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Black Shampoo

Black Shampoo clears our launch bar: a $1.9M/yr market growing +8.2% this quarter with returns at 0.6%.

Flapen Score

60
Launch it

Top 6% of 638 Baby Products niches · +13 vs the category median of 47

Market size 93Growth 35Conversion 75Competition 68Returns 97Price range 22Avg price 95Brand share 0Review moat 49Quality gap 50
This niche Category average · 638 niches

Is Black Shampoo profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Black Shampoo is a £1.9M/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (865K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Verdict: Launch it — 60/100.

Black Shampoo: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Yes. Search demand moved +8.2% over the last 90 days and 7.1% of searches end in a purchase.

£1.9M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr60K
Search volume / yr+8.2%865K
Conversion rate7.1%
Avg price£30.91

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand, so 0% of the market is open.

0%

open market share

Brands · sellers5 · 152
Top-5 product click share44%
Open market0%
Avg brand age53 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 39 products

Sponsored placement90%
New entrants (1y)1· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews1,646

Top Black Shampoo 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 44% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£76K£151K£227K£302K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

5 falling

Sellers

152

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

44%

Top 20: 81%

Open market

0%

  • Osmo69%
  • milk_shake25%
  • Jerome Russell3%
  • PROVOKE2%
  • DJI2%

Black Shampoo demand & seasonality

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

Volume865KCVR7.1%Products39Brands5Top 5 Brands100%OOS Rate0.5%Rating4.5★Reviews1,646Avg BSR#166
20K15KBlack Friday '25Spike '26Oct '25Nov '25Jan '26Feb '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26

Top Black Shampoo search terms shoppers use

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

  • osmo shampoo and conditioner154K/yr
  • osmo164K/yr
  • milkshake shampoo101K/yr
  • osmo shampoo79K/yr
  • black shampoo64K/yr
  • osmo hair products46K/yr
  • osmo hair29K/yr
  • black shampoo for blonde hair29K/yr
  • milkshake purple shampoo23K/yr
  • osmo super ice shampoo23K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Black Shampoo

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

What buyers love

72% of reviews
Quality-Overall18%

Excellent product

Smell14%

Beautiful smell

Color9%

Great colour

Value For Money8%

Great value for money

Soft Feel7%

Soft and shiny

What buyers complain about

57% of reviews
Color15%

Doesnt grey your hair

Moist/Dry11%

Wasn't moisturising in the slightest

Value For Money5%

waste of money

Suitability Short Hair5%

Terrible for my hair have used it 3 times

Functionality-Overall4%

It doesnt hold

Black Shampoo return rate & reasons

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

0.6%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

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

1Functionality-Overall
13%
2Quality-Overall
8%
3Leak-Proof
8%
4Value For Money
7%
5Camera Quality
6%

Common Black Shampoo questions

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

Flapen scores Black Shampoo 60/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Launch it. The niche generates £1.9M/yr across 39 tracked products. 1 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +8.2% over the last 90 days.
Black Shampoo buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Color, Moist/Dry, Value For Money, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.6%.