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Menthol

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Menthol is a Fail.

Flapen Score
45
45 / 100
Ranks 9,665 of 14,768 Health & Household niches · −4 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$6.6M/yr4.7M searches / yr
90-day growth
-29.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
88%top-5 click share · 3 brands · 68 sellers

Flapen Score

Menthol against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Household average. Past it, Menthol is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

45Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Menthol market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Menthol 4.7M times last year and spent an estimated $6.6M. All 3 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Feb–May–Jun. Flapen scores it 45 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 12.6% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 4.7M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 12.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -29.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $6.6M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
4.7M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-29.7%
Conversion, latest week
12.6%
Market size, estimated
$6.6Ma year
Peak month
February2.4× the quietest month
Top search term
vicks vaporub1.7M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $11.13.

Listings sell for $11.13 on average, from $5.03 to $23.69. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 600K to 800K a year. The average listing sells 50,000 to 60,000 of them. At $11.13 that is $557K to $668K a year per listing.

Average price
$11.13under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$5.03–$23.69
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
600K–800K
Units per listing a year
50,000–60,000
Revenue per listing a year
$557K–$668K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

33% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #190 within Cough & Cold. It carries 10,480 reviews at 4.67 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
33%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.6%
Average rank
#190in Cough & Cold
Average rating
4.67 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
10,480per listing
Listings tracked
9

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 65 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
65 months

Products

Top Menthol 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 88% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

3 flat

Sellers

68

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

88%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 177%
  • Brand 218%
  • Brand 35%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Menthol search demand

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

150K100KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Feb, May, Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.4×

Search terms

Top Menthol search terms shoppers use

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

  • vicks vaporub1.7M/yr
  • vicks767K/yr
  • vix486K/yr
  • vaporub443K/yr
  • vicks vapor rub272K/yr
  • mentholatum211K/yr
  • vick94K/yr
  • vicks rub101K/yr
  • menthol73K/yr
  • vapor rub79K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Menthol

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

16%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
20%of negative reviews mention “Smell”
<0.1%of orders come back, a rate Amazon rounds to zero
“very weak smell”
A buyer, on “Smell”20% 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.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Menthol questions

Answered from the same tracked data.