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Curl Gel

Maybe

An estimated 0.1% of orders come back. But the top 5 brands take 92% of clicks, so Curl Gel is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
50
50 / 100
Top 34% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +3 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£417K/yr792K searches / yr
90-day growth
+11.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
55%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 115 sellers

Flapen Score

Curl Gel against its category

The dotted line is the Beauty average. Past it, Curl Gel is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

50Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Curl Gel market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Curl Gel 792K times last year and spent an estimated £417K. The top 5 brands take 92% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jul. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 5.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 792K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 5.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +11.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £417K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
792K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+11.1%
Conversion, latest week
5.5%
Market size, estimated
£417Ka year
Peak month
July2.1× the quietest month
Top search term
umberto giannini266K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.60.

Listings sell for £9.60 on average, from £2.16 to £21.81. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 40K to 50K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At £9.60 that is £10K to £12K a year per listing.

Average price
£9.60under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.16–£21.81
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
40K–50K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
£10K–£12K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

86% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 90% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #69 within Shampoos & Conditioners. It carries 4,895 reviews at 4.41 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
86%
Prime listings
90%
Out of stock, average day
5.0%
Average rank
#69in Shampoos & Conditioners
Average rating
4.41 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
4,895per listing
Listings tracked
21

04 · Newcomers

5 of last year's 5 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

5 products launched here in the last 12 months. 5 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 60 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
5Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
60 months

Products

Top Curl Gel 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 55% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

9 falling

Sellers

115

Top-5 brand share

92%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

55%

Top 20: 98%

Open market

6%

  • Brand 175%
  • Brand 27%
  • Brand 35%
  • Brand 44%
  • Brand 53%
  • Brand 62%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 6%)

Demand

Curl Gel search demand

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

25K15KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×

Search terms

Top Curl Gel search terms shoppers use

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

  • umberto giannini266K/yr
  • umberto giannini curl jelly120K/yr
  • curl gel83K/yr
  • curl jelly76K/yr
  • curly hair gel60K/yr
  • umberto giannini curl cream31K/yr
  • curl jelly umberto giannini26K/yr
  • umberto giannini curl21K/yr
  • camille rose curl maker16K/yr
  • cantu gel13K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Curl Gel

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

13%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
7%of negative reviews mention “Hair Related”
0.1%of orders come back
“it leaves white flakes in my hair which is really annoying”
A buyer, on “Hair Related”7% 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.

21 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Curl Gel questions

Answered from the same tracked data.