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Perm Kit

Maybe

An estimated 0.4% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at -16.3% this quarter, so Perm Kit is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 26% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +5 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£300K/yr341K searches / yr
90-day growth
-16.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
67%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 39 sellers

Flapen Score

Perm Kit against its category

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

52Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Perm Kit market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Perm Kit 341K times last year and spent an estimated £300K. The top 5 brands take 88% of clicks. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 8.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 341K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 8.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -16.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £300K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
341K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-16.3%
Conversion, latest week
8.0%
Market size, estimated
£300Ka year
Peak month
February1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
perm kit116K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £10.97.

Listings sell for £10.97 on average, from £5.46 to £27.15. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At £10.97 that is £11K to £14K a year per listing.

Average price
£10.97under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.46–£27.15
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
20K–25K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
£11K–£14K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

63% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 74% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #33 within Hair Perms & Texturisers. It carries 723 reviews at 4.24 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
63%
Prime listings
74%
Out of stock, average day
2.2%
Average rank
#33in Hair Perms & Texturisers
Average rating
4.24 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
723per listing
Listings tracked
19

04 · Newcomers

1 of last year's 5 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

5 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 42 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
42 months

Products

Top Perm Kit products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 20, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 67% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£15K£30K£45K£60K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 rising

Sellers

39

Est. top-5 brand share

88%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

67%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

10%

  • Pin-Up40%
  • Scott Cornwall21%
  • ProBene17%
  • L'ORÉAL7%
  • Zotos3%
  • OGILVIE2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 10%)

Demand

Perm Kit search demand

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

9K7KSpike '25Prime Day '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Perm Kit search terms shoppers use

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

  • perm kit116K/yr
  • perm32K/yr
  • perm solution27K/yr
  • perm lotion26K/yr
  • perming kit19K/yr
  • perm lotion and neutraliser kit14K/yr
  • perm kit for men13K/yr
  • hair perming kit14K/yr
  • perm solution kit11K/yr
  • hair perm9K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Perm Kit

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

19%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
16%of negative reviews mention “Smell”
0.4%of orders come back
“My whole house stinks the worst smell i washed my hair 8 times”
A buyer, on “Smell”16% 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.

21 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Perm Kit questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data