't work as described

Weight Loss7%

Not for weight loss

Value For Money7%

WASTE OF MONEY

Allergies5%

Rash

Size-Overall5%

Far too small

Weight Loss return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

38%

Fixable by listing

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

1Functionality-Overall
19%
2Advertised Vs Actual Product
14%
3Size-Overall
14%
4Defective Material/Parts
9%
5Adhesion/Stickiness
6%

Common Weight Loss questions

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

Flapen scores Weight Loss 70/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £1.4M/yr across 45 tracked products. 10 of 25 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -7.9% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Weight Loss on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in May, where the busiest month runs 1.9× the quietest.