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Split End Treatment

soft demand (-17.5% this quarter) — Split End Treatment doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

39
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Ranks 2,047 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −8 vs the category median of 47

Market size 20Growth 16Conversion 81Competition 24Returns 99Price range 36Avg price 25Brand share 26Review moat 22Quality gap 48
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Split End Treatment profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Split End Treatment is a £82K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (108K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 90% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov. Verdict: Skip it — 39/100.

Split End Treatment: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -17.5% over the last 90 days and 8.4% of searches end in a purchase.

£82K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr8K
Search volume / yr-17.5%108K
Conversion rate8.4%
Avg price£9.02

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 90% of demand, so 10% of the market is open.

10%

open market share

Brands · sellers10 · 203
Top-5 product click share72%
Open market10%
Avg brand age58 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 · 18 products

Sponsored placement67%
New entrants (1y)3· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews8,855

Top Split End Treatment 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 capture 72% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£8K£16K£24K£33K1101001K10K100K1.0M Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 falling

Sellers

203

Top-5 brand share

90%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

72%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

8%

  • L'Oreal Paris53%
  • Redken25%
  • TIGI6%
  • Gliss Kur3%
  • VLUVLA3%
  • L'ORÉAL2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 8%)

Split End Treatment demand & seasonality

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

Volume108KCVR8.4%Products18Brands10Top 5 Brands90%OOS Rate3.5%Rating4.5★Reviews8,855Avg BSR#226
7K5KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Top Split End Treatment search terms shoppers use

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

  • loreal leave in conditioner18K/yr
  • split ends hair treatment19K/yr
  • redken anti snap treatment12K/yr
  • split ends7K/yr
  • elvive leave in conditioner5K/yr
  • split end treatment7K/yr
  • redken anti snap7K/yr
  • no haircut cream7K/yr
  • loreal no haircut cream6K/yr
  • leave in conditioner loreal4K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Split End Treatment

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

What buyers love

82% of reviews
Smell21%

Smells divine

Quality-Overall19%

The most unbelievable products - if youve got a bad bleach jobs/breaking hair - try this

Soft Feel12%

it turns out so soft

Suitability Straight Hair7%

Feels lovely on my hair

Value For Money6%

Good price

What buyers complain about

60% of reviews
Oily/Greasy11%

its extremely greasy feeling

Smell8%

*the smell is totally different

Adhesion/Stickiness8%

Very sticky did nothing for my hair at all

Suitability Straight Hair6%

Very heavy for fine hair

Moist/Dry6%

But iv noticed it does dry your hair out apart from that it does as stated

Split End Treatment return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

7%

Fixable by listing

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

1Smell
22%
2Defective Material/Parts
11%
3Functionality-Overall
11%
4Suitability Short Hair
10%
5Advertised Vs Actual Product
6%

Common Split End Treatment questions

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

Flapen scores Split End Treatment 39/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £82K/yr across 18 tracked products. 0 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -17.5% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Split End Treatment on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Nov, where the busiest month runs 1.9× the quietest.