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Microfibre Hair Towel

Fail

Prices span $3.52–$15.69, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Microfibre Hair Towel is a Fail.

Flapen Score
45
45 / 100
Ranks 1,399 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −2 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£276K/yr893K searches / yr
90-day growth
-10.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
61%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 23 sellers

Flapen Score

Microfibre Hair Towel against its category

The dotted line is the Beauty average. Past it, Microfibre Hair Towel is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

45Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Microfibre Hair Towel market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Microfibre Hair Towel 893K times last year and spent an estimated £276K. The top 5 brands take 65% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 45 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 4.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 893K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 4.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -10.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £276K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
893K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-10.9%
Conversion, latest week
4.4%
Market size, estimated
£276Ka year
Peak month
December1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
hair towel166K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.09.

Listings sell for £7.09 on average, from £3.52 to £15.69. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 50K to 60K a year. The average listing sells 2,000 to 2,500 of them. At £7.09 that is £14K to £18K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.09under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.52–£15.69
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
50K–60K
Units per listing a year
2,000–2,500
Revenue per listing a year
£14K–£18K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

89% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #16 within Hair Styling Accessories. It carries 4,917 reviews at 4.49 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
89%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#16in Hair Styling Accessories
Average rating
4.49 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
4,917per listing
Listings tracked
18

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 36 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
36 months

Products

Top Microfibre Hair Towel 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 61% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

15 falling

Sellers

23

Top-5 brand share

65%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

61%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

30%

  • Brand 127%
  • Brand 212%
  • Brand 310%
  • Brand 49%
  • Brand 57%
  • Brand 65%

Demand

Microfibre Hair Towel search demand

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

30K20KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Microfibre Hair Towel search terms shoppers use

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

  • hair towel166K/yr
  • microfibre hair towel160K/yr
  • hair towel wrap86K/yr
  • hair wrap77K/yr
  • hair wrap towel53K/yr
  • hair turban towel52K/yr
  • microfiber towel for hair34K/yr
  • microfibre towel hair32K/yr
  • hair towel wraps for women30K/yr
  • microfibre hair towel wrap22K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Microfibre Hair Towel

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

17%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
11%of negative reviews mention “Moist/Dry”
0.4%of orders come back
“Does not dry at ALL”
A buyer, on “Moist/Dry”11% 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.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Microfibre Hair Towel questions

Answered from the same tracked data.