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Hair Serum

soft demand (-9.6% this quarter) — Hair Serum 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 72Growth 20Conversion 80Competition 37Returns 100Price range 54Avg price 24Brand share 21Review moat 23Quality gap 47
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Hair Serum profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Hair Serum is a £782K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (1.1M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 92% of demand. Demand peaks in Jun. Verdict: Skip it — 49/100.

Hair Serum: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -9.6% over the last 90 days and 8.2% of searches end in a purchase.

£782K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr100K
Search volume / yr-9.6%1.1M
Conversion rate8.2%
Avg price£8.53

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 92% of demand, so 8% of the market is open.

8%

open market share

Brands · sellers9 · 182
Top-5 product click share63%
Open market8%
Avg brand age56 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 · 19 products

Sponsored placement74%
New entrants (1y)3· 3 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews7,554

Top Hair Serum 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 63% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£78K£156K£234K£313K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 falling

Sellers

182

Top-5 brand share

92%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

63%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

6%

  • L'Oreal Paris52%
  • John Frieda28%
  • TRESemmé6%
  • OGX4%
  • Avon3%
  • L'Oréal Professionnel Paris3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 6%)

Hair Serum demand & seasonality

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

Volume1.1MCVR8.2%Products19Brands9Top 5 Brands92%OOS Rate1.4%Rating4.5★Reviews7,554Avg BSR#23
40K30KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Top Hair Serum search terms shoppers use

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

  • hair serum389K/yr
  • frizz ease serum88K/yr
  • elvive98K/yr
  • hair serum for frizzy hair72K/yr
  • loreal elvive74K/yr
  • loreal hair serum53K/yr
  • loreal hair oil53K/yr
  • hair serum for dry damaged hair47K/yr
  • loreal hair44K/yr
  • anti frizz hair serum26K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hair Serum

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

What buyers love

72% of reviews
Smell18%

it smells divine

Quality-Overall13%

Good quality

Value For Money9%

Good value for money

Soft Feel8%

My hair feels soft

Hair Growth6%

This has saved my hair

What buyers complain about

48% of reviews
Value For Money9%

Waste of money

Oily/Greasy9%

Very greasy

Smell4%

The smell was completely intolerable for me

Hair Related4%

Sadly its not suited to my hair at all

Functionality-Overall4%

The cap didnt come off so unable to get to the pump

Hair Serum return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

25%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
14%
2Smell
13%
3Oily/Greasy
12%
4Functionality-Overall
8%
5Value For Money
8%

Common Hair Serum questions

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

Flapen scores Hair Serum 49/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £782K/yr across 19 tracked products. 3 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -9.6% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Hair Serum on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Jun, where the busiest month runs 1.7× the quietest.