Elastic Hair Bands
MaybeAn estimated 0.2% of orders come back. But prices span $2.08–$6.46, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Elastic Hair Bands is a Maybe.
- Flapen Score
- 57 / 100Top 11% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +10 vs the category median of 4757
- Market size
- £59K/yr117K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- +19.6%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 39%top-5 click share · 22 brands · 28 sellers
Flapen Score
Elastic Hair Bands against its category
The dotted line is the Beauty average. Past it, Elastic Hair Bands is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Elastic Hair Bands market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Elastic Hair Bands 117K times last year and spent an estimated £59K. The top 5 brands take 66% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jul–Aug–Sep. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.
01 · Demand
An estimated 15.7% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 117K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 15.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +19.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £59K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 117K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- +19.6%
- Conversion, latest week
- 15.7%
- Market size, estimated
- £59Ka year
- Peak month
- August2.1× the quietest month
- Top search term
- plastic hair bands18K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth £3.19.
Listings sell for £3.19 on average, from £2.08 to £6.46. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £3.19 that is £2K to £2K a year per listing.
- Average price
- £3.19under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- £2.08–£6.46
- Amazon United Kingdom median price
- £12.12across 27,606 niches
- Units sold a year
- 15K–20K
- Units per listing a year
- 500–750
- Revenue per listing a year
- £2K–£2K
- Returns
- 0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is reviews.
90% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #46 within Hair Styling Accessories. It carries 2,621 reviews at 4.29 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 90%
- Prime listings
- 100%
- Out of stock, average day
- 7.5%
- Average rank
- #46in Hair Styling Accessories
- Average rating
- 4.29 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
- Average reviews
- 2,621per listing
- Listings tracked
- 40
04 · Newcomers
1 of last year's 11 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.
11 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 35 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 11
- Successful launches
- 1Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 35 months
Products
Top Elastic Hair Bands 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 only 39% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.
Brands
22 rising
Sellers
28
Top-5 brand share
66%
Top 20: 99%
Top-5 click share
39%
Top 20: 81%
Open market
29%
- Brand 120%
- Brand 216%
- Brand 311%
- Brand 411%
- Brand 58%
- Brand 65%
Demand
Elastic Hair Bands search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Jul, Aug, Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×
Search terms
Top Elastic Hair Bands search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- plastic hair bands18K/yr
- small elastic hair bands15K/yr
- mini elastic hair bands8K/yr
- small hair elastics7K/yr
- rubber hair bands9K/yr
- black elastic hair bands6K/yr
- elastic hair bands for girls6K/yr
- elastic bands hair5K/yr
- hair rubber bands for girls5K/yr
- plastic hair ties4K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Elastic Hair Bands
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“Break easily”
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.
18 topics
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