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Soap Flakes

Soap Flakes shows low returns (0.1%), but a small market ($55K/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 14Growth 23Conversion 72Competition 46Returns 99Price range 47Avg price 48Brand share 61Review moat 66Quality gap 62
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Soap Flakes profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Soap Flakes is a £55K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (69K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 68% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 50/100.

Soap Flakes: 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 -4.6% over the last 90 days and 6.7% of searches end in a purchase.

£55K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr6K
Search volume / yr-4.6%69K
Conversion rate6.7%
Avg price£11.80

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 68% of demand, so 32% of the market is open.

32%

open market share

Brands · sellers16 · 103
Top-5 product click share57%
Open market32%
Avg brand age55 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 23 products

Sponsored placement48%
New entrants (1y)2· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews863

Top Soap Flakes 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 57% 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★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

16 rising

Sellers

103

Top-5 brand share

68%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

57%

Top 20: 97%

Open market

26%

  • Dri-Pak22%
  • 15117%
  • Granny's16%
  • Saras Flavours of Asia8%
  • The Soapery6%
  • Playlearn6%

Soap Flakes demand & seasonality

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

Volume69KCVR6.7%Products23Brands16Top 5 Brands68%OOS Rate7.4%Rating4.4★Reviews863Avg BSR#192
2K1KSpike '26Dec '25Jan '26Feb '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26

Top Soap Flakes search terms shoppers use

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

  • soap flakes25K/yr
  • soap flakes for laundry11K/yr
  • pure liquid soap10K/yr
  • dri pak liquid soap4K/yr
  • lux soap flakes6K/yr
  • liquid soap flakes4K/yr
  • pure soap liquid4K/yr
  • pure soap flakes3K/yr
  • pure liquid soap nancy birtwhistle2K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Soap Flakes

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

What buyers love

78% of reviews
Quality-Overall17%

Excellent soap

Smell14%

Lovely smell

Value For Money10%

Excellent price

Ease Of Cleaning9%

Performs fantastic keeps my great clean

Washability6%

Effective washes

What buyers complain about

52% of reviews
Allergies11%

Caused irritation

Smell9%

Bad smell

Ease Of Cleaning7%

Rubbish with no cleaning power

Value For Money6%

Not worth the money

Quality-Overall4%

the performance of this product is awful

Soap Flakes return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

10%

Fixable by listing

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

1Leak-Proof
31%
2Smell
22%
3Advertised Vs Actual Product
8%
4Functionality-Overall
3%
5Value For Money
3%

Common Soap Flakes questions

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

Flapen scores Soap Flakes 50/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £55K/yr across 23 tracked products. 0 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -4.6% over the last 90 days.
Soap Flakes buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Allergies, Smell, Ease Of Cleaning, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.1%.