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Tanning Oil

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.8% of orders. But the top 5 brands take 94% of clicks, so Tanning Oil 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
$2.2M/yr2.0M searches / yr
90-day growth
+84.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
66%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 86 sellers

Flapen Score

Tanning Oil against its category

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

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

Market

The Tanning Oil market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Tanning Oil 2.0M times last year and spent an estimated $2.2M. The top 5 brands take 94% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May–Jun–Jul. Flapen scores it 62 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

7.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 2.0M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 7.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +84.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $2.2M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.0M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+84.4%
Conversion, latest week
7.5%
Market size, estimated
$2.2Ma year
Peak month
June25.1× the quietest month
Top search term
tanning oil1.3M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $14.73.

Listings sell for $14.73 on average, from $7.03 to $32.53. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 125K to 150K a year. The average listing sells 8,000 to 10,000 of them. At $14.73 that is $118K to $147K a year per listing.

Average price
$14.73under 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
125K–150K
Units per listing a year
8,000–10,000
Revenue per listing a year
$118K–$147K
Returns
0.8%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

76% 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 #27 within Sunscreens & Tanning Products. It carries 6,608 reviews at 4.53 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
76%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#27in Sunscreens & Tanning Products
Average rating
4.53 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
6,608per listing
Listings tracked
17

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 55 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
55 months

Products

Top Tanning Oil 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 66% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$219K$439K$658K$877K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 rising

Sellers

86

Top-5 brand share

94%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

66%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

3%

  • Hawaiian Tropic58%
  • Australian Gold12%
  • Carroten11%
  • B.TAN9%
  • Maui Babe4%
  • Sun Bum3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 3%)

Demand

Tanning Oil search demand

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

175K125KSpike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 25.1×

Search terms

Top Tanning Oil search terms shoppers use

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

  • tanning oil1.3M/yr
  • hawaiian tropic tanning oil272K/yr
  • dark tanning oil62K/yr
  • hawaiian tropic dark tanning oil50K/yr
  • suntan oil44K/yr
  • sun tanning oil37K/yr
  • tan oil35K/yr
  • hawaiian tropic tanning28K/yr
  • tanning oil hawaiian tropic28K/yr
  • sun tan oil19K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Tanning Oil

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

Complain

Smell16%+0.20

Very strong scent

Chemical smell

Disgusting smell

Allergies7%−0.06

Allergic Reaction

skin reaction

Horrible rash

Oily/Greasy6%−0.02

Too oily

Very Greasy

Very greasy feeling

Functionality-Overall6%−0.06

I seen no results

Didn't work

Doesn't work as expected

Color5%+0.50

I was so pale

darker than Ive ever had

I feel I shouldve gotten darker

Love

Smell27%+0.20

The scent is light

the fragrance is amazing

Amazing smell

Quality-Overall8%+0.51

Excellent Product

I purchased this lotion based on the great reviews here on amazon

Quality, and marketing of product being true

Moist/Dry6%+0.47

Very moisturizing

super moisturizing

Amazing moisturizer

Color6%+0.50

Love the color

Beautiful golden color

I love the light green color as well

Efficiency6%+0.45

Been using for 50 years works wonderful

It works really well

Worked that fast

Return

0.8% Return rate 29% Fixable by listing

Smell21%█▇▆▆▇▇

Very strong scent

Chemical smell

Disgusting smell

Size-Overall16%▅██▇▇▆

The container was tiny

So small

Bigger than I thought

Leak-Proof13%▆██▇▆▆

Leaks everywhere

Leaking

it was leaking

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%▇█▆▆▅▅
Functionality-Overall6%█▆▇▇▇▆

I seen no results

Didn't work

Doesn't work as expected

FAQ

Common Tanning Oil questions

Answered from the same tracked data.