Skip to content

Hair Pins for Buns

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($1.55–$6.07) — Hair Pins for Buns doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

48
Skip it

Top 44% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +1 vs the category median of 47

Market size 14Growth 23Conversion 73Competition 55Returns 99Price range 0Avg price 12Brand share 75Review moat 62Quality gap 55
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Hair Pins for Buns profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Hair Pins for Buns is a £58K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (206K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 60% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 48/100.

Hair Pins for Buns: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -4.8% over the last 90 days and 6.8% of searches end in a purchase.

£58K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr13K
Search volume / yr-4.8%206K
Conversion rate6.8%
Avg price£4.16

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 60% of demand, so 40% of the market is open.

40%

open market share

Brands · sellers23 · 30
Top-5 product click share52%
Open market40%
Avg brand age23 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 · 29 products

Sponsored placement90%
New entrants (1y)4· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews1,025

Top Hair Pins for Buns 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 52% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£2K£5K£7K£9K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

23 falling

Sellers

30

Top-5 brand share

60%

Top 20: 97%

Top-5 click share

52%

Top 20: 92%

Open market

35%

  • Hiscate17%
  • Cehony16%
  • Kitsch10%
  • BLISSMAX9%
  • XMBYGEY8%
  • Good Hair Days5%

Hair Pins for Buns demand & seasonality

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

Volume206KCVR6.8%Products29Brands23Top 5 Brands60%OOS Rate7.4%Rating4.4★Reviews1,025Avg BSR#80
6K4KHoliday '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2×

Top Hair Pins for Buns search terms shoppers use

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

  • hair pin88K/yr
  • hair pins for buns26K/yr
  • hairpin33K/yr
  • bun pins18K/yr
  • u shaped hair pins14K/yr
  • hairpins for women14K/yr
  • hair up clips4K/yr
  • small hair pins4K/yr
  • u pins hair4K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hair Pins for Buns

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

What buyers love

79% of reviews
Quality-Overall25%

Excellent product

Value For Money14%

much cheaper

Advertised Vs Actual Product12%

do the job

Ease Of Use11%

Easy to use

Hair Styling4%

Lovely hair pins and secure

What buyers complain about

74% of reviews
Suitability Short Hair24%

Wont stay put in my hair

Grip13%

slips out easily over a couple of hours

Size-Overall7%

Not fit for purpose

Hair Related7%

doesnt hold in hair

Ease Of Use6%

VERY DIFFICULT TO USE

Hair Pins for Buns return rate & reasons

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

0.2%

Return rate

32%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
22%
2Suitability Short Hair
16%
3Suitability Long Hair
12%
4Functionality-Overall
12%
5Quality-Overall
6%

Common Hair Pins for Buns questions

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

Flapen scores Hair Pins for Buns 48/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £58K/yr across 29 tracked products. 1 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -4.8% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Hair Pins for Buns on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.2× the quietest.