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Mineral Oil for Ears

Fail

Prices span $8.10–$16.07, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Mineral Oil for Ears is a Fail.

Flapen Score
43
43 / 100
Ranks 10,775 of 14,768 Health & Household niches · −6 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$399K/yr255K searches / yr
90-day growth
-14.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
82%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 53 sellers

Flapen Score

Mineral Oil for Ears against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Household average. Past it, Mineral Oil for Ears is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

43Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Mineral Oil for Ears market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Mineral Oil for Ears 255K times last year and spent an estimated $399K. The top 5 brands take 89% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb. Flapen scores it 43 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 13.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 255K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 13.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -14.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $399K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
255K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-14.3%
Conversion, latest week
13.5%
Market size, estimated
$399Ka year
Peak month
January2.0× the quietest month
Top search term
mineral oil for ears79K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $11.61.

Listings sell for $11.61 on average, from $8.10 to $16.07. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 2,500 to 3,000 of them. At $11.61 that is $29K to $35K a year per listing.

Average price
$11.61under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$8.10–$16.07
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
2,500–3,000
Revenue per listing a year
$29K–$35K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

80% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 10.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #3,078 within Ear Care. It carries 3,573 reviews at 4.54 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
80%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
10.9%
Average rank
#3,078in Ear Care
Average rating
4.54 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
3,573per listing
Listings tracked
10

04 · Newcomers

1 of last year's 1 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 79 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
79 months

Products

Top Mineral Oil for Ears 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 10, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 82% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

$0$60K$120K$180K$239K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

53

Est. top-5 brand share

89%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

6%

  • De La Cruz55%
  • Otolaryngological Anthropology18%
  • Swan6%
  • Marie Originals5%
  • Miracell5%
  • Hyland's4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 6%)

Demand

Mineral Oil for Ears search demand

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

6K4KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Search terms

Top Mineral Oil for Ears search terms shoppers use

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

  • mineral oil for ears79K/yr
  • sweet oil for ears77K/yr
  • sweet oil46K/yr
  • sweet oil for ears with dropper16K/yr
  • mineral oil ear drops10K/yr
  • ear oil for wax removal5K/yr
  • mineral oil for ears with dropper5K/yr
  • sweet oil for ear infection4K/yr
  • mineral oil drops for ears3K/yr
  • ear wax oil2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Mineral Oil for Ears

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

15%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
13%of negative reviews mention “Functionality-Overall”
0.4%of orders come back
“Not effective”
A buyer, on “Functionality-Overall”13% 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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Mineral Oil for Ears 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