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Vicks Formula 44 Cough Syrup

Maybe

An estimated 0.0% of orders come back. But the top 5 brands take 99% of clicks, so Vicks Formula 44 Cough Syrup is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 28% of 14,768 Health & Household niches · +5 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$6.4M/yr2.4M searches / yr
90-day growth
-40.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
49%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 96 sellers

Flapen Score

Vicks Formula 44 Cough Syrup against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Household average. Past it, Vicks Formula 44 Cough Syrup is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

54Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Vicks Formula 44 Cough Syrup market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Vicks Formula 44 Cough Syrup 2.4M times last year and spent an estimated $6.4M. The top 5 brands take 99% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 18.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 2.4M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 18.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -40.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $6.4M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.4M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-40.0%
Conversion, latest week
18.5%
Market size, estimated
$6.4Ma year
Peak month
January3.4× the quietest month
Top search term
nyquil1.3M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $14.48.

Listings sell for $14.48 on average, from $4.83 to $34.09. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 400K to 500K a year. The average listing sells 12,500 to 15,000 of them. At $14.48 that is $181K to $217K a year per listing.

Average price
$14.48under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$4.83–$34.09
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
400K–500K
Units per listing a year
12,500–15,000
Revenue per listing a year
$181K–$217K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

56% 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 #385 within Cough & Cold. It carries 4,271 reviews at 4.75 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
56%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#385in Cough & Cold
Average rating
4.75 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
4,271per listing
Listings tracked
27

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 76 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
76 months

Products

Top Vicks Formula 44 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 49% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

96

Top-5 brand share

99%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

49%

Top 20: 93%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 158%
  • Brand 228%
  • Brand 39%
  • Brand 43%
  • Brand 51%
  • Brand 61%

Demand

Vicks Formula 44 Cough Syrup search demand

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

90K70KBlack Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26AprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.4×

Search terms

Top Vicks Formula 44 Cough Syrup search terms shoppers use

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

  • nyquil1.3M/yr
  • nyquil severe cold and flu524K/yr
  • nyquil nighttime131K/yr
  • night quill43K/yr
  • nyquil liquid59K/yr
  • nyquil liquid gels40K/yr
  • niquil/nighttime40K/yr
  • nightquil27K/yr
  • nyquil severe22K/yr
  • nyquil pills25K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Vicks Formula 44 Cough Syrup

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

17%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
14%of negative reviews mention “Taste-Overall”
<0.1%of orders come back, a rate Amazon rounds to zero
“It tastes truly awful”
A buyer, on “Taste-Overall”14% 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.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Vicks Formula 44 Cough Syrup questions

Answered from the same tracked data.