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Shaving Gel

Shaving Gel shows low returns (0.3%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

58
Worth a look

Top 20% of 371 Health niches · +7 vs the category median of 51

Market size 34Growth 48Conversion 93Competition 26Returns 99Price range 90Avg price 95Brand share 25Review moat 60Quality gap 75
This niche Category average · 371 niches

Is Shaving Gel profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Arab Emirates niche tracking, Shaving Gel is a $165K/yr Amazon United Arab Emirates market (58K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 90% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov. Verdict: Worth a look — 58/100.

Shaving Gel: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved +18.1% over the last 90 days and 11.6% of searches end in a purchase.

$165K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr10K
Search volume / yr+18.1%58K
Conversion rate11.6%
Avg price$24.70

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 90% of demand, so 10% of the market is open.

10%

open market share

Brands · sellers9 · 38
Top-5 product click share69%
Open market10%
Avg brand age83 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 15 products

Sponsored placement47%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews1,090

Top Shaving Gel products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 69% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

$0$17K$33K$50K$66K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 flat

Sellers

38

Top-5 brand share

90%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

69%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

7%

  • NIVEA47%
  • Procter & Gamble16%
  • Gillette13%
  • CD COSMO DESIGNS9%
  • Schick6%
  • SZ STAR3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 7%)

Shaving Gel demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume58KCVR11.6%Products15Brands9Top 5 Brands90%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.3★Reviews1,090Avg BSR#12
3K2KSpike '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Shaving Gel

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

88% of reviews
الجودة الشاملة37%

Good quality

المنتج المعلن عنه مقابل المنتج الفعلي17%

Item as described

سعة التخزين11%

Very good since it has a big amount

رغوة الصابون11%

This is a great brand and lathers well

القيمة مقابل المال7%

Value for money

What buyers complain about

82% of reviews
يشم27%

Smells like toilet cleaner

الالتصاق20%

It is just a sticky gel

آلية التوزيع10%

Gel doesnt dispense

سهولة الاستخدام10%

The gel doesn't come out easily

رطب/جاف7%

icy feel to it

Shaving Gel return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.3%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1قوة المحرك
27%
2مانع للتسرب
18%
3سهولة الاستخدام
9%
4مخفف/مائي
9%
5الحجم الكلي
9%

Common Shaving Gel questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Shaving Gel 58/100 on Amazon United Arab Emirates — Worth a look. The niche generates $165K/yr across 15 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +18.1% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Shaving Gel on Amazon United Arab Emirates peaks in Nov, where the busiest month runs 1.8× the quietest.