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Hair Slides

Hair Slides shows low returns (0.5%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

58
Worth a look

Top 9% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +11 vs the category median of 47

Market size 13Growth 42Conversion 45Competition 87Returns 98Price range 0Avg price 13Brand share 96Review moat 69Quality gap 80
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Hair Slides profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Hair Slides is a £54K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (310K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 32% of demand. Demand peaks in Jul–Aug–Sep. Verdict: Worth a look — 58/100.

Hair Slides: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved +14.0% over the last 90 days and 3.6% of searches end in a purchase.

£54K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr15K
Search volume / yr+14.0%310K
Conversion rate3.6%
Avg price£4.80

Who owns the niche?

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

68%

open market share

Brands · sellers56 · 91
Top-5 product click share28%
Open market68%
Avg brand age25 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.2★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 69 products

Sponsored placement86%
New entrants (1y)19· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.2★
Avg reviews730

Top Hair Slides 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 (28% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£1K£2K£3K£4K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

56 falling

Sellers

91

Top-5 brand share

32%

Top 20: 74%

Top-5 click share

28%

Top 20: 63%

Open market

64%

  • KEYRI10%
  • Acptall7%
  • Nogeqi6%
  • Hanyousheng5%
  • Manicare5%
  • Glitz4Girlz4%

Hair Slides demand & seasonality

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

Volume310KCVR3.6%Products69Brands56Top 5 Brands32%OOS Rate8.8%Rating4.2★Reviews730Avg BSR#286
15K10KPrime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul, Aug, Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Top Hair Slides search terms shoppers use

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

  • hair slides for women99K/yr
  • hair slides90K/yr
  • hair barrettes for women38K/yr
  • hair slides for women with fine hair30K/yr
  • barrette hair clips women27K/yr
  • hair slides for women for thick hair11K/yr
  • half up half down hair clip8K/yr
  • hair slides for older ladies7K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hair Slides

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

What buyers love

81% of reviews
Quality-Overall17%

Excellent product

Value For Money17%

much cheaper

Hair Styling10%

Hold my fine hair well

Color8%

nice neutral colours

Suitability Straight Hair6%

look very elegant in the hair

What buyers complain about

72% of reviews
Durability17%

Breaks easily

Suitability Short Hair12%

Wont stay put in my hair

Quality-Overall10%

in reality the majority look cheap and poor quality

Size-Overall8%

Very small

Value For Money5%

Waste of money

Hair Slides return rate & reasons

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

0.5%

Return rate

39%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
33%
2Suitability Short Hair
11%
3Defective Material/Parts
10%
4Suitability Long Hair
6%
5Quality-Overall
5%

Common Hair Slides questions

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

Flapen scores Hair Slides 58/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £54K/yr across 69 tracked products. 0 of 19 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +14.0% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Hair Slides on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Jul–Aug–Sep, where the busiest month runs 1.9× the quietest.