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Scar Wax

a small market ($27K/yr) — Scar Wax doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

43
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Ranks 1,655 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −4 vs the category median of 47

Market size 7Growth 9Conversion 79Competition 25Returns 96Price range 24Avg price 32Brand share 46Review moat 74Quality gap 84
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Scar Wax profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Scar Wax is a £27K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (34K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 78% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 43/100.

Scar Wax: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -31.7% over the last 90 days and 8.0% of searches end in a purchase.

£27K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr3K
Search volume / yr-31.7%34K
Conversion rate8.0%
Avg price£9.88

Who owns the niche?

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

22%

open market share

Brands · sellers13 · 16
Top-5 product click share70%
Open market22%
Avg brand age60 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 · 15 products

Sponsored placement80%
New entrants (1y)2· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.2★
Avg reviews543

Top Scar Wax 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 70% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£3K£5K£8K£11K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 rising

Sellers

16

Top-5 brand share

78%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

17%

  • Mysense34%
  • Go Ho22%
  • CHASPA8%
  • Narrative Cosmetics8%
  • Mikloven6%
  • Socobeta5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 17%)

Scar Wax demand & seasonality

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

Volume34KCVR8.0%Products15Brands13Top 5 Brands78%OOS Rate25.3%Rating4.2★Reviews543Avg BSR#249
8K6KSpike '26Nov '25Dec '25Jan '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Scar Wax

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

What buyers love

88% of reviews
Paint Quality50%

Excelllent face paint Thankyou

Ease Of Application25%

It was really easy to apply

Value For Money13%

Not too bad for the price

What buyers complain about

83% of reviews
Adhesion/Stickiness67%

Very sticky

Color17%

The colour in the picture is not purple

Scar Wax return rate & reasons

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

0.9%

Return rate

41%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
38%
2Functionality-Overall
25%
3Material Quality
13%
4Adhesion/Stickiness
6%
5Hard Feel
6%

Common Scar Wax questions

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

Flapen scores Scar Wax 43/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £27K/yr across 15 tracked products. 0 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -31.7% over the last 90 days.
Scar Wax buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Adhesion/Stickiness, Color, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.9%.