How competitive is the Hair Mousse niche on Amazon United Kingdom?

15 brands and 133 sellers compete in Hair Mousse on Amazon United Kingdom. The top 5 Hair Mousse products take 59% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 68% of demand.

What do buyers complain about in Hair Mousse?

Hair Mousse buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Hair Related, Functionality-Overall, Value For Money, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.1%.

What does it cost to enter the Hair Mousse niche?

Hair Mousse sells for £4.39 on average on Amazon United Kingdom, outside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span £1.09–£14.82. The average incumbent carries 5,855 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

Hair Mousse

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($1.09–$14.82) — Hair Mousse doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

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Top 39% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +2 vs the category median of 47

This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Hair Mousse profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Hair Mousse is a £269K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (598K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 68% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 49/100.

Hair Mousse: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -2.5% over the last 90 days and 10.2% of searches end in a purchase.

£269K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr80K

Search volume / yr-2.5%598K

Conversion rate10.2%

Avg price£4.39

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 68% of demand, so 32% of the market is open.

32%

open market share

Brands · sellers15 · 133

Top-5 product click share59%

Open market32%

Avg brand age70 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 22 products

Top Hair Mousse products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Top sellers

by 90-day click share

Creme of Nature Argan Oil From Morocco Style & Shine Foaming Mousse 207 ml

Price: £4.30
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 7,158
Age: 15y ago

WELLA Shockwaves Volume Mousse 200ml (Pack of 1)

Price: £2.51
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 2,140
Age: 13y ago

Shockwaves Ultra Strong Hold Mousse 200 ml

Price: £2.54
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 1,702
Age: 8y ago

TRESemmé 24hr Lift & Body Hair Mousse With Provitamin B5 & Humidity-Resistant Formula For Long-Lasting Volume Fullness and a Touchable Style 200ml

Price: £3.84
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 840
Age: 4y ago

ORS Olive Oil Wrap/Set Mousse with Coconut Oil Fast-Drying Styling Foam for Natural Relaxed & Textured Hair Ideal for Wraps Moulding & Roller Sets 207ml

Price: £3.91
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 5,624
Age: 19y ago

Newest

by launch date

Clara Volumizing Mousse Volumizing Mousse for Fine Hair Lightweight Hair Volume Mousse Thickening Styling Mousse for Lift & Texture Humidity Resistant Blow Dry Mousse 150ml

Price: £7.41
Rating: 4.3/5
Reviews: 71
Age: 5mo ago

Morrisons Chocolate Mousse 6 Pack Pots

Price: £1.09
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 42
Age: 8mo ago

Morrisons Lemon Mousse 6pk 55g

Price: £1.12
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 38
Age: 8mo ago

Frizz No More Smoothing Finishing Cream | Flyaway Tamer | Slick Back Hair Styler | Lightweight Hair Styling Product for All Hair Types | Salon-Quality Finish

Price: £1.50
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 554
Age: 1y ago

Schwarzkopf Mousse Volume 200ml Hold Level 4 Hair Mousse for Fine Hair Volumising Mousse that Prevents Blow-Dry Damage Non-Sticky Vegan Formula*

Price: £2.88
Rating: 4.2/5
Reviews: 446
Age: 1y ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 59% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 falling

Sellers

133

Top-5 brand share

68%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

59%

Top 20: 98%

Open market

24%

WELLA22%
Creme of Nature15%
Wella Professionals13%
TRESemmé9%
ORS9%
Schwarzkopf7%

Hair Mousse demand & seasonality

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

Volume598KCVR10.2%Products22Brands15Top 5 Brands68%OOS Rate1.6%Rating4.4★Reviews5,855Avg BSR#17

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Top Hair Mousse search terms shoppers use

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

hair mousse260K/yr -3.9%8.5% conv.
mousse94K/yr +8.7%8.6% conv.
hair mouse29K/yr -2.0%8.0% conv.
hair moose29K/yr -2.3%9.8% conv.
creme of nature30K/yr -18.4%0.7% conv.
hair mousse for styling11K/yr +57.7%9.3% conv.
styling mousse20K/yr -6.8%5.5% conv.
hair foam12K/yr +1.2%6.1% conv.
hair mouse for styling19K/yr -41.5%9.6% conv.
hair mousse strong hold15K/yr -12.7%9.5% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hair Mousse

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

What buyers love

74% of reviews

Quality-Overall16%

“Great hair product”

Smell14%

“Beautiful fragrance”

Value For Money10%

“Good value for money”

Hair Styling8%

“Holds hair style”

Suitability Curly Hair6%

“really helps with curly hair”

What buyers complain about

57% of reviews

Hair Related12%

“Won't hold my hair”

Functionality-Overall11%

“Didnt work”

Value For Money9%

“Waste of money”

Suitability Short Hair6%

“Doesnt work as it says - does nothing for my fine thin hair”

Smell4%

“No smell what so ever”

Hair Mousse return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

42%

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

17%

2Size-Overall

16%

3Functionality-Overall

10%

4Suitability Short Hair

5Defective Material/Parts

Common Hair Mousse questions

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

Flapen scores Hair Mousse 49/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £269K/yr across 22 tracked products. 2 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -2.5% over the last 90 days.