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White Petroleum Jelly

Fail

Demand is soft, at -19.9% this quarter, so White Petroleum Jelly is a Fail.

Flapen Score
45
45 / 100
Ranks 9,665 of 14,768 Health & Household niches · −4 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$73K/yr75K searches / yr
90-day growth
-19.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
52%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 136 sellers

Flapen Score

White Petroleum Jelly against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Household average. Past it, White Petroleum Jelly is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

45Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The White Petroleum Jelly market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for White Petroleum Jelly 75K times last year and spent an estimated $73K. The top 5 brands take 77% of clicks. Demand peaks in Aug–Sep. Flapen scores it 45 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 8.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 75K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 8.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -19.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $73K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
75K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-19.9%
Conversion, latest week
8.2%
Market size, estimated
$73Ka year
Peak month
September52.4× the quietest month
Top search term
white petroleum jelly23K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $11.85.

Listings sell for $11.85 on average, from $3.43 to $42.54. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $11.85 that is $3K to $6K a year per listing.

Average price
$11.85under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$3.43–$42.54
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$3K–$6K
Returns
0.5%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. 96% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #140 within Eczema, Psoriasis & Rosacea Care. It carries 10,491 reviews at 4.69 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
86%
Prime listings
96%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#140in Eczema, Psoriasis & Rosacea Care
Average rating
4.69 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
10,491per listing
Listings tracked
28

04 · Newcomers

2 of last year's 3 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 80 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
80 months

Products

Top White Petroleum Jelly 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 52% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

136

Top-5 brand share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

52%

Top 20: 92%

Open market

16%

  • Brand 126%
  • Brand 220%
  • Brand 316%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 58%
  • Brand 67%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 16%)

Demand

White Petroleum Jelly search demand

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

100K60KSpike '24Holiday '24Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Aug, Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 52.4×

Search terms

Top White Petroleum Jelly search terms shoppers use

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

  • white petroleum jelly23K/yr
  • petrolatum22K/yr
  • white petrolatum18K/yr
  • petrolatum ointment5K/yr
  • white petrolatum skin protectant4K/yr
  • white petroleum3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about White Petroleum Jelly

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

17%of positive reviews mention “Moist/Dry”
7%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
0.5%of orders come back
“Smaller than expected”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”7% 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 White Petroleum Jelly questions

Answered from the same tracked data.