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Face Wash

Maybe

An estimated 0.1% of orders come back. But products sell for $6.94 on average, outside the sweet spot, so Face Wash is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
57
57 / 100
Top 11% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +10 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£2.4M/yr3.3M searches / yr
90-day growth
+8.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
48%top-5 click share · 14 brands · 222 sellers

Flapen Score

Face Wash against its category

The dotted line is the Beauty average. Past it, Face Wash is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

57Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Face Wash market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Face Wash 3.3M times last year and spent an estimated £2.4M. The top 5 brands take 84% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jun. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 10.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 3.3M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 10.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +8.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £2.4M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
3.3M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+8.5%
Conversion, latest week
10.4%
Market size, estimated
£2.4Ma year
Peak month
June1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
face wash1.0M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.94.

Listings sell for £6.94 on average, from £1.85 to £18.82. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 300K to 400K a year. The average listing sells 6,000 to 8,000 of them. At £6.94 that is £42K to £56K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.94under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.85–£18.82
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
300K–400K
Units per listing a year
6,000–8,000
Revenue per listing a year
£42K–£56K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

83% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #25 within Face. It carries 13,292 reviews at 4.57 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
83%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.8%
Average rank
#25in Face
Average rating
4.57 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
13,292per listing
Listings tracked
40

04 · Newcomers

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

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 61 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Face Wash 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 48% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

14 falling

Sellers

222

Top-5 brand share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

48%

Top 20: 80%

Open market

13%

  • Brand 142%
  • Brand 219%
  • Brand 310%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 54%
  • Brand 63%
  • Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 13%)

Demand

Face Wash search demand

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

125K75KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Face Wash search terms shoppers use

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

  • face wash1.0M/yr
  • cerave hydrating cleanser347K/yr
  • cleanser347K/yr
  • simple face wash305K/yr
  • face cleanser250K/yr
  • simple222K/yr
  • la roche posay cleanser138K/yr
  • face wash women125K/yr
  • neutrogena face wash108K/yr
  • facial cleanser95K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Face Wash

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

16%of positive reviews mention “Cleansing”
13%of negative reviews mention “Allergies”
0.1%of orders come back
“Allergic reaction”
A buyer, on “Allergies”13% 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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Face Wash questions

Answered from the same tracked data.