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Hot Brush

soft demand (-30.2% this quarter) — Hot Brush doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

46
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Ranks 1,283 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −1 vs the category median of 47

Market size 63Growth 10Conversion 42Competition 33Returns 34Price range 81Avg price 95Brand share 32Review moat 42Quality gap 86
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Hot Brush profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Hot Brush is a £583K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (724K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 86% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–Oct–Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 46/100.

Hot Brush: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -30.2% over the last 90 days and 3.3% of searches end in a purchase.

£583K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr25K
Search volume / yr-30.2%724K
Conversion rate3.3%
Avg price£24.12

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 86% of demand, so 14% of the market is open.

14%

open market share

Brands · sellers10 · 46
Top-5 product click share65%
Open market14%
Avg brand age28 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.1★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 17 products

Sponsored placement94%
New entrants (1y)2· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.1★
Avg reviews2,312

Top Hot Brush 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 65% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£58K£117K£175K£233K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 falling

Sellers

46

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

65%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

10%

  • wavytalk62%
  • Revlon8%
  • Tierwarf6%
  • Remington5%
  • TRESemmé4%
  • Haokoo4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 10%)

Hot Brush demand & seasonality

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

Volume724KCVR3.3%Products17Brands10Top 5 Brands86%OOS Rate5.9%Rating4.1★Reviews2,312Avg BSR#38
50K30KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.5×

Top Hot Brush search terms shoppers use

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

  • thermal brush169K/yr
  • wavytalk thermal brush111K/yr
  • curling brush70K/yr
  • wavytalk46K/yr
  • heated hair brush for short hair39K/yr
  • blowout brush36K/yr
  • heated brush for short hair33K/yr
  • heated round brush32K/yr
  • heated curling brush24K/yr
  • wavy talk thermal brush20K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hot Brush

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

What buyers love

84% of reviews
Ease Of Use25%

Easy and quick to use

Value For Money22%

Excellent price

Quality-Overall17%

better than previous one

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%

It does as advertised

Weight Light3%

Light weight so easy to handle

What buyers complain about

74% of reviews
Heating26%

Slow heat up

Durability13%

Not durable

Functionality-Overall8%

stopped working

Value For Money6%

Waste of money for me

Quality-Overall5%

Absolutely rubbish

Hot Brush return rate & reasons

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

4.3%

Return rate

31%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
19%
2Functionality-Overall
17%
3Heating
14%
4Quality-Overall
5%
5Advertised Vs Actual Product
5%

Common Hot Brush questions

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

Flapen scores Hot Brush 46/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £583K/yr across 17 tracked products. 1 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -30.2% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Hot Brush on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Jan–Oct–Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 4.5× the quietest.