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Hairdressing Scissors

Hairdressing Scissors shows low returns (0.4%), but prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($3.43–$14.97) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

52
Worth a look

Top 26% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +5 vs the category median of 47

Market size 77Growth 19Conversion 96Competition 45Returns 98Price range 0Avg price 19Brand share 59Review moat 20Quality gap 42
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Hairdressing Scissors profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Hairdressing Scissors is a £949K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (1.1M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 70% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 52/100.

Hairdressing Scissors: 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 -12.4% over the last 90 days and 12.8% of searches end in a purchase.

£949K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr150K
Search volume / yr-12.4%1.1M
Conversion rate12.8%
Avg price£6.93

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 70% of demand, so 30% of the market is open.

30%

open market share

Brands · sellers17 · 27
Top-5 product click share58%
Open market30%
Avg brand age54 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 · 20 products

Sponsored placement80%
New entrants (1y)1· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews12,627

Top Hairdressing Scissors 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 58% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£95K£190K£285K£380K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

17 rising

Sellers

27

Top-5 brand share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

58%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

26%

  • Candure30%
  • OCBA20%
  • GTEX9%
  • Sanguine6%
  • SS INSTRUMENTX5%
  • Foxian5%

Hairdressing Scissors demand & seasonality

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

Volume1.1MCVR12.8%Products20Brands17Top 5 Brands70%OOS Rate0.7%Rating4.5★Reviews12,627Avg BSR#12
23K18KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2×

Top Hairdressing Scissors search terms shoppers use

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

  • hair scissors263K/yr
  • hairdressing scissors266K/yr
  • hair cutting scissors122K/yr
  • barber scissors65K/yr
  • hairdressers scissors52K/yr
  • hair dressing scissors sharp46K/yr
  • hair scissors for women31K/yr
  • hair dresser scissor30K/yr
  • hair dressing scissors24K/yr
  • scissors for hair cutting23K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hairdressing Scissors

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

What buyers love

89% of reviews
Value For Money31%

Excellent value

Quality-Overall26%

Good quality, easy to hold

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%

As advertised

Comfort-Overall7%

Comfortable

Ease Of Use7%

Very good easy to hold

What buyers complain about

76% of reviews
Quality-Overall24%

Poor quality the comb went straight in bin

Value For Money14%

Not worth the money

Durability10%

Broke during first use

Sharpness7%

Not sharp enough

Size-Overall7%

Wrong sizing

Hairdressing Scissors return rate & reasons

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

0.4%

Return rate

29%

Fixable by listing

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

1Quality-Overall
26%
2Size-Overall
17%
3Advertised Vs Actual Product
7%
4Functionality-Overall
6%
5Sharpness
6%

Common Hairdressing Scissors questions

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

Flapen scores Hairdressing Scissors 52/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £949K/yr across 20 tracked products. 1 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -12.4% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Hairdressing Scissors on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.2× the quietest.