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Itchy Scalp Shampoo

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Itchy Scalp Shampoo is a Fail.

Flapen Score
39
39 / 100
Ranks 2,047 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −8 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£128K/yr217K searches / yr
90-day growth
-14.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
60%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 81 sellers

Flapen Score

Itchy Scalp Shampoo against its category

The dotted line is the Beauty average. Past it, Itchy Scalp Shampoo is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

39Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Itchy Scalp Shampoo market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Itchy Scalp Shampoo 217K times last year and spent an estimated £128K. All 4 brands take every click. Flapen scores it 39 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 12.6% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 217K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 12.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -14.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £128K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
217K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-14.8%
Conversion, latest week
12.6%
Market size, estimated
£128Ka year
Peak month
March1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
head and shoulders dermaxpro74K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £4.70.

Listings sell for £4.70 on average, from £3.32 to £8.88. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 25K to 30K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £4.70 that is £4K to £5K a year per listing.

Average price
£4.70under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.32–£8.88
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
25K–30K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£4K–£5K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

67% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #42 within Scalp Treatments. It carries 2,246 reviews at 4.54 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
67%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#42in Scalp Treatments
Average rating
4.54 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,246per listing
Listings tracked
18

04 · Newcomers

3 of last year's 3 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. 3 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 70 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
70 months

Products

Top Itchy Scalp Shampoo 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 60% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

4 falling

Sellers

81

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

60%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 184%
  • Brand 28%
  • Brand 36%
  • Brand 42%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Itchy Scalp Shampoo search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

13K8KSpike '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Itchy Scalp Shampoo search terms shoppers use

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

  • head and shoulders dermaxpro74K/yr
  • head and shoulders derma24K/yr
  • shampoo for dry scalp14K/yr
  • shampoo and conditioner for dry scalp7K/yr
  • sensitive scalp shampoo14K/yr
  • sensitive shampoo11K/yr
  • shampoo for sensitive scalp8K/yr
  • derma x pro head and shoulders8K/yr
  • hypoallergenic shampoo8K/yr
  • head and shoulders derma x pro6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Itchy Scalp Shampoo

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

12%of positive reviews mention “Smell”
21%of negative reviews mention “Allergies”
0.1%of orders come back
“has given me a red rash”
A buyer, on “Allergies”21% of negative reviews mention the same topic

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.

21 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Itchy Scalp Shampoo questions

Answered from the same tracked data.