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Red Hair Dye

Red Hair Dye shows low returns (0.1%), but prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($4.16–$16.21) 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 51Growth 22Conversion 55Competition 61Returns 100Price range 10Avg price 21Brand share 46Review moat 24Quality gap 73
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Red Hair Dye profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Red Hair Dye is a £290K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (823K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 78% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 50/100.

Red 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 -5.2% over the last 90 days and 4.7% of searches end in a purchase.

£290K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr50K
Search volume / yr-5.2%823K
Conversion rate4.7%
Avg price£7.59

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 78% of demand, so 22% of the market is open.

22%

open market share

Brands · sellers15 · 121
Top-5 product click share48%
Open market22%
Avg brand age73 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 27 products

Sponsored placement93%
New entrants (1y)8· 6 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews4,920

Top Red 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 48% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£12K£23K£35K£46K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 falling

Sellers

121

Top-5 brand share

78%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

48%

Top 20: 92%

Open market

17%

  • LIVE31%
  • NUTRISSE15%
  • Crazy Color14%
  • Manic Panic10%
  • Garnier9%
  • Schwarzkopf5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (9 brands, 17%)

Red Hair Dye demand & seasonality

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

Volume823KCVR4.7%Products27Brands15Top 5 Brands78%OOS Rate1.8%Rating4.3★Reviews4,920Avg BSR#42
30K20KSpike '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Top Red Hair Dye search terms shoppers use

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

  • red hair dye387K/yr
  • red hair dye permanent136K/yr
  • hair dye red36K/yr
  • bright red hair dye permanent21K/yr
  • bright red hair dye23K/yr
  • red hair dye semi permanent22K/yr
  • semi permanent hair dye red25K/yr
  • permanent red hair dye20K/yr
  • crazy colour red20K/yr
  • red permanent hair dye16K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Red Hair Dye

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

What buyers love

85% of reviews
Color51%

vibrant colour

Suitability Colored Hair6%

Great colour the best hair dye out

Quality-Overall6%

Excellent product

Durability4%

lasts well

Value For Money4%

Great value for money

What buyers complain about

65% of reviews
Color31%

Not red

Suitability Colored Hair12%

My hair didn't turn the colour advertised

Functionality-Overall3%

Didnt work for me

Value For Money3%

Cheap and not worth it

Hair Related3%

Didn't find this stuff very good come out very easy did not find it very good for my hair very messy stuff

Red Hair Dye return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

63%

Fixable by listing

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

1Color
50%
2Leak-Proof
16%
3Advertised Vs Actual Product
8%
4Suitability Colored Hair
5%
5Suitability Short Hair
5%

Common Red Hair Dye questions

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

Flapen scores Red Hair Dye 50/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £290K/yr across 27 tracked products. 6 of 8 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -5.2% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Red Hair Dye on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.5× the quietest.