Hair Wax
MaybeAn estimated 0.1% of orders come back. But prices span $2.66–$16.22, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Hair Wax is a Maybe.
- Flapen Score
- 56 / 100Top 13% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +9 vs the category median of 4756
- Market size
- £276K/yr460K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- +0.3%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 46%top-5 click share · 26 brands · 232 sellers
Flapen Score
Hair Wax against its category
The dotted line is the Beauty average. Past it, Hair Wax is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Hair Wax market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Hair Wax 460K times last year and spent an estimated £276K. The top 5 brands take 62% of clicks. Flapen scores it 56 out of 100, a Maybe.
01 · Demand
An estimated 9.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 460K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 9.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +0.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £276K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 460K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- +0.3%
- Conversion, latest week
- 9.4%
- Market size, estimated
- £276Ka year
- Peak month
- March1.4× the quietest month
- Top search term
- hair wax242K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth £6.38.
Listings sell for £6.38 on average, from £2.66 to £16.22. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 40K to 50K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £6.38 that is £5K to £6K a year per listing.
- Average price
- £6.38under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- £2.66–£16.22
- Amazon United Kingdom median price
- £12.12across 27,606 niches
- Units sold a year
- 40K–50K
- Units per listing a year
- 750–1,000
- Revenue per listing a year
- £5K–£6K
- Returns
- 0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is reviews.
83% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 98% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #19 within Styling Products. It carries 3,513 reviews at 4.37 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 83%
- Prime listings
- 98%
- Out of stock, average day
- 2.4%
- Average rank
- #19in Styling Products
- Average rating
- 4.37 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
- Average reviews
- 3,513per listing
- Listings tracked
- 42
04 · Newcomers
1 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.
2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 67 months on average, so the names here are established.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 2
- Successful launches
- 1Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 67 months
Products
Top Hair Wax 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 46% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
26 falling
Sellers
232
Top-5 brand share
62%
Top 20: 95%
Top-5 click share
46%
Top 20: 80%
Open market
31%
- Brand 121%
- Brand 211%
- Brand 311%
- Brand 411%
- Brand 58%
- Brand 67%
Demand
Hair Wax search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×
Search terms
Top Hair Wax search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- hair wax242K/yr
- mens hair wax53K/yr
- hair wax for men46K/yr
- hair wax womens28K/yr
- fudge urban9K/yr
- hair wax men9K/yr
- styling wax8K/yr
- wax hair8K/yr
- fudge urban matte wax6K/yr
- hair styling putty clay & wax9K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hair Wax
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“Smells Awful”
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.
18 topics
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FAQ
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