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Mens Soap

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

Flapen Score

56
Worth a look

Top 13% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +9 vs the category median of 47

Market size 29Growth 23Conversion 58Competition 71Returns 100Price range 49Avg price 55Brand share 79Review moat 38Quality gap 65
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Mens Soap profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Mens Soap is a £127K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (202K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 56% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 56/100.

Mens Soap: 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 -4.4% over the last 90 days and 5.0% of searches end in a purchase.

£127K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr13K
Search volume / yr-4.4%202K
Conversion rate5.0%
Avg price£12.61

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 56% of demand, so 44% of the market is open.

44%

open market share

Brands · sellers17 · 69
Top-5 product click share42%
Open market44%
Avg brand age49 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 31 products

Sponsored placement90%
New entrants (1y)4· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews2,682

Top Mens Soap 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 42% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£5K£10K£15K£20K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

17 falling

Sellers

69

Top-5 brand share

56%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

42%

Top 20: 89%

Open market

36%

  • SHVYOG13%
  • Little Soap Company11%
  • Aura Naturals11%
  • Dr. Squatch11%
  • Rinse & Robust10%
  • VIKING REVOLUTION8%

Mens Soap demand & seasonality

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

Volume202KCVR5.0%Products31Brands17Top 5 Brands56%OOS Rate8.8%Rating4.4★Reviews2,682Avg BSR#148
23K18KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.4×

Top Mens Soap search terms shoppers use

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

  • mens soap78K/yr
  • mens soap bar40K/yr
  • soap for men15K/yr
  • mens soap bars uk13K/yr
  • natural soap for men13K/yr
  • men soap8K/yr
  • mens natural soap7K/yr
  • mens bar soap6K/yr
  • soap bar men5K/yr
  • soap men5K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Mens Soap

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

What buyers love

80% of reviews
Smell33%

Smell fresh

Quality-Overall10%

Excellent product

Value For Money10%

Excellent value for money

Lather9%

the soap lathers nicely

Cleansing6%

Cleans you well

What buyers complain about

69% of reviews
Smell35%

Very very strong smell

Value For Money9%

expensive

Size-Overall4%

Soaps are very small in comparison to what they used to be

Moist/Dry4%

Dried my skin out

Lather3%

Low lather soap

Mens Soap return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

29%

Fixable by listing

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

1Smell
43%
2Size-Overall
18%
3Ingredients-Overall
7%
4Advertised Vs Actual Product
7%
5Product Condition
4%

Common Mens Soap questions

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

Flapen scores Mens Soap 56/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £127K/yr across 31 tracked products. 0 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -4.4% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Mens Soap on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 4.4× the quietest.