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Kojic Acid

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.6% of orders. But the top 5 brands take 94% of clicks, so Kojic Acid is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
57
57 / 100
Top 14% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +9 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$1.3M/yr1.5M searches / yr
90-day growth
+14.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
55%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 45 sellers

Flapen Score

Kojic Acid against its category

The dotted line is the Beauty & Personal Care average. Past it, Kojic Acid is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

57Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Kojic Acid market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Kojic Acid 1.5M times last year and spent an estimated $1.3M. The top 5 brands take 94% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jun–Jul. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

5.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.5M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 5.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +14.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $1.3M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.5M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+14.7%
Conversion, latest week
5.7%
Market size, estimated
$1.3Ma year
Peak month
July2.1× the quietest month
Top search term
kojic acid541K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $15.08.

Listings sell for $15.08 on average, from $5.95 to $25.81. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 80K to 100K a year. The average listing sells 2,500 to 3,000 of them. At $15.08 that is $38K to $45K a year per listing.

Average price
$15.08inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$5.95–$25.81
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
80K–100K
Units per listing a year
2,500–3,000
Revenue per listing a year
$38K–$45K
Returns
0.6%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

96% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #206 within Cleansers. It carries 10,537 reviews at 4.42 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
96%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
1.6%
Average rank
#206in Cleansers
Average rating
4.42 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
10,537per listing
Listings tracked
23

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 11 of last year's 12 launches as successful.

12 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 11 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 42 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
12
Successful launches
11Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
42 months

Products

Top Kojic Acid 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 55% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$66K$131K$197K$263K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

45

Top-5 brand share

94%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

55%

Top 20: 97%

Open market

5%

  • medicube78%
  • VALITIC6%
  • Kojie San3%
  • MAYKER3%
  • TOSOWOONG3%
  • Healov1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 5%)

Demand

Kojic Acid search demand

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

35K25KSpike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×

Search terms

Top Kojic Acid search terms shoppers use

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

  • kojic acid541K/yr
  • medicube kojic acid222K/yr
  • medicube kojic acid turmeric89K/yr
  • kojic acid serum181K/yr
  • medicube turmeric121K/yr
  • medicube turmeric and kojic acid32K/yr
  • kojic47K/yr
  • acido kojico49K/yr
  • medicube dark spot remover34K/yr
  • medicube kojic30K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Kojic Acid

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

Complain

Functionality-Overall19%−0.26

No Results

resulting don't see any results

Did not work

Allergies8%−0.06

Allergic reaction

Skin irritation

irritating for my skin

Symptom Reduction7%−0.03

No improvement

saw very little improvement

no improvement in skin

Skin Health6%−0.06

Ruined my skin

Burning my face

burns my skin

Smell5%

also have a weird smell

the scent was too strong

Bad odor

Love

Suitability Combination Skin12%+1.21

Good for the skin

Great for my combination skin

Great for my skin

Quality-Overall11%+0.88

Good quality soap

Excellent product, I loved it, it cleans my face very well, I love it

Awesome quality

Soft Feel9%

Skin feels smooth

Soft skin

It's very soft

Smell8%

clean smell

features a pleasant fragrance

Fragrance free

Efficiency6%+0.64

it does the job

Effective product

Appears to work well

Return

0.6% Return rate 18% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall22%██▇██▇

No Results

resulting don't see any results

Did not work

Advertised Vs Actual Product13%████▇▇

False information

Fake advertisement

False advertisement

Leak-Proof7%█▆▆▅▅▅
Smell6%█▆▇█▇▇

also have a weird smell

the scent was too strong

Bad odor

Value For Money6%▄▃▄▄▄█

Not worth the price

Expensive

expensive

FAQ

Common Kojic Acid questions

Answered from the same tracked data.