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Merwave

Maybe

An estimated 0.2% of orders come back. But the top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Merwave is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
51
51 / 100
Top 31% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +4 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£153K/yr114K searches / yr
90-day growth
+45.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
74%top-5 click share · 3 brands · 30 sellers

Flapen Score

Merwave against its category

The dotted line is the Beauty average. Past it, Merwave is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

51Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Merwave market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Merwave 114K times last year and spent an estimated £153K. All 3 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Jul. Flapen scores it 51 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 9.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 114K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 9.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +45.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £153K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
114K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+45.0%
Conversion, latest week
9.2%
Market size, estimated
£153Ka year
Peak month
July1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
merwave32K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £14.52.

Listings sell for £14.52 on average, from £4.99 to £22.99. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £14.52 that is £4K to £7K a year per listing.

Average price
£14.52under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.99–£22.99
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£4K–£7K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

77% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 92% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #277 within Styling Products. It carries 8,870 reviews at 4.25 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
77%
Prime listings
92%
Out of stock, average day
1.3%
Average rank
#277in Styling Products
Average rating
4.25 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
8,870per listing
Listings tracked
13

04 · Newcomers

2 of last year's 4 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 50 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
50 months

Products

Top Merwave 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 74% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

3 falling

Sellers

30

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

74%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 165%
  • Brand 234%
  • Brand 31%

Demand

Merwave search demand

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

5K4KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Merwave search terms shoppers use

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

  • merwave32K/yr
  • merwave wavy hair products14K/yr
  • moroccanoil curl defining cream12K/yr
  • moroccan oil curl defining cream16K/yr
  • merwave wavy hair kit17K/yr
  • moroccan oil curl cream11K/yr
  • merwave hair products6K/yr
  • moroccan oil curl4K/yr
  • moroccan curl cream2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Merwave

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

23%of positive reviews mention “Smell”
15%of negative reviews mention “Value For Money”
0.2%of orders come back
“A bit pricey”
A buyer, on “Value For Money”15% 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 Merwave questions

Answered from the same tracked data.