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Purple Hair Dye

Purple Hair Dye shows low returns (0.0%), but prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($4.76–$16.32) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

50
Worth a look

Top 34% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +3 vs the category median of 47

Market size 45Growth 26Conversion 38Competition 74Returns 100Price range 11Avg price 20Brand share 37Review moat 25Quality gap 79
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Purple Hair Dye profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Purple Hair Dye is a £241K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (1.1M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 83% of demand. Demand peaks in Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 50/100.

Purple Hair Dye: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved +1.1% over the last 90 days and 3.0% of searches end in a purchase.

£241K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr50K
Search volume / yr+1.1%1.1M
Conversion rate3.0%
Avg price£7.13

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 83% of demand, so 17% of the market is open.

17%

open market share

Brands · sellers13 · 111
Top-5 product click share41%
Open market17%
Avg brand age58 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.2★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 39 products

Sponsored placement87%
New entrants (1y)18· 17 succeeded
Avg rating4.2★
Avg reviews4,259

Top Purple Hair Dye 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 41% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£7K£14K£22K£29K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

111

Top-5 brand share

83%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

41%

Top 20: 79%

Open market

14%

  • LIVE51%
  • Manic Panic12%
  • Crazy Color10%
  • Garnier7%
  • L'Oreal Paris3%
  • Smart Beauty3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 14%)

Purple Hair Dye demand & seasonality

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

Volume1.1MCVR3.0%Products39Brands13Top 5 Brands83%OOS Rate3.1%Rating4.2★Reviews4,259Avg BSR#21
25K15KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Top Purple Hair Dye search terms shoppers use

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

  • purple hair dye300K/yr
  • live hair dye172K/yr
  • schwarzkopf hair dye148K/yr
  • live190K/yr
  • purple hair dye permanent37K/yr
  • live hair dye permanent37K/yr
  • dark purple hair dye30K/yr
  • hair dye purple20K/yr
  • permanent purple hair dye16K/yr
  • schwarzkopf live hair dye17K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Purple Hair Dye

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

What buyers love

78% of reviews
Color41%

Bright color

Ease Of Use6%

Easy to use

Suitability Colored Hair5%

Works well on dark hair

Quality-Overall5%

Grate quality, very easy to use

Value For Money5%

Good price

What buyers complain about

66% of reviews
Color32%

Colour not as described

Suitability Colored Hair12%

so not suitable for my hair colour

Durability5%

Did not last

Functionality-Overall4%

It didn't take very well

Hair Related3%

Absolutely rubbish my hair has come out orange on the top of my head dont buy

Purple Hair Dye return rate & reasons

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

0.0%

Return rate

86%

Fixable by listing

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

1Color
86%
2Leak-Proof
14%

Common Purple Hair Dye questions

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

Flapen scores Purple Hair Dye 50/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £241K/yr across 39 tracked products. 17 of 18 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +1.1% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Purple Hair Dye on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Dec, where the busiest month runs 1.9× the quietest.