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Castor Oil

a small market ($7K/yr) — Castor Oil doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

37
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Top 38% of 111 Beauty niches · +2 vs the category median of 35

Market size 2Growth 14Conversion 38Competition 25Returns 100Price range 87Avg price 95Brand share 46Review moat 15Quality gap 25
This niche Category average · 111 niches

Is Castor Oil profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Singapore niche tracking, Castor Oil is a $7K/yr Amazon Singapore market (9K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 77% of demand. Demand peaks in Sep–Oct. Verdict: Skip it — 37/100.

Castor Oil: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -22.7% over the last 90 days and 3.0% of searches end in a purchase.

$7K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr500
Search volume / yr-22.7%9K
Conversion rate3.0%
Avg price$25.72

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 77% of demand, so 23% of the market is open.

23%

open market share

Brands · sellers11 · 22
Top-5 product click share70%
Open market23%
Avg brand age88 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 14 products

Sponsored placement14%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews21,740

Top Castor Oil 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 70% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

$0$723$1K$2K$3K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

22

Top-5 brand share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

15%

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  • Handcraft Blends17%
  • HERITAGE STORE13%
  • Seven Minerals9%
  • VITAL AFFAIR8%
  • Now Foods8%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 15%)

Castor Oil demand & seasonality

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

Volume9KCVR3.0%Products14Brands11Top 5 Brands77%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.6★Reviews21,740Avg BSR#47
700500Spike '24Black Friday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Sep, Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Top Castor Oil search terms shoppers use

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

  • castor oil6K/yr
  • castor oil organic cold pressed hexane free1K/yr
  • organic castor oil946/yr
  • castor oil organic547/yr

Castor Oil return rate & reasons

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

0.0%

Return rate

100%

Fixable by listing

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

1Advertised Vs Actual Product
100%

Common Castor Oil questions

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

Flapen scores Castor Oil 37/100 on Amazon Singapore — Skip it. The niche generates $7K/yr across 14 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -22.7% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Castor Oil on Amazon Singapore peaks in Sep–Oct, where the busiest month runs 1.9× the quietest.

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