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Hair Products

weak search conversion (1.3%) — Hair Products doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

49
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Top 39% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +2 vs the category median of 47

Market size 21Growth 21Conversion 16Competition 83Returns 100Price range 52Avg price 31Brand share 84Review moat 19Quality gap 48
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Hair Products profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Hair Products is a £84K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (661K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 51% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 49/100.

Hair Products: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -7.9% over the last 90 days and 1.3% of searches end in a purchase.

£84K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr13K
Search volume / yr-7.9%661K
Conversion rate1.3%
Avg price£9.74

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 51% of demand, so 49% of the market is open.

49%

open market share

Brands · sellers35 · 340
Top-5 product click share32%
Open market49%
Avg brand age53 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 60 products

Sponsored placement88%
New entrants (1y)4· 3 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews15,905

Top Hair Products 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 (32% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£2K£3K£5K£7K1001K10K100K1.0M Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

35 falling

Sellers

340

Top-5 brand share

51%

Top 20: 90%

Top-5 click share

32%

Top 20: 72%

Open market

43%

  • COLOR WOW19%
  • L'Oreal Paris10%
  • OLAPLEX9%
  • Nature Spell7%
  • REVLON PROFESSIONAL6%
  • Garnier5%

Hair Products demand & seasonality

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

Volume661KCVR1.3%Products60Brands35Top 5 Brands51%OOS Rate0.1%Rating4.5★Reviews15,905Avg BSR#13
25K15KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.5×

Top Hair Products search terms shoppers use

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

  • hair care356K/yr
  • hair products180K/yr
  • hair products for women63K/yr
  • haircare48K/yr
  • hair care products13K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hair Products

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

What buyers love

70% of reviews
Quality-Overall16%

Excellent product with great results

Smell14%

Great smell

Value For Money9%

Excellent Value

Soft Feel8%

very soft

Hair Growth8%

Less hair loss

What buyers complain about

52% of reviews
Value For Money11%

It's expensive

Hair Related7%

doesnt make my hair feel soft

Smell6%

Smells strange

Moist/Dry6%

it made it really dry

Functionality-Overall5%

Does not work as described

Hair Products 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.

1Functionality-Overall
13%
2Size-Overall
12%
3Smell
7%
4Advertised Vs Actual Product
7%
5Leak-Proof
6%

Common Hair Products questions

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

Flapen scores Hair Products 49/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £84K/yr across 60 tracked products. 3 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -7.9% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Hair Products on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 2.5× the quietest.