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Pin Curl Clips

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($1.74–$5.61) — Pin Curl Clips doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

45
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Ranks 1,399 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −2 vs the category median of 47

Market size 29Growth 23Conversion 92Competition 35Returns 99Price range 0Avg price 11Brand share 43Review moat 79Quality gap 42
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Pin Curl Clips profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Pin Curl Clips is a £130K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (279K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 79% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 45/100.

Pin Curl Clips: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -3.7% over the last 90 days and 11.3% of searches end in a purchase.

£130K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr40K
Search volume / yr-3.7%279K
Conversion rate11.3%
Avg price£4.13

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 79% of demand, so 21% of the market is open.

21%

open market share

Brands · sellers16 · 20
Top-5 product click share64%
Open market21%
Avg brand age26 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 21 products

Sponsored placement81%
New entrants (1y)5· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews422

Top Pin Curl Clips 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 64% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£13K£26K£39K£52K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

16 rising

Sellers

20

Top-5 brand share

79%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

64%

Top 20: 99%

Open market

18%

  • HAALII30%
  • Beayuer20%
  • QiXinGYL17%
  • Korintin7%
  • Gingbiss5%
  • GEELBS3%

Pin Curl Clips demand & seasonality

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

Volume279KCVR11.3%Products21Brands16Top 5 Brands79%OOS Rate6.1%Rating4.5★Reviews422Avg BSR#123
10K6KHoliday '24Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.4×

Top Pin Curl Clips search terms shoppers use

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

  • pin curl clips96K/yr
  • metal hair clips48K/yr
  • curl clips23K/yr
  • pin curl clips long hair15K/yr
  • hair pins for curls17K/yr
  • hair metal clips11K/yr
  • pin curls10K/yr
  • hair clips metal6K/yr
  • pin curls clips4K/yr
  • curl pins6K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Pin Curl Clips

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

What buyers love

90% of reviews
Quality-Overall23%

Really well made

Value For Money18%

Good value

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%

Exactly as shown

Suitability Curly Hair7%

it holds curls perfectly so I will say its good value for money

Size-Overall6%

Good size

What buyers complain about

58% of reviews
Hair Related16%

Had to bend for them to hold hair which is a little annoying

Strength15%

Very flimsy and easily bent

Stretchability/Expandability/Elasticity6%

one of the clips came broken as it is stretched out

Size-Overall6%

they are a bit small

Grip3%

Grip on hair could have been better

Pin Curl Clips return rate & reasons

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

0.2%

Return rate

62%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
55%
2Quality-Overall
11%
3Suitability Short Hair
8%
4Value For Money
6%
5Strength
4%

Common Pin Curl Clips questions

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

Flapen scores Pin Curl Clips 45/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £130K/yr across 21 tracked products. 0 of 5 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -3.7% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Pin Curl Clips on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Jan–Dec, where the busiest month runs 2.4× the quietest.