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Gua Sha Oil

Gua Sha Oil shows low returns (0.1%), but soft demand (-20.3% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

51
Worth a look

Top 31% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +4 vs the category median of 47

Market size 44Growth 15Conversion 88Competition 51Returns 100Price range 58Avg price 55Brand share 15Review moat 25Quality gap 70
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Gua Sha Oil profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Gua Sha Oil is a £234K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (182K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 94% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 51/100.

Gua Sha Oil: 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 -20.3% over the last 90 days and 10.2% of searches end in a purchase.

£234K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr20K
Search volume / yr-20.3%182K
Conversion rate10.2%
Avg price£12.56

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 94% of demand, so 6% of the market is open.

6%

open market share

Brands · sellers11 · 109
Top-5 product click share54%
Open market6%
Avg brand age45 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 31 products

Sponsored placement94%
New entrants (1y)2· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews4,297

Top Gua Sha Oil 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 54% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£9K£19K£28K£37K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 flat

Sellers

109

Top-5 brand share

94%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

54%

Top 20: 90%

Open market

5%

  • UPCIRCLE81%
  • BYOMA9%
  • BIONOBLE2%
  • Q+A1%
  • The Ordinary1%
  • Pjordo1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 5%)

Gua Sha Oil demand & seasonality

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

Volume182KCVR10.2%Products31Brands11Top 5 Brands94%OOS Rate0.8%Rating4.3★Reviews4,297Avg BSR#191
5K4KSpike '26Dec '25Jan '26Feb '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26

Top Gua Sha Oil search terms shoppers use

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

  • upcircle85K/yr
  • up circle29K/yr
  • gua sha oil15K/yr
  • face oil for gua sha14K/yr
  • byoma oil8K/yr
  • facial oil for gua sha7K/yr
  • upcircle face oil4K/yr
  • facial massage oil5K/yr
  • face massage oil5K/yr
  • up circle face oil2K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Gua Sha Oil

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

What buyers love

68% of reviews
Quality-Overall16%

Feels like a good quality oil

Soft Feel10%

Smooth skin

Smell10%

Also smells divine

Moist/Dry8%

It is moisturising

Value For Money6%

Excellent value

What buyers complain about

56% of reviews
Smell16%

Unpleasant smell

Moist/Dry8%

all dried up

Texture/Consistency-Overall7%

The texture is awful, heavy, you can feel the product on the skin, which I dont think you suppose to with proper cosmetics

Allergies5%

Allergic reaction

Functionality-Overall5%

zero results

Gua Sha Oil return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

26%

Fixable by listing

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

1Smell
21%
2Advertised Vs Actual Product
13%
3Moist/Dry
6%
4Ingredients-Overall
6%
5Size-Overall
6%

Common Gua Sha Oil questions

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

Flapen scores Gua Sha Oil 51/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £234K/yr across 31 tracked products. 0 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -20.3% over the last 90 days.
Gua Sha Oil buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Smell, Moist/Dry, Texture/Consistency-Overall, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.1%.