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Muscle Rub

Fail

Prices span $4.25–$16.18, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Muscle Rub is a Fail.

Flapen Score
48
48 / 100
Ranks 7,720 of 14,768 Health & Household niches · −1 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$160K/yr211K searches / yr
90-day growth
-8.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
50%top-5 click share · 18 brands · 677 sellers

Flapen Score

Muscle Rub against its category

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

48Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Muscle Rub market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Muscle Rub 211K times last year and spent an estimated $160K. The top 5 brands take 64% of clicks. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 8.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 211K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 8.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -8.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $160K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
211K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-8.8%
Conversion, latest week
8.3%
Market size, estimated
$160Ka year
Top search term
muscle rub142K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $9.11.

Listings sell for $9.11 on average, from $4.25 to $16.18. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At $9.11 that is $5K to $7K a year per listing.

Average price
$9.11under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$4.25–$16.18
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
$5K–$7K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

73% 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 #164 within Joint & Muscle Pain Relief. It carries 10,534 reviews at 4.51 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
73%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#164in Joint & Muscle Pain Relief
Average rating
4.51 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
10,534per listing
Listings tracked
26

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 85 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
85 months

Products

Top Muscle Rub 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 50% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

18 falling

Sellers

677

Top-5 brand share

64%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

50%

Top 20: 94%

Open market

30%

  • Brand 120%
  • Brand 215%
  • Brand 312%
  • Brand 410%
  • Brand 57%
  • Brand 66%

Demand

Muscle Rub search demand

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

5K4KNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3× · 8 of 12 months tracked

Search terms

Top Muscle Rub search terms shoppers use

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

  • muscle rub142K/yr
  • muscle rub ultra strength30K/yr
  • muscle rub cream17K/yr
  • muscle rub extra strength8K/yr
  • sportscreme6K/yr
  • perrigo muscle rub4K/yr
  • muscle rub pain relieving cream extra strength4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Muscle Rub

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

18%of positive reviews mention “Smell”
18%of negative reviews mention “Functionality-Overall”
0.1%of orders come back
“No results”
A buyer, on “Functionality-Overall”18% 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.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Muscle Rub questions

Answered from the same tracked data.