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Hair Putty

Fail

Prices span $2.91–$11.65, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Hair Putty is a Fail.

Flapen Score
41
41 / 100
Ranks 1,867 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −6 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£142K/yr202K searches / yr
90-day growth
-0.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
78%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 140 sellers

Flapen Score

Hair Putty against its category

The dotted line is the Beauty average. Past it, Hair Putty is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

41Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Hair Putty market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Hair Putty 202K times last year and spent an estimated £142K. The top 5 brands take 98% of clicks. Flapen scores it 41 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 12.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 202K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 12.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -0.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £142K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
202K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-0.9%
Conversion, latest week
12.2%
Market size, estimated
£142Ka year
Top search term
vo546K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.73.

Listings sell for £5.73 on average, from £2.91 to £11.65. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £5.73 that is £3K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.73under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.91–£11.65
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£4K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

46% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 77% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #94 within Styling Products. It carries 919 reviews at 4.38 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
46%
Prime listings
77%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#94in Styling Products
Average rating
4.38 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
919per listing
Listings tracked
13

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 74 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
74 months

Products

Top Hair Putty products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 78% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

140

Top-5 brand share

98%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

78%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 172%
  • Brand 28%
  • Brand 37%
  • Brand 46%
  • Brand 54%
  • Brand 62%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Hair Putty search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

4K3KHoliday '25NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Jul, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.5× · 9 of 12 months tracked

Search terms

Top Hair Putty search terms shoppers use

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

  • vo546K/yr
  • vo5 rework putty36K/yr
  • vo5 styling wax18K/yr
  • hair putty19K/yr
  • hair putty for men13K/yr
  • v0511K/yr
  • vo5 gel wax8K/yr
  • hair putty for women8K/yr
  • vo5 wax6K/yr
  • vo5 hair wax6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hair Putty

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

20%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
18%of negative reviews mention “Smell”
0.1%of orders come back
“smells odd”
A buyer, on “Smell”18% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

22 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Hair Putty questions

Answered from the same tracked data.