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Fanola

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — Fanola doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

46
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Ranks 1,283 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −1 vs the category median of 47

Market size 65Growth 26Conversion 98Competition 31Returns 100Price range 25Avg price 46Brand share 0Review moat 20Quality gap 32
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Fanola profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Fanola is a £628K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (339K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–Apr–Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 46/100.

Fanola: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved +0.5% over the last 90 days and 16.1% of searches end in a purchase.

£628K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr60K
Search volume / yr+0.5%339K
Conversion rate16.1%
Avg price£11.52

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand, so 0% of the market is open.

0%

open market share

Brands · sellers4 · 87
Top-5 product click share67%
Open market0%
Avg brand age67 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 16 products

Sponsored placement56%
New entrants (1y)0· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews13,223

Top Fanola 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 67% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£63K£126K£188K£251K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

4 flat

Sellers

87

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

67%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • FANOLA56%
  • Fudge33%
  • OLAPLEX9%
  • PROVOKE2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Fanola demand & seasonality

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

Volume339KCVR16.1%Products16Brands4Top 5 Brands100%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.6★Reviews13,223Avg BSR#256
9K7KPrime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26MarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Jan, Apr, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.5×

Top Fanola search terms shoppers use

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

  • fanola no yellow shampoo115K/yr
  • fudge purple shampoo82K/yr
  • fanola purple shampoo37K/yr
  • olaplex purple shampoo20K/yr
  • toning shampoo for blonde hair10K/yr
  • no yellow shampoo9K/yr
  • provoke go ashy7K/yr
  • anti yellow shampoo7K/yr
  • fanola no yellow6K/yr
  • fudge purple shampoo and conditioner6K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Fanola

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

What buyers love

88% of reviews
Quality-Overall24%

Shampoo quality is good too

Suitability Colored Hair14%

Overall, its decent if you want to keep blonde or grey hair looking fresher

Value For Money13%

Good value for price

Color13%

I have so many compliments on the colour

Smell7%

Nice smell, hair feels clean

What buyers complain about

67% of reviews
Color20%

White to dull grey

Moist/Dry12%

Made my hair feel dry

Suitability Colored Hair9%

It also appears to have stripped the semi permanent dye from my hair

Smell5%

terrible smell

Value For Money4%

Terrible value for money

Fanola return rate & reasons

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

0.0%

Return rate

100%

Fixable by listing

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

1Advertised Vs Actual Product
100%

Common Fanola questions

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

Flapen scores Fanola 46/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £628K/yr across 16 tracked products. Search demand moved +0.5% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Fanola on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Jan–Apr–Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 4.5× the quietest.