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Period

Maybe

An estimated 0.3% of orders come back. But buyers convert on only 1.3% of searches, so Period is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
55
55 / 100
Top 24% of 14,768 Health & Household niches · +6 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$115K/yr481K searches / yr
90-day growth
-3.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
26%top-5 click share · 59 brands · 714 sellers

Flapen Score

Period against its category

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

55Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Period market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Period 481K times last year and spent an estimated $115K. The top 5 brands take 46% of clicks. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 481K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -3.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $115K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
481K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-3.3%
Conversion, latest week
1.3%
Market size, estimated
$115Ka year
Peak month
January1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
period products62K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $18.11.

Listings sell for $18.11 on average, from $1.94 to $46.24. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At $18.11 that is $0 to $2K a year per listing.

Average price
$18.11inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$1.94–$46.24
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
$0–$2K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

89% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #69 within Feminine Care. It carries 5,158 reviews at 4.45 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
89%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
2.3%
Average rank
#69in Feminine Care
Average rating
4.45 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
5,158per listing
Listings tracked
99

04 · Newcomers

9 of last year's 12 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

12 products launched here in the last 12 months. 9 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 50 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
12
Successful launches
9Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
50 months

Products

Top Period 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 only 26% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

59 falling

Sellers

714

Top-5 brand share

46%

Top 20: 78%

Top-5 click share

26%

Top 20: 60%

Open market

49%

  • Brand 116%
  • Brand 211%
  • Brand 38%
  • Brand 46%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 65%

Demand

Period search demand

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

20K15KSpike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Period search terms shoppers use

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

  • period products62K/yr
  • period essentials for women56K/yr
  • period stuff57K/yr
  • menstrual73K/yr
  • period essentials42K/yr
  • period supplies30K/yr
  • period care26K/yr
  • period must haves15K/yr
  • period accessories for women17K/yr
  • menstrual products11K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Period

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

11%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
7%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
0.3%of orders come back
“Didn't fit”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”7% 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.

19 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Period questions

Answered from the same tracked data.