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Lysine Cold Sore Treatment

Maybe

An estimated 0.1% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at -22.2% this quarter, so Lysine Cold Sore Treatment is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
50
50 / 100
Top 44% of 14,768 Health & Household niches · +1 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$649K/yr308K searches / yr
90-day growth
-22.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
72%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 562 sellers

Flapen Score

Lysine Cold Sore Treatment against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Household average. Past it, Lysine Cold Sore Treatment is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

50Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Lysine Cold Sore Treatment market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Lysine Cold Sore Treatment 308K times last year and spent an estimated $649K. The top 5 brands take 82% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Dec. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 15.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 308K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 15.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -22.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $649K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
308K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-22.2%
Conversion, latest week
15.9%
Market size, estimated
$649Ka year
Peak month
February2.2× the quietest month
Top search term
lysine cold sore treatment120K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $13.28.

Listings sell for $13.28 on average, from $6.54 to $38.79. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 50K to 60K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At $13.28 that is $40K to $53K a year per listing.

Average price
$13.28under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$6.54–$38.79
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
50K–60K
Units per listing a year
3,000–4,000
Revenue per listing a year
$40K–$53K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

87% 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 #161 within Cold Sore & Fever Blister Treatments. It carries 7,137 reviews at 4.55 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
87%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#161in Cold Sore & Fever Blister Treatments
Average rating
4.55 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
7,137per listing
Listings tracked
15

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 75 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Lysine Cold Sore Treatment products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 11, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 72% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

$0$65K$130K$195K$260K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 rising

Sellers

562

Est. top-5 brand share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

72%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

15%

  • Quantum54%
  • Basic Organics12%
  • NOW Foods7%
  • Herpecin-L5%
  • Clear Probiotics5%
  • Basic Brands3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 15%)

Demand

Lysine Cold Sore Treatment search demand

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

8K6KPrime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.2×

Search terms

Top Lysine Cold Sore Treatment search terms shoppers use

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

  • lysine cold sore treatment120K/yr
  • lysine lip balm81K/yr
  • lysine chapstick17K/yr
  • cold sore prevention8K/yr
  • lysine lip8K/yr
  • l lysine lip balm9K/yr
  • lysine lip balm cold sore4K/yr
  • lysine cold sore6K/yr
  • lysine lip clear6K/yr
  • lysine for cold sores9K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Lysine Cold Sore Treatment

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

15%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
9%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
0.1%of orders come back
“They are larger”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”9% 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.

23 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Lysine Cold Sore Treatment questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data