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hand soap refills

Worth a look

Shows a $9.6M/yr market, but brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 98% of clicks) keeps it on the watch list.

Market size 100Growth 36Conversion 100Competition 52Returns 99Price range 53Avg price 23Brand share 6Review moat 11Quality gap 23

Market size

Incredible$9.6M

$9.6M/yr · 5.9M searches

Conversion

Incredible19.5%

search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale

Returns

Incredible0.2%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Price range

Good$3.61–$27.81

cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100

Competition

Good54%

top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse

Growth

Okay+8.9%

90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch

Quality gap

Bad4.6★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Avg price

Bad$8.27

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Review moat

Bad29,833.5

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Brand share

Bad98%

top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand

Competition

The top 5 products take 54% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Brands

7 rising

Sellers

724

Top-5 brand share

98%

Open market

1%

  • Amazon Basics39%
  • Softsoap35%
  • Mrs. MEYER'S21%
  • Dial2%
  • Soapbox1%
  • Method1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 1%)

Product shelf

Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.

0%5%$478K10%$956K15%$1.4M20%$1.9M1001K10K100K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 24 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +8.9% search growth over the last 90 days.
175K125KPrime Day '24Spike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Apr · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Reviews

What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.

What buyers love

Smell35%

“Smells clean”

Value For Money14%

“Less expensive”

Quality-Overall8%

“good quality for everyday-use”

Ease Of Cleaning4%

“Great cleanser”

Cleansing4%

“Feels clean”

Soft Feel4%

“Soft hands”

Dispensing Mechanism4%

“The pump dispenser works well”

Advertised Vs Actual Product3%

“As described”

Lather3%

“Good lather”

Moist/Dry3%

“It doesnt dry out my skin”

What buyers complain about

Dilute/Watery20%

“comes out watery”

Smell18%

“Weird smell”

Lather5%

“it does not form a good lather”

Thickness5%

“Very thick”

Size-Overall4%

“Large”

Value For Money4%

“Not worth it”

Leak-Proof3%

“was leaking”

Quality-Overall3%

“Low quality”

Moist/Dry3%

“Its not moisturizing at all”

Ease Of Cleaning3%

“not clean enough compared with other brands, esp”

Top return reasons

Smell25%
Leak-Proof24%
Size-Overall12%
Advertised Vs Actual Product9%
Value For Money6%
Dilute/Watery5%
Dispensing Mechanism4%
Color2%
Defective Material/Parts2%
Thickness1%