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Massage Gel

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.5% of orders. But demand is soft, at -16.2% this quarter, so Massage Gel is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 22% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +6 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$240K/yr80K searches / yr
90-day growth
-16.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
65%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 58 sellers

Flapen Score

Massage Gel against its category

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

54Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Massage Gel market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Massage Gel 80K times last year and spent an estimated $240K. The top 5 brands take 84% of clicks. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

7.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 80K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 7.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -16.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $240K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
80K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-16.2%
Conversion, latest week
7.8%
Market size, estimated
$240Ka year
Peak month
January1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
massage gel43K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $38.38.

Listings sell for $38.38 on average, from $9.35 to $105.21. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $38.38 that is $10K to $19K a year per listing.

Average price
$38.38inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$9.35–$105.21
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$10K–$19K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

71% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 95% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #2,668 within Lotions. It carries 3,180 reviews at 4.28 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
71%
Prime listings
95%
Out of stock, average day
0.9%
Average rank
#2,668in Lotions
Average rating
4.28 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
3,180per listing
Listings tracked
21

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 83 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
83 months

Products

Top Massage Gel 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 65% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$24K$48K$72K$96K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 rising

Sellers

58

Top-5 brand share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

65%

Top 20: 99%

Open market

12%

  • BIOTONE46%
  • Bon Vital'17%
  • Soothing Touch11%
  • PURA 1st7%
  • Therapy Best Buys4%
  • GTZSXNP3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 12%)

Demand

Massage Gel search demand

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

2K2KSpike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Massage Gel search terms shoppers use

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

  • massage gel43K/yr
  • massage gel for massage therapy21K/yr
  • biotone massage gel13K/yr
  • biotone gel3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Massage Gel

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

Complain

Smell17%−0.13

which now smell rancid

Bad smell

Smells weird

Adhesion/Stickiness11%−0.11

Sticky in NO TIME

the oil is a little sticky

very sticky

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%−0.03

I would send a photo but not this time a description will do

its clearly not the same product

Misleading Name

Functionality-Overall6%−0.05

It dnt work at all

It wont work properly unfortunately

Im already disappointed because the pump does not work

Moist/Dry5%

you dry up

Dries up almost instantly

not wet enough

Love

Smell14%−0.13

The fragrance is very nice

Smells Good

has a great light fragrance

Quality-Overall12%+0.70

Excellent Product

Great quality

item is good

Value For Money11%+1.04

Definitely worth the purchase

Good and worth price

Great price

Lubrication10%+0.86

with the intent that it was also safe as a personal lubricant

Great lube for the price

Its a good clean lube

Efficiency6%

Works very well

Works great in a pinch

works well with the cupping kit that I use

Return

0.5% Return rate 17% Fixable by listing

Smell25%▇▆▇▅▆█

which now smell rancid

Bad smell

Smells weird

Motor Power22%▅▃▄▅█▅

Pump is broken

Pump does not work

I can't get the pump to work

Leak-Proof13%█▇█▆▅▅

not packed correctly, they will leak all over the bag & box

Leaked everywhere

Its soaked a lot of it leaked out

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%▄▆▅█▃▅

I would send a photo but not this time a description will do

its clearly not the same product

Misleading Name

Oily/Greasy5%▄▇▂▆█▂

Mediocre Minty Oil

I seen it in oil form

FAQ

Common Massage Gel questions

Answered from the same tracked data.