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Rice Water Shampoo Bar

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 97% of clicks) — Rice Water Shampoo Bar doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

49
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Top 39% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +2 vs the category median of 47

Market size 33Growth 28Conversion 41Competition 86Returns 98Price range 36Avg price 30Brand share 7Review moat 21Quality gap 75
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Rice Water Shampoo Bar profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Rice Water Shampoo Bar is a £154K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (488K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 97% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 49/100.

Rice Water Shampoo Bar: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved +2.7% over the last 90 days and 3.3% of searches end in a purchase.

£154K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr25K
Search volume / yr+2.7%488K
Conversion rate3.3%
Avg price£9.56

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 97% of demand, so 3% of the market is open.

3%

open market share

Brands · sellers9 · 100
Top-5 product click share29%
Open market3%
Avg brand age40 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 · 59 products

Sponsored placement95%
New entrants (1y)16· 11 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews10,611

Top Rice Water Shampoo Bar 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

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (29% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£5K£9K£14K£18K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 rising

Sellers

100

Top-5 brand share

97%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

29%

Top 20: 67%

Open market

2%

  • Kitsch82%
  • KinKind9%
  • ProBliva3%
  • SHVYOG2%
  • Pilgrim1%
  • Method1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 2%)

Rice Water Shampoo Bar demand & seasonality

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

Volume488KCVR3.3%Products59Brands9Top 5 Brands97%OOS Rate0.1%Rating4.3★Reviews10,611Avg BSR#182
20K15KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Top Rice Water Shampoo Bar search terms shoppers use

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

  • kitsch281K/yr
  • rice water shampoo32K/yr
  • kitsch shampoo bar44K/yr
  • kitsch shampoo15K/yr
  • kitch28K/yr
  • kit sch13K/yr
  • kitsch hair9K/yr
  • rice shampoo9K/yr
  • kinkind7K/yr
  • rice water shampoo and conditioner6K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Rice Water Shampoo Bar

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

What buyers love

67% of reviews
Quality-Overall15%

Amazing quality

Soft Feel11%

Super soft

Smell10%

Nice scent

Ease Of Use7%

Ease of use

Value For Money6%

Good value for money

What buyers complain about

53% of reviews
Durability14%

Breaks easily

Value For Money6%

Not worth the cost

Functionality-Overall5%

Didn't work for me

Spray/Flow5%

doesnt spray at all

Quality-Overall5%

Cheap rubbish

Rice Water Shampoo Bar return rate & reasons

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

0.5%

Return rate

31%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
15%
2Functionality-Overall
14%
3Spray/Flow
13%
4Defective Material/Parts
5%
5Leak-Proof
5%

Common Rice Water Shampoo Bar questions

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

Flapen scores Rice Water Shampoo Bar 49/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £154K/yr across 59 tracked products. 11 of 16 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +2.7% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Rice Water Shampoo Bar on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 1.7× the quietest.