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dayquil individual packets

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Brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.

Market size 15Growth 22Conversion 96Competition 6Returns 100Price range 48Avg price 65Brand share 0Review moat 20Quality gap 14

Returns

Incredible0.0%

return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate

Conversion

Incredible14.3%

search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale

Avg price

Good$13.76

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Price range

Okay$6.78–$22.45

cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100

Growth

Bad-5.5%

90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch

Review moat

Bad12,793.57

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Market size

Bad$59K

$59K/yr · 30K searches

Quality gap

Bad4.8★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Competition

Bad93%

top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf

Brand share

Bad100%

top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, dayquil individual packets is a $59K/yr Amazon United States market (30K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 34/100.

Data updated Jul 11, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches

dayquil individual packets market data

Units sold / yr
6K–8K
avg 750–1,000/product
Revenue / yr
$83K–$110K
units × avg price
Conversion rate
14.3%
Avg BSR
#332
Page quality
0%
Prime
86%
Sponsored
14%
Out of stock
0.0%
Avg brand age
84 months
Avg seller age
168 days

Competition & brand share

The top 5 products capture 93% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

5 falling

Sellers

81

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

93%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Motrin59%
  • Amazon Basic Care23%
  • Vicks8%
  • Advil6%
  • Tylenol3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 10 weeks — -5.5% search growth over the last 90 days.
600400Spike '26May '26May '26May '26May '26May '26Jun '26Jun '26Jun '26Jun '26Jul '26

Top dayquil individual packets search terms

  • motrin individual packets16K/yr
  • motrin packets5K/yr
  • dayquil individual packets5K/yr
  • cold medicine individual packets3K/yr
All search terms

Top dayquil individual packets products on Amazon

Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.

0%15%$9K30%$18K45%$26K60%$35K101001K10K100K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 7 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

What buyers say about dayquil individual packets

What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.

What buyers love

Ease Of Use19%

“Very convenient”

Value For Money16%

“Great deal”

Quality-Overall14%

“Great product”

Portability10%

“Always great to carry”

Cold Relief7%

“Effective for fighting cold symptoms”

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%

“As advertised”

Pockets/Compartments4%

“Great for pocket or putse”

Efficiency4%

“works well”

Dosage3%

“Pills are fine”

Inflammation3%

“Great for pain relief and reduce inflammation”

What buyers complain about

Value For Money25%

“Way, way too expensive”

Taste-Overall17%

“My go to since I no longer like the taste of liquid medicine”

Dosage8%

“The other ones, a bottle, cost $1 more than these, ad contain FIVE TIMES as much (500 tablets instead of 100).”

Ease Of Use8%

“Definitely not as convenient”

Pain Relief-Overall8%

“Types of pains that you have”

Stale/Rotten/Spoiled8%

“Amazon sent old pills, nearly expired”

Size-Overall8%

“They made the packaging bigger”

Allergies8%

“it seems I'm allergic to this so I also tried advil which does not work as well as Tylenol”

Common questions

Is dayquil individual packets profitable to sell on Amazon United States?
The niche generates $59K/yr across 7 tracked products. 90-day search growth is -5.5%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (34/100).
How competitive is the dayquil individual packets niche?
5 brands and 81 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 93% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 100% of demand.
What do buyers complain about in dayquil individual packets?
Top complaints mined from reviews: Value For Money, Taste-Overall, Dosage. The return rate is 0.0%.
What does it cost to enter the dayquil individual packets niche?
Listings span $6.78–$22.45; the average listing price is $13.76 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 12,794 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.