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Sugar Free Cough Syrup

Fail

Demand is soft, at -35.7% this quarter, so Sugar Free Cough Syrup is a Fail.

Flapen Score
38
38 / 100
Ranks 13,006 of 14,768 Health & Household niches · −11 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$111K/yr79K searches / yr
90-day growth
-35.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
76%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 29 sellers

Flapen Score

Sugar Free Cough Syrup against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Household average. Past it, Sugar Free Cough Syrup is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

38Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Sugar Free Cough Syrup market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Sugar Free Cough Syrup 79K times last year and spent an estimated $111K. The top 5 brands take 94% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Sep–Dec. Flapen scores it 38 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 10.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 79K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 10.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -35.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $111K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
79K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-35.7%
Conversion, latest week
10.1%
Market size, estimated
$111Ka year
Peak month
January3.3× the quietest month
Top search term
sugar free cough syrup18K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $14.02.

Listings sell for $14.02 on average, from $5.94 to $25.60. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 1,250 to 1,500 of them. At $14.02 that is $18K to $21K a year per listing.

Average price
$14.02under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$5.94–$25.60
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
1,250–1,500
Revenue per listing a year
$18K–$21K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

86% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 93% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #155 within Cough & Cold. It carries 2,757 reviews at 4.65 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
86%
Prime listings
93%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#155in Cough & Cold
Average rating
4.65 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
2,757per listing
Listings tracked
14

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 74 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
74 months

Products

Top Sugar Free Cough Syrup 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 76% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

8 rising

Sellers

29

Top-5 brand share

94%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

76%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

3%

  • Brand 154%
  • Brand 230%
  • Brand 35%
  • Brand 43%
  • Brand 53%
  • Brand 62%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 3%)

Demand

Sugar Free Cough Syrup search demand

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

5K4KSpike '24Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Sep, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.3×

Search terms

Top Sugar Free Cough Syrup search terms shoppers use

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

  • sugar free cough syrup18K/yr
  • diabetic tussin14K/yr
  • diabetic cough syrup sugar free9K/yr
  • diabetic tussin sugar free maximum strength6K/yr
  • sugar free cough medicine4K/yr
  • diabetic tussin sugar free cough syrup5K/yr
  • diabetic cough medicine5K/yr
  • sugar free cold medicine3K/yr
  • robitussin sugar free cough syrup3K/yr
  • robitussin sugar free4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Sugar Free Cough Syrup

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

22%of positive reviews mention “Cough Relief”
11%of negative reviews mention “Taste-Overall”
0.1%of orders come back
“Taste like crap”
A buyer, on “Taste-Overall”11% 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.

20 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Sugar Free Cough Syrup questions

Answered from the same tracked data.