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Castor Oil

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.8% of orders. But the average product has 22,887 reviews to catch up to, so Castor Oil is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
50
50 / 100
Ranks 247 of 445 Beauty niches · −1 vs the category median of 51
Market size
$416K/yr215K searches / yr
90-day growth
-14.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
77%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 68 sellers

Flapen Score

Castor Oil against its category

The dotted line is the Beauty average. Past it, Castor Oil is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

50Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Castor Oil market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Arab Emirates searched for Castor Oil 215K times last year and spent an estimated $416K. The top 5 brands take 84% of clicks. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

5.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 215K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Arab Emirates for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 5.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -14.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $416K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
215K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-14.9%
Conversion, latest week
5.5%
Market size, estimated
$416Ka year
Peak month
February1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
castor oil126K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $35.49.

Listings sell for $35.49 on average, from $10.78 to $86.82. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At $35.49 that is $27K to $35K a year per listing.

Average price
$35.49inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$10.78–$86.82
Amazon United Arab Emirates median price
$60.52across 3,090 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
$27K–$35K
Returns
0.8%of orders · Amazon United Arab Emirates median 1.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

54% 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 #51 within Beauty. It carries 22,887 reviews at 4.33 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
54%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#51in Beauty
Average rating
4.33 starsAmazon United Arab Emirates average 4.27 stars
Average reviews
22,887per listing
Listings tracked
13

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 54 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Castor Oil products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 77% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

$0$42K$83K$125K$166K101001K10K100K1.0M Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

68

Top-5 brand share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

13%

  • Botanic Hearth41%
  • Majestic Pure17%
  • Soti12%
  • BELL'S10%
  • Handcraft Blends4%
  • Pure & Sure3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 13%)

Demand

Castor Oil search demand

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

7K5KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Castor Oil search terms shoppers use

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

  • castor oil126K/yr
  • castor oil for hair growth15K/yr
  • castor oil organic cold pressed12K/yr
  • organic castor oil10K/yr
  • caster oil12K/yr
  • زيت الخروع12K/yr
  • castrol oil7K/yr
  • castor oil organic5K/yr
  • زيت خروع5K/yr
  • cold pressed castor oil4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Castor Oil

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

46%of positive reviews mention “الجودة الشاملة”
20%of negative reviews mention “المنتج المعلن عنه مقابل المنتج الفعلي”
0.8%of orders come back
“Product doesnt look like the one advertised”
A buyer, on “المنتج المعلن عنه مقابل المنتج الفعلي”20% 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 Castor Oil questions

Answered from the same tracked data.