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Ricola Throat Balm

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Ricola Throat Balm is a Fail.

Flapen Score
33
33 / 100
Ranks 14,104 of 14,768 Health & Household niches · −16 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$109K/yr71K searches / yr
90-day growth
-30.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
94%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 599 sellers

Flapen Score

Ricola Throat Balm against its category

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

33Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Ricola Throat Balm market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Ricola Throat Balm 71K times last year and spent an estimated $109K. All 4 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Apr–May. Flapen scores it 33 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 15.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 71K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 15.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -30.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $109K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
71K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-30.5%
Conversion, latest week
15.1%
Market size, estimated
$109Ka year
Peak month
April2.6× the quietest month
Top search term
ricola throat balm20K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $10.14.

Listings sell for $10.14 on average, from $5.26 to $20.81. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 2,000 to 2,500 of them. At $10.14 that is $20K to $25K a year per listing.

Average price
$10.14under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$5.26–$20.81
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
2,000–2,500
Revenue per listing a year
$20K–$25K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

100% 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 #21 within Cough & Cold. It carries 8,846 reviews at 4.60 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#21in Cough & Cold
Average rating
4.60 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
8,846per listing
Listings tracked
7

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 99 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
99 months

Products

Top Ricola Throat Balm 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 94% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

4 flat

Sellers

599

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

94%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 184%
  • Brand 28%
  • Brand 35%
  • Brand 43%

Demand

Ricola Throat Balm search demand

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

4K3KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.6×

Search terms

Top Ricola Throat Balm search terms shoppers use

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

  • ricola throat balm20K/yr
  • dry throat relief20K/yr
  • dry throat8K/yr
  • ricola caramel throat balm cough drops6K/yr
  • ricola throat balm caramel4K/yr
  • ricola caramel3K/yr
  • throat balm2K/yr
  • ricola caramel cough drops4K/yr
  • caramel cough drops3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Ricola Throat Balm

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

20%of positive reviews mention “Taste-Overall”
19%of negative reviews mention “Taste-Overall”
<0.1%of orders come back, a rate Amazon rounds to zero
“Bad tasting”
A buyer, on “Taste-Overall”19% 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 Ricola Throat Balm questions

Answered from the same tracked data.