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Semi Permanent Hair Dye

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($3.48–$11.50) — Semi Permanent Hair Dye doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

41
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Ranks 1,867 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −6 vs the category median of 47

Market size 11Growth 21Conversion 34Competition 84Returns 100Price range 0Avg price 20Brand share 13Review moat 25Quality gap 68
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Semi Permanent Hair Dye profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Semi Permanent Hair Dye is a £44K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (224K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 95% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 41/100.

Semi Permanent Hair Dye: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -9.0% over the last 90 days and 2.7% of searches end in a purchase.

£44K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr6K
Search volume / yr-9.0%224K
Conversion rate2.7%
Avg price£7.14

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 95% of demand, so 5% of the market is open.

5%

open market share

Brands · sellers11 · 187
Top-5 product click share31%
Open market5%
Avg brand age80 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 · 60 products

Sponsored placement68%
New entrants (1y)1· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews4,410

Top Semi Permanent 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

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (31% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£1K£3K£4K£5K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 rising

Sellers

187

Top-5 brand share

95%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

31%

Top 20: 65%

Open market

4%

  • L'Oreal Paris82%
  • Clairol7%
  • L'ORÉAL2%
  • Wella Professionals1%
  • Schwarzkopf1%
  • Crazy Color1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 4%)

Semi Permanent Hair Dye demand & seasonality

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

Volume224KCVR2.7%Products60Brands11Top 5 Brands95%OOS Rate1.4%Rating4.3★Reviews4,410Avg BSR#90
18K13KPrime Day '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Top Semi Permanent Hair Dye search terms shoppers use

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

  • loreal excellence hair dye41K/yr
  • loreal preference hair dye41K/yr
  • semi-permanent hair colour27K/yr
  • semi permanent hair colour13K/yr
  • loreal preference12K/yr
  • loreal paris hair dye7K/yr
  • loreal colour7K/yr
  • excellence hair dye9K/yr
  • light brown6K/yr
  • loreal excellence7K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Semi Permanent Hair Dye

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

What buyers love

83% of reviews
Color34%

Strong colour

Quality-Overall11%

Great hair product

Ease Of Use8%

EASY TO USE

Value For Money7%

Worth it

Coverage5%

Covers well

What buyers complain about

75% of reviews
Color31%

not the colour

Suitability Colored Hair17%

No change In hair colour

Functionality-Overall7%

Did absolutely nothing

Value For Money5%

Cheap and not worth it

Hair Related3%

Didnt work at all on my hair despite leaving it on for 40 minutes

Semi Permanent Hair Dye return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

69%

Fixable by listing

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

1Color
58%
2Functionality-Overall
11%
3Suitability Colored Hair
8%
4Language Issues
6%
5Suitability Short Hair
4%

Common Semi Permanent Hair Dye questions

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

Flapen scores Semi Permanent Hair Dye 41/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £44K/yr across 60 tracked products. 1 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -9.0% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Semi Permanent Hair Dye on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.8× the quietest.