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Argan Oil

Fail

Prices span $2.03–$11.54, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Argan Oil is a Fail.

Flapen Score
44
44 / 100
Ranks 1,531 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −3 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£398K/yr579K searches / yr
90-day growth
-12.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
73%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 62 sellers

Flapen Score

Argan Oil against its category

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

44Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Argan Oil market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Argan Oil 579K times last year and spent an estimated £398K. The top 5 brands take 76% of clicks. Demand peaks in Aug–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 9.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 579K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 9.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -12.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £398K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
579K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-12.9%
Conversion, latest week
9.9%
Market size, estimated
£398Ka year
Peak month
December3.2× the quietest month
Top search term
argan oil228K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.93.

Listings sell for £6.93 on average, from £2.03 to £11.54. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 50K to 60K a year. The average listing sells 2,500 to 3,000 of them. At £6.93 that is £17K to £21K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.93under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.03–£11.54
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
50K–60K
Units per listing a year
2,500–3,000
Revenue per listing a year
£17K–£21K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

73% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #45 within Hair Oils. It carries 20,787 reviews at 4.47 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
73%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.7%
Average rank
#45in Hair Oils
Average rating
4.47 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
20,787per listing
Listings tracked
15

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 73 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
73 months

Products

Top Argan Oil products & what they sell for

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

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 73% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

62

Top-5 brand share

76%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

73%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

20%

  • Brand 132%
  • Brand 218%
  • Brand 314%
  • Brand 47%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 64%

Demand

Argan Oil search demand

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

45K35KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Aug, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.2×

Search terms

Top Argan Oil search terms shoppers use

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

  • argan oil228K/yr
  • argan oil for hair138K/yr
  • argon oil52K/yr
  • argan oil for skin24K/yr
  • argon oil hair oil27K/yr
  • ogx argan oil14K/yr
  • argan oil of morocco14K/yr
  • organic argan oil12K/yr
  • moroccan argan oil12K/yr
  • argan hair oil9K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Argan Oil

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

18%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
18%of negative reviews mention “Oily/Greasy”
0.1%of orders come back
“Too oily”
A buyer, on “Oily/Greasy”18% 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.

20 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Argan Oil questions

Answered from the same tracked data.