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Kids Hair Gel

Fail

Prices span $0.86–$12.75, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Kids Hair Gel is a Fail.

Flapen Score
42
42 / 100
Ranks 1,759 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −5 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£70K/yr126K searches / yr
90-day growth
-0.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
72%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 82 sellers

Flapen Score

Kids Hair Gel against its category

The dotted line is the Beauty average. Past it, Kids Hair Gel is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

42Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Kids Hair Gel market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Kids Hair Gel 126K times last year and spent an estimated £70K. The top 5 brands take 80% of clicks. Demand peaks in Sep–Oct. Flapen scores it 42 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 8.6% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 126K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 8.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -0.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £70K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
126K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-0.9%
Conversion, latest week
8.6%
Market size, estimated
£70Ka year
Peak month
September1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
kids hair gel38K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.46.

Listings sell for £6.46 on average, from £0.86 to £12.75. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £6.46 that is £3K to £5K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.46under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£0.86–£12.75
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£5K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

81% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #92 within Styling Products. It carries 4,623 reviews at 4.31 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
81%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
4.7%
Average rank
#92in Styling Products
Average rating
4.31 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
4,623per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 58 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
58 months

Products

Top Kids Hair Gel 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 72% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

13 flat

Sellers

82

Top-5 brand share

80%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

72%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

17%

  • Brand 130%
  • Brand 217%
  • Brand 316%
  • Brand 413%
  • Brand 54%
  • Brand 64%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 17%)

Demand

Kids Hair Gel search demand

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

6K4KSpike '25Spike '26DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Sep, Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Kids Hair Gel search terms shoppers use

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

  • kids hair gel38K/yr
  • baby hair gel29K/yr
  • hair gel for kids24K/yr
  • baby gel9K/yr
  • boys hair gel8K/yr
  • toddler hair gel5K/yr
  • hair gel kids3K/yr
  • kids styling gel4K/yr
  • kids gel3K/yr
  • kids hair gel boys3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Kids Hair Gel

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

20%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
9%of negative reviews mention “Leak-Proof”
0.1%of orders come back
“I find it leaks a bit”
A buyer, on “Leak-Proof”9% 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.

22 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Kids Hair Gel questions

Answered from the same tracked data.