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Make Waves Antiperspirant

Make Waves Antiperspirant shows low returns (0.2%), but brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

55
Worth a look

Top 15% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +8 vs the category median of 47

Market size 69Growth 35Conversion 40Competition 60Returns 99Price range 46Avg price 81Brand share 0Review moat 46Quality gap 84
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Make Waves Antiperspirant profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Make Waves Antiperspirant is a £713K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (1.3M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 55/100.

Make Waves Antiperspirant: 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 +8.3% over the last 90 days and 3.2% of searches end in a purchase.

£713K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr50K
Search volume / yr+8.3%1.3M
Conversion rate3.2%
Avg price£17.34

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand, so 0% of the market is open.

0%

open market share

Brands · sellers4 · 46
Top-5 product click share49%
Open market0%
Avg brand age55 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.2★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 30 products

Sponsored placement93%
New entrants (1y)12· 8 succeeded
Avg rating4.2★
Avg reviews1,946

Top Make Waves Antiperspirant 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 49% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£36K£71K£107K£143K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

4 falling

Sellers

46

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

49%

Top 20: 87%

Open market

0%

  • Fussy61%
  • Wild35%
  • Mitchum2%
  • Salt Of the Earth2%

Make Waves Antiperspirant demand & seasonality

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

Volume1.3MCVR3.2%Products30Brands4Top 5 Brands100%OOS Rate10.9%Rating4.2★Reviews1,946Avg BSR#135
45K35KSpike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26Sep '25Oct '25Dec '25Feb '26Mar '26May '26

Top Make Waves Antiperspirant search terms shoppers use

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

  • fussy deodorant375K/yr
  • wild deodorant512K/yr
  • fussy118K/yr
  • make waves antiperspirant35K/yr
  • wild deodorant case26K/yr
  • wild roll on deodorant25K/yr
  • refillable deodorant20K/yr
  • make waves deodorant18K/yr
  • mitchum gel15K/yr
  • mitchum gel deodorant women17K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Make Waves Antiperspirant

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

What buyers love

76% of reviews
Smell43%

fresh scent

Quality-Overall11%

is very reliable

Value For Money6%

Excellent value for money

Ease Of Use3%

Ease of use

Moist/Dry3%

Keep dry

What buyers complain about

60% of reviews
Smell24%

Doesn't smell of anything

Value For Money9%

Fairly expensive

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%

Not as described

Allergies5%

Allergic reaction

Functionality-Overall5%

Does not do the job

Make Waves Antiperspirant return rate & reasons

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

0.2%

Return rate

19%

Fixable by listing

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

1Smell
37%
2Advertised Vs Actual Product
11%
3Functionality-Overall
11%
4Value For Money
6%
5Size-Overall
5%

Common Make Waves Antiperspirant questions

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

Flapen scores Make Waves Antiperspirant 55/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £713K/yr across 30 tracked products. 8 of 12 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +8.3% over the last 90 days.
Make Waves Antiperspirant buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Smell, Value For Money, Advertised Vs Actual Product, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.2%.