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Ointment

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Ointment 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
$6.0M/yr2.7M searches / yr
90-day growth
+12.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
87%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 91 sellers

Flapen Score

Ointment against its category

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

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

Market

The Ointment market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Ointment 2.7M times last year and spent an estimated $6.0M. All 5 brands take every click. Flapen scores it 45 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 29.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 2.7M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 29.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +12.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $6.0M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.7M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+12.2%
Conversion, latest week
29.9%
Market size, estimated
$6.0Ma year
Peak month
July1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
neosporin1.2M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $7.30.

Listings sell for $7.30 on average, from $4.08 to $10.23. Amazon reports units sold in ranges, and this niche reaches the top one: 800K units or more a year. The average listing sells 60,000 to 80,000 of them. At $7.30 that is $438K to $584K a year per listing.

Average price
$7.30under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$4.08–$10.23
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
800K or moreAmazon's top range
Units per listing a year
60,000–80,000
Revenue per listing a year
$438K–$584K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

78% 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 #62 within Antibiotics & Antiseptics. It carries 20,997 reviews at 4.79 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
78%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#62in Antibiotics & Antiseptics
Average rating
4.79 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
20,997per listing
Listings tracked
9

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 84 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
84 months

Products

Top Ointment 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 87% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

5 flat

Sellers

91

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

87%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 167%
  • Brand 225%
  • Brand 34%
  • Brand 43%
  • Brand 52%

Demand

Ointment search demand

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

60K40KSpike '25Prime Day '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Ointment search terms shoppers use

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

  • neosporin1.2M/yr
  • neosporin antibiotic ointment1.1M/yr
  • neosporin antibiotic ointment pain relief233K/yr
  • neosporin ointment49K/yr
  • neosporin pain relief33K/yr
  • neosporin clean treat protect22K/yr
  • neosporin triple antibiotic ointment6K/yr
  • neosporin pain4K/yr
  • neisporin3K/yr
  • antibacterial cream for skin3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Ointment

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

19%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
10%of negative reviews mention “Allergies”
<0.1%of orders come back, a rate Amazon rounds to zero
“Allergic reaction”
A buyer, on “Allergies”10% 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 Ointment questions

Answered from the same tracked data.