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Acne Pads

Acne Pads shows low returns (0.6%), but brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 94% of clicks) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

54
Worth a look

Top 22% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +6 vs the category median of 48

Market size 95Growth 24Conversion 96Competition 35Returns 97Price range 65Avg price 61Brand share 16Review moat 25Quality gap 24
This niche Category average · 10,978 niches

Is Acne Pads profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, Acne Pads is a $2.3M/yr Amazon United States market (1.3M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 94% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 54/100.

Acne Pads: 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 -2.3% over the last 90 days and 12.9% of searches end in a purchase.

$2.3M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr200K
Search volume / yr-2.3%1.3M
Conversion rate12.9%
Avg price$13.37

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 94% of demand, so 6% of the market is open.

6%

open market share

Brands · sellers7 · 101
Top-5 product click share64%
Open market6%
Avg brand age50 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 · 17 products

Sponsored placement59%
New entrants (1y)3· 3 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews4,764

Top Acne Pads 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 64% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

$0$231K$462K$693K$924K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

7 falling

Sellers

101

Top-5 brand share

94%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

64%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

3%

  • Noxzema37%
  • THAYERS25%
  • Clearasil15%
  • Stridex12%
  • medicube4%
  • Oxy3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 3%)

Acne Pads demand & seasonality

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

Volume1.3MCVR12.9%Products17Brands7Top 5 Brands94%OOS Rate0.9%Rating4.6★Reviews4,764Avg BSR#206
50K30KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Top Acne Pads search terms shoppers use

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

  • noxzema pads309K/yr
  • acne pads192K/yr
  • salicylic acid pads145K/yr
  • acne wipes83K/yr
  • thayers pads58K/yr
  • clearasil pads72K/yr
  • oxy pads51K/yr
  • noxzema anti blemish pads55K/yr
  • acne face wipes55K/yr
  • thayers blemish clearing pads49K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Acne Pads

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

What buyers love

74% of reviews
Suitability Combination Skin17%

Great for my skin

Quality-Overall12%

Excellent product

Soft Feel9%

Soft skin

Cleansing8%

Clean feeling

Value For Money7%

Excellent value

What buyers complain about

55% of reviews
Adhesion/Stickiness11%

Stickiness

Allergies10%

Allergic reaction

Skin Health8%

This burned my face not literally

Moist/Dry5%

appeared a little dried out

Functionality-Overall4%

Didn't work for

Acne Pads return rate & reasons

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

0.6%

Return rate

10%

Fixable by listing

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

1Functionality-Overall
15%
2Leak-Proof
10%
3Value For Money
10%
4Adhesion/Stickiness
8%
5Advertised Vs Actual Product
7%

Common Acne Pads questions

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

Flapen scores Acne Pads 54/100 on Amazon United States — Worth a look. The niche generates $2.3M/yr across 17 tracked products. 3 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -2.3% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Acne Pads on Amazon United States is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.5× the quietest.