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Curly Hair Shampoo

Curly Hair Shampoo shows low returns (0.1%), but pricing outside the sweet spot ($8.46 avg) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

53
Worth a look

Top 26% of 638 Baby Products niches · +6 vs the category median of 47

Market size 30Growth 26Conversion 82Competition 66Returns 100Price range 49Avg price 24Brand share 70Review moat 42Quality gap 42
This niche Category average · 638 niches

Is Curly Hair Shampoo profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Curly Hair Shampoo is a £135K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (181K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 63% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 53/100.

Curly Hair Shampoo: 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 +1.2% over the last 90 days and 8.8% of searches end in a purchase.

£135K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr20K
Search volume / yr+1.2%181K
Conversion rate8.8%
Avg price£8.46

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 63% of demand, so 37% of the market is open.

37%

open market share

Brands · sellers17 · 164
Top-5 product click share45%
Open market37%
Avg brand age69 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 · 31 products

Sponsored placement74%
New entrants (1y)7· 3 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews2,272

Top Curly Hair 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 45% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£5K£11K£16K£22K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

17 falling

Sellers

164

Top-5 brand share

63%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

45%

Top 20: 88%

Open market

31%

  • TIGI26%
  • Aussie17%
  • CANTU7%
  • FAITH IN NATURE7%
  • Garnier7%
  • John Frieda6%

Curly Hair Shampoo demand & seasonality

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

Volume181KCVR8.8%Products31Brands17Top 5 Brands63%OOS Rate3.3%Rating4.5★Reviews2,272Avg BSR#188
5K3KSpike '26Dec '25Jan '26Feb '26Mar '26May '26Jun '26

Top Curly Hair Shampoo search terms shoppers use

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

  • curly hair shampoo56K/yr
  • curl shampoo28K/yr
  • shampoo for curly hair22K/yr
  • curly shampoo16K/yr
  • shampoo curly hair15K/yr
  • wavy hair shampoo6K/yr
  • bed head curly hair products5K/yr
  • bed head curls rock amplifier7K/yr
  • bed head curl5K/yr
  • shampoo for curly hair women5K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Curly Hair Shampoo

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

What buyers love

74% of reviews
Smell18%

Great fragrance

Suitability Curly Hair14%

Works nice on my curly hair

Quality-Overall9%

quality arrived quickly

Value For Money8%

Good price

Soft Feel7%

Leaves hair soft

What buyers complain about

42% of reviews
Hair Related8%

Made my hair fall out

Value For Money7%

Not worth the price

Oily/Greasy6%

it feels greasy

Moist/Dry5%

not dry as normal

Smell4%

It smells devine

Curly Hair Shampoo return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

21%

Fixable by listing

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

1Leak-Proof
20%
2Advertised Vs Actual Product
9%
3Suitability Short Hair
7%
4Value For Money
6%
5Suitability Curly Hair
6%

Common Curly Hair Shampoo questions

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

Flapen scores Curly Hair Shampoo 53/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £135K/yr across 31 tracked products. 3 of 7 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +1.2% over the last 90 days.
Curly Hair Shampoo buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Hair Related, Value For Money, Oily/Greasy, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.1%.