Vicks Essential Oil
FailDemand is soft, at -61.2% this quarter, so Vicks Essential Oil is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 41 / 100Ranks 11,806 of 14,768 Health & Household niches · −8 vs the category median of 4941
- Market size
- $682K/yr387K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -61.2%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 84%top-5 click share · 3 brands · 46 sellers
Flapen Score
Vicks Essential Oil against its category
The dotted line is the Health & Household average. Past it, Vicks Essential Oil is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Vicks Essential Oil market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Vicks Essential Oil 387K times last year and spent an estimated $682K. All 3 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Jan–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 41 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
An estimated 9.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 387K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 9.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -61.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $682K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 387K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -61.2%
- Conversion, latest week
- 9.5%
- Market size, estimated
- $682Ka year
- Peak month
- January7.0× the quietest month
- Top search term
- vicks vapor steam27K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth $18.59.
Listings sell for $18.59 on average, from $9.58 to $40.93. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 50K to 60K a year. The average listing sells 4,000 to 5,000 of them. At $18.59 that is $74K to $93K a year per listing.
- Average price
- $18.59inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- $9.58–$40.93
- Amazon United States median price
- $24.38across 115,062 niches
- Units sold a year
- 50K–60K
- Units per listing a year
- 4,000–5,000
- Revenue per listing a year
- $74K–$93K
- Returns
- 1.9%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is reviews.
80% 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 #80 within Cough & Cold. It carries 17,329 reviews at 4.56 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 80%
- Prime listings
- 100%
- Out of stock, average day
- 0.0%
- Average rank
- #80in Cough & Cold
- Average rating
- 4.56 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
- Average reviews
- 17,329per listing
- Listings tracked
- 10
04 · Newcomers
Brands here are established.
The brands on the shelf have sold for 66 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
- 66 months
Products
Top Vicks Essential Oil 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 84% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.
Brands
3 falling
Sellers
46
Top-5 brand share
100%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
84%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
0%
- Brand 193%
- Brand 24%
- Brand 33%
- Open — no brand owns it (0%)
Demand
Vicks Essential Oil search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Jan, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 7.0×
Search terms
Top Vicks Essential Oil search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- vicks vapor steam27K/yr
- vicks humidifier liquid50K/yr
- vapo steam34K/yr
- vicks vaposteam71K/yr
- vaposteam26K/yr
- vicks liquid for humidifier24K/yr
- vapo steamer liquid for humidifier21K/yr
- vapor steam14K/yr
- vicks for humidifier17K/yr
- vicks vapo steam11K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Vicks Essential Oil
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“Poor Performance”
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.
17 topics
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