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Mens Shampoo

Mens Shampoo shows low returns (0.1%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

57
Worth a look

Top 11% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +10 vs the category median of 47

Market size 58Growth 28Conversion 84Competition 77Returns 100Price range 30Avg price 22Brand share 57Review moat 34Quality gap 45
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Mens Shampoo profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Mens Shampoo is a £468K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (648K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 71% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 57/100.

Mens Shampoo: 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 +2.6% over the last 90 days and 9.3% of searches end in a purchase.

£468K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr60K
Search volume / yr+2.6%648K
Conversion rate9.3%
Avg price£7.81

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 71% of demand, so 29% of the market is open.

29%

open market share

Brands · sellers19 · 191
Top-5 product click share38%
Open market29%
Avg brand age57 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 45 products

Sponsored placement71%
New entrants (1y)3· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews3,075

Top Mens Shampoo 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

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (38% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£14K£28K£42K£56K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

19 falling

Sellers

191

Top-5 brand share

71%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

38%

Top 20: 77%

Open market

24%

  • ManCave40%
  • Bulldog Skincare for Men13%
  • by Amazon6%
  • TIGI6%
  • TRESemmé5%
  • Head & Shoulders5%

Mens Shampoo demand & seasonality

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

Volume648KCVR9.3%Products45Brands19Top 5 Brands71%OOS Rate1.2%Rating4.5★Reviews3,075Avg BSR#226
35K25KSpike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26Aug '25Oct '25Dec '25Feb '26Mar '26May '26

Top Mens Shampoo search terms shoppers use

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

  • mens shampoo181K/yr
  • mancave79K/yr
  • man cave77K/yr
  • mens shampoo and conditioner52K/yr
  • shampoo men50K/yr
  • men shampoo37K/yr
  • shampoo for men35K/yr
  • bulldog shampoo24K/yr
  • mancave shampoo21K/yr
  • man cave shampoo12K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Mens Shampoo

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

What buyers love

78% of reviews
Smell22%

the fragrance is lovely

Quality-Overall17%

Excellent product

Value For Money16%

Excellent value for money

Hair Growth8%

Less hair loss

Cleansing4%

clean and refreshed

What buyers complain about

53% of reviews
Functionality-Overall10%

Not effective at all

Smell9%

this is just weird smelling

Value For Money9%

So expensive

Hair Related7%

and lost a tremendous amount of hair

Allergies5%

any skin it gets on itch

Mens Shampoo return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

12%

Fixable by listing

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

1Leak-Proof
29%
2Functionality-Overall
11%
3Motor Power
7%
4Advertised Vs Actual Product
6%
5Value For Money
5%

Common Mens Shampoo questions

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

Flapen scores Mens Shampoo 57/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £468K/yr across 45 tracked products. 1 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +2.6% over the last 90 days.
Mens Shampoo buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Functionality-Overall, Smell, Value For Money, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.1%.