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Henna

Henna shows low returns (0.2%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

60
Worth a look

Top 6% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +13 vs the category median of 47

Market size 50Growth 40Conversion 72Competition 54Returns 99Price range 0Avg price 16Brand share 59Review moat 93Quality gap 95
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Henna profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Henna is a £279K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (736K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 69% of demand. Demand peaks in Mar–May–Jun–Jul. Verdict: Worth a look — 60/100.

Henna: 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 +12.1% over the last 90 days and 6.7% of searches end in a purchase.

£279K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr50K
Search volume / yr+12.1%736K
Conversion rate6.7%
Avg price£5.66

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 69% of demand, so 31% of the market is open.

31%

open market share

Brands · sellers17 · 30
Top-5 product click share52%
Open market31%
Avg brand age50 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.0★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 27 products

Sponsored placement52%
New entrants (1y)11· 4 succeeded
Avg rating4.0★
Avg reviews148

Top Henna 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 52% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£11K£22K£33K£45K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

17 rising

Sellers

30

Top-5 brand share

69%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

52%

Top 20: 94%

Open market

24%

  • AARNAV22%
  • PuraTick14%
  • Bemacar12%
  • Davis Finest11%
  • KRISHMI11%
  • Neha Henna Cones6%

Henna demand & seasonality

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

Volume736KCVR6.7%Products27Brands17Top 5 Brands69%OOS Rate20.0%Rating4.0★Reviews148Avg BSR#78
50K30KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, May, Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.2×

Top Henna search terms shoppers use

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

  • henna375K/yr
  • henna cones160K/yr
  • mehndi cones36K/yr
  • hena18K/yr
  • natural henna cones22K/yr
  • henna cone21K/yr
  • brown henna13K/yr
  • mehndi14K/yr
  • organic henna cones11K/yr
  • natural henna9K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Henna

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

What buyers love

81% of reviews
Color20%

Beautiful colour

Quality-Overall13%

Good quality

Ease Of Use10%

Easy to use

Smell8%

SMELLS DELICIOUS

Value For Money8%

Good value

What buyers complain about

72% of reviews
Color34%

Should have been darker

Stain Resistance7%

Very dark stain

Value For Money7%

expensive single

Quality-Overall7%

Low quality

Smell5%

The pastes inside is smooth however smells very chemically

Henna return rate & reasons

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

0.2%

Return rate

39%

Fixable by listing

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

1Color
21%
2Leak-Proof
10%
3Quality-Overall
10%
4Stain Resistance
8%
5Functionality-Overall
8%

Common Henna questions

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

Flapen scores Henna 60/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £279K/yr across 27 tracked products. 4 of 11 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +12.1% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Henna on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Mar–May–Jun–Jul, where the busiest month runs 4.2× the quietest.