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Shaving Oil

Shaving Oil shows low returns (0.1%), but a small market ($134K/yr) 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 30Growth 48Conversion 83Competition 41Returns 99Price range 42Avg price 38Brand share 37Review moat 49Quality gap 42
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Shaving Oil profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Shaving Oil is a £134K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (139K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 83% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 50/100.

Shaving Oil: 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 +18.2% over the last 90 days and 9.1% of searches end in a purchase.

£134K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr15K
Search volume / yr+18.2%139K
Conversion rate9.1%
Avg price£10.61

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 · 87
Top-5 product click share61%
Open market17%
Avg brand age57 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 23 products

Sponsored placement70%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews1,595

Top Shaving Oil 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 61% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£7K£13K£20K£27K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

87

Top-5 brand share

83%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

61%

Top 20: 97%

Open market

12%

  • King of Shaves28%
  • Veet18%
  • NUAGÉ14%
  • Tree Hut13%
  • Aromabar10%
  • Australian Bodycare5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 12%)

Shaving Oil demand & seasonality

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

Volume139KCVR9.1%Products23Brands13Top 5 Brands83%OOS Rate5.3%Rating4.5★Reviews1,595Avg BSR#53
5K3KPrime Day '25Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2×

Top Shaving Oil search terms shoppers use

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

  • shaving oil66K/yr
  • shave oil35K/yr
  • shaving oil men21K/yr
  • king of shaves shaving oil11K/yr
  • shave oil men5K/yr
  • king of shaves oil2K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Shaving Oil

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

What buyers love

78% of reviews
Quality-Overall15%

Amazing product, just like all mylees items

Soft Feel13%

leaves skin soft

Value For Money13%

great price

Smell10%

nice fragrance

Cutting/Trimming10%

A smooth shave

What buyers complain about

61% of reviews
Smell12%

Could not stand the smell

Functionality-Overall8%

Rubbish doesn't help at all when shaving

Leak-Proof8%

This is a good product BUT one bottle was leaking

Oily/Greasy7%

no smell not oil

Allergies5%

Gave me the worst shaving rash on my legs

Shaving Oil return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

6%

Fixable by listing

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

1Leak-Proof
38%
2Functionality-Overall
12%
3Smell
10%
4Advertised Vs Actual Product
6%
5Oily/Greasy
6%

Common Shaving Oil questions

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

Flapen scores Shaving Oil 50/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £134K/yr across 23 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +18.2% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Shaving Oil on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.2× the quietest.