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Wound Dressings

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But prices span $1.73–$12.55, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Wound Dressings is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
55
55 / 100
Top 21% of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · +7 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£455K/yr634K searches / yr
90-day growth
+14.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
53%top-5 click share · 14 brands · 49 sellers

Flapen Score

Wound Dressings against its category

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

55Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Wound Dressings market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Wound Dressings 634K times last year and spent an estimated £455K. The top 5 brands take 75% of clicks. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

10.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 634K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 10.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +14.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £455K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
634K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+14.6%
Conversion, latest week
10.7%
Market size, estimated
£455Ka year
Peak month
July1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
wound dressings152K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.73.

Listings sell for £6.73 on average, from £1.73 to £12.55. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 60K to 80K a year. The average listing sells 2,000 to 2,500 of them. At £6.73 that is £13K to £17K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.73under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.73–£12.55
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
60K–80K
Units per listing a year
2,000–2,500
Revenue per listing a year
£13K–£17K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

75% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 96% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #42 within First Aid. It carries 1,765 reviews at 4.49 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
75%
Prime listings
96%
Out of stock, average day
0.9%
Average rank
#42in First Aid
Average rating
4.49 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,765per listing
Listings tracked
28

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 4 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 4 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 50 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
4Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
50 months

Products

Top Wound Dressings 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 53% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£23K£45K£68K£91K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

14 falling

Sellers

49

Top-5 brand share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

53%

Top 20: 90%

Open market

21%

  • Cutiderm25%
  • Mepore23%
  • Posi Pulse13%
  • Value Aid8%
  • fitmedix6%
  • Ezy-Aid4%

Demand

Wound Dressings search demand

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

15K10KSepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Wound Dressings search terms shoppers use

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

  • wound dressings152K/yr
  • wound dressings adhesive60K/yr
  • mepore dressings57K/yr
  • dressings47K/yr
  • adhesive dressings for wounds35K/yr
  • sterile dressings for wounds40K/yr
  • wound dressing33K/yr
  • dressings for wounds first aid31K/yr
  • dressing29K/yr
  • large dressings for wounds22K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Wound Dressings

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

Complain

Adhesion/Stickiness31%−0.20

Poor Adhesion

Poor quality adhesive

Will not stick

Allergies10%−0.07

Irritates my skin

Allergic reaction

possible skin rash

Size-Overall7%+0.60

i ordered wrong size

Very small

big

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%+0.12

Description inaccurate

Size Misleading

Item not as described

Quality-Overall4%+1.60

Absolutely rubbish

Not great quality

Utter garbage

Love

Quality-Overall22%+1.60

Overall, this pack offers great value and dependable quality

Amazing quality

Great quality - remains in place

Size-Overall15%+0.60

I find these fit

Nice and big just what I needed

The size is true to fit

Adhesion/Stickiness13%−0.20

Sticks well

good adhesive

Good adhesion

Value For Money13%+0.77

Excellent price

Excellent value for money

Well worth it

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%+0.12

Accurate description

As advertised

As described

Return

0.1% Return rate 60% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall52%██▆▇▆█

i ordered wrong size

Very small

big

Adhesion/Stickiness21%█▆▆▅█▇

Poor Adhesion

Poor quality adhesive

Will not stick

Functionality-Overall4%▃▃█▃▄▁
Advertised Vs Actual Product4%▁▁▁▅█▁

Description inaccurate

Size Misleading

Item not as described

Quality-Overall3%▁▅▁▇█▆

Absolutely rubbish

Not great quality

Utter garbage

FAQ

Common Wound Dressings questions

Answered from the same tracked data.