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Sun Tanning Lotion

Maybe

An estimated 0.7% of orders come back. But the average product has 8,868 reviews to catch up to, so Sun Tanning Lotion is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
62
62 / 100
Top 5% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +14 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$317K/yr287K searches / yr
90-day growth
+75.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
54%top-5 click share · 14 brands · 145 sellers

Flapen Score

Sun Tanning Lotion against its category

The dotted line is the Beauty & Personal Care average. Past it, Sun Tanning Lotion is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

62Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Sun Tanning Lotion market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Sun Tanning Lotion 287K times last year and spent an estimated $317K. The top 5 brands take 73% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May–Jun–Jul. Flapen scores it 62 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 6.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 287K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 6.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +75.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $317K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
287K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+75.4%
Conversion, latest week
6.4%
Market size, estimated
$317Ka year
Peak month
June35.6× the quietest month
Top search term
tanning lotion outdoor115K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $17.25.

Listings sell for $17.25 on average, from $7.03 to $32.53. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At $17.25 that is $9K to $13K a year per listing.

Average price
$17.25inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$7.03–$32.53
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
$9K–$13K
Returns
0.7%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

88% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #73 within Sunscreens & Tanning Products. It carries 8,868 reviews at 4.52 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
88%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#73in Sunscreens & Tanning Products
Average rating
4.52 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
8,868per listing
Listings tracked
26

04 · Newcomers

1 of last year's 1 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 56 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Sun Tanning Lotion 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 54% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

14 falling

Sellers

145

Top-5 brand share

73%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

54%

Top 20: 93%

Open market

20%

  • Brand 127%
  • Brand 214%
  • Brand 312%
  • Brand 412%
  • Brand 58%
  • Brand 67%

Demand

Sun Tanning Lotion search demand

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

100K60KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 35.6×

Search terms

Top Sun Tanning Lotion search terms shoppers use

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

  • tanning lotion outdoor115K/yr
  • sun tanning lotion127K/yr
  • sun tan14K/yr
  • sun tanning13K/yr
  • suntan10K/yr
  • tanning lotion for outside3K/yr
  • tanning lotion for sun4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Sun Tanning Lotion

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

27%of positive reviews mention “Smell”
17%of negative reviews mention “Smell”
0.7%of orders come back
“Gross smell”
A buyer, on “Smell”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.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Sun Tanning Lotion questions

Answered from the same tracked data.