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Grey Hair Shampoo

Grey Hair Shampoo shows low returns (0.2%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

64
Worth a look

Top 2% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +17 vs the category median of 47

Market size 52Growth 20Conversion 57Competition 93Returns 99Price range 33Avg price 35Brand share 95Review moat 36Quality gap 84
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Grey Hair Shampoo profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Grey Hair Shampoo is a £316K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (649K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 38% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 64/100.

Grey Hair Shampoo: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -9.3% over the last 90 days and 4.8% of searches end in a purchase.

£316K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr30K
Search volume / yr-9.3%649K
Conversion rate4.8%
Avg price£10.17

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 38% of demand, so 62% of the market is open.

62%

open market share

Brands · sellers43 · 249
Top-5 product click share22%
Open market62%
Avg brand age56 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.2★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 91 products

Sponsored placement75%
New entrants (1y)19· 4 succeeded
Avg rating4.2★
Avg reviews2,852

Top Grey Hair Shampoo 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

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (22% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£6K£13K£19K£25K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

43 rising

Sellers

249

Top-5 brand share

38%

Top 20: 88%

Top-5 click share

22%

Top 20: 56%

Open market

57%

  • Herbishh11%
  • BELEZALIB8%
  • IIIMEIDU8%
  • John Frieda6%
  • Generic6%
  • PROVOKE5%

Grey Hair Shampoo demand & seasonality

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

Volume649KCVR4.8%Products91Brands43Top 5 Brands38%OOS Rate12.4%Rating4.2★Reviews2,852Avg BSR#465
30K20KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Top Grey Hair Shampoo search terms shoppers use

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

  • hair dye shampoo184K/yr
  • hair colour shampoo80K/yr
  • grey hair shampoo40K/yr
  • shampoo for grey hair34K/yr
  • shampoo hair dye26K/yr
  • dye shampoo23K/yr
  • colour shampoo to cover grey hair17K/yr
  • herbishh hair color shampoo20K/yr
  • dark brown hair dye shampoo14K/yr
  • purple shampoo for grey hair14K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Grey Hair Shampoo

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

What buyers love

71% of reviews
Quality-Overall16%

Amazing product with great results

Color9%

the colour is perfect

Ease Of Use8%

It was easy to work with

Value For Money7%

Good value for money

Suitability Colored Hair7%

Good shampoo for coloured hair

What buyers complain about

60% of reviews
Color14%

Darker than expected

Functionality-Overall10%

Not effective

Value For Money6%

Expensive

Allergies6%

Severe Allergic Reaction

Suitability Colored Hair6%

Hair dye

Grey Hair Shampoo return rate & reasons

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

0.2%

Return rate

54%

Fixable by listing

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

1Color
28%
2Functionality-Overall
11%
3Leak-Proof
10%
4Advertised Vs Actual Product
8%
5Suitability Colored Hair
7%

Common Grey Hair Shampoo questions

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

Flapen scores Grey Hair Shampoo 64/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £316K/yr across 91 tracked products. 4 of 19 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -9.3% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Grey Hair Shampoo on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.4× the quietest.