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The Ordinary Glycolic Acid

Maybe

Shoppers spend $5.5M a year here. But the top 5 products take 100% of clicks, so The Ordinary Glycolic Acid is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
51
51 / 100
Top 34% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +3 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$5.5M/yr3.1M searches / yr
90-day growth
+29.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
100%top-5 click share · 2 brands · 6 sellers

Flapen Score

The Ordinary Glycolic Acid against its category

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

51Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The The Ordinary Glycolic Acid market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for The Ordinary Glycolic Acid 3.1M times last year and spent an estimated $5.5M. All 2 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Jul. Flapen scores it 51 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

13.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 3.1M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 13.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +29.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $5.5M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
3.1M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+29.0%
Conversion, latest week
13.1%
Market size, estimated
$5.5Ma year
Peak month
July1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
the ordinary glycolic acid1.1M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $13.41.

Listings sell for $13.41 on average, from $8.72 to $22.66. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 400K to 500K a year. The average listing sells 125,000 to 150,000 of them. At $13.41 that is $1.7M to $2.0M a year per listing.

Average price
$13.41under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$8.72–$22.66
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
400K–500K
Units per listing a year
125,000–150,000
Revenue per listing a year
$1.7M–$2.0M
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

100% 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 #72 within Toners & Astringents. It carries 28,737 reviews at 4.68 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#72in Toners & Astringents
Average rating
4.68 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
28,737per listing
Listings tracked
4

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 59 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
59 months

Products

Top The Ordinary Glycolic 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 100% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

$0$1.1M$2.2M$3.3M$4.4M101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

2 rising

Sellers

6

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • The Ordinary96%
  • COSMOO4%

Demand

The Ordinary Glycolic Acid search demand

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

175K125KHoliday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top The Ordinary Glycolic Acid search terms shoppers use

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

  • the ordinary glycolic acid1.1M/yr
  • ordinary glycolic acid861K/yr
  • glycolic acid the ordinary523K/yr
  • acido glicolico the ordinary original97K/yr
  • ordinary toner107K/yr
  • the ordinary toner97K/yr
  • acido glicolico the ordinary41K/yr
  • the ordinary glycolic acid 7% toning solution51K/yr
  • the ordinary glycolic acid toner53K/yr
  • glycolic acid ordinary29K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about The Ordinary Glycolic Acid

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

Complain

Allergies15%−0.05

caused irritation for me

Caused a rash

Had a allergic reaction

Functionality-Overall9%−0.05

Didn't work for me

Never worked

I am not seeing any results

Skin Health7%−0.03

apparently something in my not normally sensitive skin does not like

whatever was in this product severely burned my skin

Ruined my skin

Smell6%

There's no scent

It doesnt have a strong smell

The smell is kind of weird

Color6%−0.03

Why was it yellow

not nearly as red

Darker color

Love

Suitability Combination Skin17%+1.40

It has helped so much with clearing up my skin

Help with textured skin

Great even with sensitive skin

Quality-Overall17%+1.12

its super affordable for the quality

Excellent Product

great and as expected product

Value For Money11%+0.54

Good price

Great value

reasonable price

Soft Feel8%

Really made my skin soft

My skin looks smoother

Smooths the skin

Symptom Reduction7%−0.01

Effective for dark spots

It helps reduce the look of dark spots

got rid of dark spots

Return

0.4% Return rate 49% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall26%█▇█▇▇█

Too small

Bottle small

Bigger than expected

Functionality-Overall15%█▇▇▆▆▆

Didn't work for me

Never worked

I am not seeing any results

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%▅█▅▆▇▇

False advertising it did NOTHING for me

Misleading

Falsely advertised

Value For Money8%▅▆▆█▄▆
Color6%▂▅▅█▆▄

Why was it yellow

not nearly as red

Darker color

FAQ

Common The Ordinary Glycolic Acid questions

Answered from the same tracked data.