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Curling Wand

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 99% of clicks) — Curling Wand doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

34
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Ranks 2,344 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −13 vs the category median of 47

Market size 34Growth 23Conversion 22Competition 27Returns 23Price range 81Avg price 81Brand share 3Review moat 53Quality gap 60
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Curling Wand profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Curling Wand is a £165K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (114K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 99% of demand. Demand peaks in Sep–Oct–Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 34/100.

Curling Wand: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -3.7% over the last 90 days and 1.7% of searches end in a purchase.

£165K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr3K
Search volume / yr-3.7%114K
Conversion rate1.7%
Avg price£83.80

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 99% of demand, so 1% of the market is open.

1%

open market share

Brands · sellers6 · 32
Top-5 product click share69%
Open market1%
Avg brand age44 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 16 products

Sponsored placement75%
New entrants (1y)5· 4 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews1,370

Top Curling Wand 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 69% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£17K£33K£50K£66K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 rising

Sellers

32

Top-5 brand share

99%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

69%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • ghd91%
  • BaByliss3%
  • TRESemmé2%
  • Cloud Nine2%
  • IKV1%
  • TYMO1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Curling Wand demand & seasonality

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

Volume114KCVR1.7%Products16Brands6Top 5 Brands99%OOS Rate2.1%Rating4.4★Reviews1,370Avg BSR#48
13K8KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 6.7×

Top Curling Wand search terms shoppers use

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

  • ghd curler24K/yr
  • ghd curling wand32K/yr
  • 32mm curling wand12K/yr
  • ghd curling tong9K/yr
  • ghd curve6K/yr
  • ghd wand5K/yr
  • ghd hair curler6K/yr
  • ghd curlers3K/yr
  • ghd curl3K/yr
  • ghd tongs4K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Curling Wand

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

What buyers love

93% of reviews
Ease Of Use55%

Brilliant curler easy to use

Quality-Overall14%

Great barrel curler

Value For Money12%

Excellent value

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%

its much better than I expected

Durability2%

provides great lasting results

What buyers complain about

72% of reviews
Durability17%

Broken

Ease Of Use15%

Difficult to use

Hair Curling10%

Curl doesnt hold

Heating6%

Down side is that you can't adjust temperature as it's set to one temperature only

Functionality-Overall6%

Didn't even turn on

Curling Wand return rate & reasons

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

5.5%

Return rate

25%

Fixable by listing

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

1Hair Curling
19%
2Size-Overall
17%
3Functionality-Overall
14%
4Heating
9%
5Ease Of Use
5%

Common Curling Wand questions

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

Flapen scores Curling Wand 34/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £165K/yr across 16 tracked products. 4 of 5 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -3.7% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Curling Wand on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Sep–Oct–Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 6.7× the quietest.