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Petroleum Jelly Tub

Fail

Demand is soft, at -21.6% this quarter, so Petroleum Jelly Tub is a Fail.

Flapen Score
45
45 / 100
Ranks 6,474 of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · −3 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$173K/yr114K searches / yr
90-day growth
-21.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
53%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 136 sellers

Flapen Score

Petroleum Jelly Tub against its category

The dotted line is the Beauty & Personal Care average. Past it, Petroleum Jelly Tub is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

45Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Petroleum Jelly Tub market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Petroleum Jelly Tub 114K times last year and spent an estimated $173K. The top 5 brands take 91% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb. Flapen scores it 45 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 6.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 114K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 6.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -21.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $173K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
114K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-21.6%
Conversion, latest week
6.8%
Market size, estimated
$173Ka year
Peak month
February2.3× the quietest month
Top search term
petroleum jelly bulk19K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $22.41.

Listings sell for $22.41 on average, from $3.41 to $159.71. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $22.41 that is $6K to $11K a year per listing.

Average price
$22.41inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$3.41–$159.71
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$6K–$11K
Returns
0.6%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

77% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 90% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #370 within Creams. It carries 5,909 reviews at 4.70 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
77%
Prime listings
90%
Out of stock, average day
0.4%
Average rank
#370in Creams
Average rating
4.70 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
5,909per listing
Listings tracked
30

04 · Newcomers

2 of last year's 3 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 61 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
61 months

Products

Top Petroleum Jelly Tub products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 53% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

10 rising

Sellers

136

Top-5 brand share

91%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

53%

Top 20: 89%

Open market

7%

  • Brand 160%
  • Brand 216%
  • Brand 38%
  • Brand 44%
  • Brand 52%
  • Brand 62%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 7%)

Demand

Petroleum Jelly Tub search demand

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

3K2KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.3×

Search terms

Top Petroleum Jelly Tub search terms shoppers use

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

  • petroleum jelly bulk19K/yr
  • mini vaseline bulk20K/yr
  • vaseline bulk18K/yr
  • vaseline 13 oz19K/yr
  • vaseline pack9K/yr
  • bulk vaseline8K/yr
  • bulk petroleum jelly5K/yr
  • petroleum jelly 13 oz4K/yr
  • vaseline 13oz4K/yr
  • vaseline petroleum jelly 13 oz6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Petroleum Jelly Tub

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

17%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
17%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
0.6%of orders come back
“Very tiny container”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”17% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Petroleum Jelly Tub questions

Answered from the same tracked data.