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Whitening Toothpaste

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.0% of orders. But prices span $1.89–$10.26, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Whitening Toothpaste is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 33% of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · +4 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£1.6M/yr2.0M searches / yr
90-day growth
-8.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
51%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 216 sellers

Flapen Score

Whitening Toothpaste against its category

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

52Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Whitening Toothpaste market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Whitening Toothpaste 2.0M times last year and spent an estimated £1.6M. The top 5 brands take 99% of clicks. Demand peaks in Feb–Mar–Apr–May–Jun. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

14.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 2.0M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 14.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -8.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.6M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.0M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-8.4%
Conversion, latest week
14.6%
Market size, estimated
£1.6Ma year
Peak month
March2.7× the quietest month
Top search term
whitening toothpaste501K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.74.

Listings sell for £5.74 on average, from £1.89 to £10.26. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 250K to 300K a year. The average listing sells 6,000 to 8,000 of them. At £5.74 that is £34K to £46K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.74under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.89–£10.26
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
250K–300K
Units per listing a year
6,000–8,000
Revenue per listing a year
£34K–£46K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

79% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #76 within Dental Care. It carries 3,168 reviews at 4.45 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
79%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.9%
Average rank
#76in Dental Care
Average rating
4.45 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,168per listing
Listings tracked
33

04 · Newcomers

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

7 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 7 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 43 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Whitening Toothpaste 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 51% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£66K£132K£198K£264K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

216

Top-5 brand share

99%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

51%

Top 20: 87%

Open market

0%

  • Oral-B46%
  • Colgate35%
  • Arm & Hammer11%
  • Marvis4%
  • Pearl Drops2%
  • BIOMED1%

Demand

Whitening Toothpaste search demand

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

125K75KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.7×

Search terms

Top Whitening Toothpaste search terms shoppers use

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

  • whitening toothpaste501K/yr
  • oral b toothpaste430K/yr
  • toothpaste whitening234K/yr
  • teeth whitening toothpaste151K/yr
  • colgate max white107K/yr
  • arm and hammer toothpaste111K/yr
  • colgate whitening toothpaste96K/yr
  • oral b whitening toothpaste48K/yr
  • toothpaste oral b51K/yr
  • colgate optic white23K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Whitening Toothpaste

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

Complain

Taste-Overall12%−0.11

Horrible taste

the taste is weird

Absolutely vile taste

Value For Money11%+0.27

Waste of money

Price is too high

Too expensive

Oral Hygiene9%+1.13

Not for sensitive gums

My dentist wasn't happy

Does nothing for your teeth

Tooth Brightening8%+0.43

Not as good as described that it whitens your teeth Not correct

Doesn't whiten teeth as advertised

Doesnt whiten

Functionality-Overall6%−0.11

Doesn't work

not effective at all

Doesn't work that well

Love

Oral Hygiene20%+1.13

teeth are healthy

It enhances gum healthy

Great for teeth

Tooth Brightening18%+0.43

Whitens teeth well

Teeth whitening

Effective whitening

Value For Money11%+0.27

Good value for price

Great deal

Fair price

Taste-Overall8%−0.11

Great taste

Fresh taste

Refreshing taste

Quality-Overall7%+1.04

Excellent Product

great quality safe product

seen great reviews

Return

0.0% Return rate 13% Fixable by listing

Value For Money17%▂▁█▁▇▂

Waste of money

Price is too high

Too expensive

Tooth Brightening15%▁█▁▁▁▃

Not as good as described that it whitens your teeth Not correct

Doesn't whiten teeth as advertised

Doesnt whiten

Functionality-Overall14%▁▂▄█▁▂

Doesn't work

not effective at all

Doesn't work that well

Taste-Overall9%█▃▁▁▁▃

Horrible taste

the taste is weird

Absolutely vile taste

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%▆██▁▁▁

Not as advertised

Misleading advertisement

Misleading

FAQ

Common Whitening Toothpaste questions

Answered from the same tracked data.