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Smelling Salts

Pass

Smelling Salts scores 69 out of 100, a Pass. Shoppers spend an estimated $3.4M a year here, demand is soft, at -33.6% this quarter, and an estimated 0.0% of orders come back.

Flapen Score
69
69 / 100
Top 2% of 14,768 Health & Household niches · +20 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$3.4M/yr2.8M searches / yr
90-day growth
-33.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
50%top-5 click share · 21 brands · 34 sellers

Flapen Score

Smelling Salts against its category

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

69Pass
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Smelling Salts market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Smelling Salts 2.8M times last year and spent an estimated $3.4M. The top 5 brands take 56% of clicks. Flapen scores it 69 out of 100, a Pass.

01 · Demand

An estimated 6.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 2.8M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 6.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -33.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $3.4M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.8M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-33.6%
Conversion, latest week
6.2%
Market size, estimated
$3.4Ma year
Peak month
January1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
smelling salts2.1M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $19.05.

Listings sell for $19.05 on average, from $10.06 to $38.86. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 150K to 200K a year. The average listing sells 8,000 to 10,000 of them. At $19.05 that is $152K to $191K a year per listing.

Average price
$19.05inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$10.06–$38.86
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
150K–200K
Units per listing a year
8,000–10,000
Revenue per listing a year
$152K–$191K
Returns
0.0%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. 96% ship with Prime. On an average day, 48.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #245 within Endurance & Energy. It carries 3,478 reviews at 3.71 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
89%
Prime listings
96%
Out of stock, average day
48.3%
Average rank
#245in Endurance & Energy
Average rating
3.71 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
3,478per listing
Listings tracked
27

04 · Newcomers

11 of last year's 23 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

23 products launched here in the last 12 months. 11 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 72 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
23
Successful launches
11Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
72 months

Products

Top Smelling Salts 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

21 rising

Sellers

34

Top-5 brand share

56%

Top 20: 99%

Top-5 click share

50%

Top 20: 92%

Open market

38%

  • Brand 119%
  • Brand 215%
  • Brand 39%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 65%

Demand

Smelling Salts search demand

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

150K100KSpike '24Black Friday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Search terms

Top Smelling Salts search terms shoppers use

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

  • smelling salts2.1M/yr
  • smelling salts wake up173K/yr
  • smelling salt111K/yr
  • ahhh smelling salts54K/yr
  • smelling salts packets54K/yr
  • smelling salts powerlifting35K/yr
  • smelling salts for athletes46K/yr
  • atomic rhino smelling salts29K/yr
  • ammonia smelling salts27K/yr
  • zone smelling salts18K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Smelling Salts

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

12%of positive reviews mention “Smell”
19%of negative reviews mention “Smell”
<0.1%of orders come back, a rate Amazon rounds to zero
“They Stink”
A buyer, on “Smell”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.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Smelling Salts questions

Answered from the same tracked data.