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Organic Castor Oil

Fail

Prices span $3.34–$16.34, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Organic Castor Oil is a Fail.

Flapen Score
42
42 / 100
Ranks 1,759 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −5 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£470K/yr434K searches / yr
90-day growth
-10.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
78%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 27 sellers

Flapen Score

Organic Castor Oil against its category

The dotted line is the Beauty average. Past it, Organic Castor Oil is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

42Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Organic Castor Oil market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Organic Castor Oil 434K times last year and spent an estimated £470K. The top 5 brands take 87% of clicks. Flapen scores it 42 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 11.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 434K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 11.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -10.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £470K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
434K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-10.5%
Conversion, latest week
11.9%
Market size, estimated
£470Ka year
Peak month
September1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
castor oil organic171K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.12.

Listings sell for £9.12 on average, from £3.34 to £16.34. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 50K to 60K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At £9.12 that is £27K to £36K a year per listing.

Average price
£9.12under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.34–£16.34
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
50K–60K
Units per listing a year
3,000–4,000
Revenue per listing a year
£27K–£36K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

83% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #21 within Hair Oils. It carries 27,525 reviews at 4.62 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
83%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.5%
Average rank
#21in Hair Oils
Average rating
4.62 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
27,525per listing
Listings tracked
12

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 42 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
42 months

Products

Top Organic Castor Oil 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 78% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

9 falling

Sellers

27

Top-5 brand share

87%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

78%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

10%

  • Brand 145%
  • Brand 216%
  • Brand 314%
  • Brand 46%
  • Brand 55%
  • Brand 63%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 10%)

Demand

Organic Castor Oil search demand

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

18K13KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Organic Castor Oil search terms shoppers use

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

  • castor oil organic171K/yr
  • organic castor oil116K/yr
  • fushi castor oil27K/yr
  • organic castor oil cold pressed21K/yr
  • hexane free castor oil13K/yr
  • castor oil organic cold pressed13K/yr
  • caster oil organic cold pressed18K/yr
  • organic cold pressed castor oil11K/yr
  • edible castor oil7K/yr
  • cold pressed organic castor oil5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Organic Castor Oil

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

39%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
11%of negative reviews mention “Thickness”
0.2%of orders come back
“It is messy as its so thick”
A buyer, on “Thickness”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 Organic Castor Oil questions

Answered from the same tracked data.