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Temporary Hair Dye

a small market ($28K/yr) — Temporary Hair Dye doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

46
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Ranks 1,283 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −1 vs the category median of 47

Market size 7Growth 24Conversion 18Competition 84Returns 99Price range 26Avg price 19Brand share 54Review moat 36Quality gap 80
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Temporary Hair Dye profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Temporary Hair Dye is a £28K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (291K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 73% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 46/100.

Temporary 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 -1.8% over the last 90 days and 1.5% of searches end in a purchase.

£28K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr8K
Search volume / yr-1.8%291K
Conversion rate1.5%
Avg price£6.67

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 73% of demand, so 27% of the market is open.

27%

open market share

Brands · sellers19 · 188
Top-5 product click share31%
Open market27%
Avg brand age56 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 · 56 products

Sponsored placement70%
New entrants (1y)2· 2 succeeded
Avg rating4.2★
Avg reviews2,913

Top Temporary 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£843£2K£3K£3K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

19 falling

Sellers

188

Top-5 brand share

73%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

31%

Top 20: 69%

Open market

22%

  • Clairol29%
  • Wella Professionals20%
  • Crazy Color10%
  • L'Oreal Paris7%
  • Adore7%
  • LIVE5%

Temporary Hair Dye demand & seasonality

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

Volume291KCVR1.5%Products56Brands19Top 5 Brands73%OOS Rate2.5%Rating4.2★Reviews2,913Avg BSR#65
7K5KMay '26May '26May '26May '26May '26Jun '26Jun '26Jun '26Jun '26Jul '26Jul '26

Top Temporary Hair Dye search terms shoppers use

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

  • temporary hair dye96K/yr
  • demi permanent hair color47K/yr
  • semi permanent hair dye brown46K/yr
  • wash out hair dye20K/yr
  • brown semi permanent hair dye14K/yr
  • clairol semi permanent hair dye9K/yr
  • nice and easy semi permanent hair dye9K/yr
  • hair dye temporary7K/yr
  • semi permanent hair dye light brown6K/yr
  • light brown semi permanent hair dye6K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Temporary Hair Dye

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

What buyers love

76% of reviews
Color31%

The colours are vibrant

Quality-Overall9%

Excellent product

Value For Money7%

Sefntly worth it

Ease Of Use7%

Easy to use

Suitability Colored Hair5%

Great hair colour drops

What buyers complain about

69% of reviews
Color23%

Color fades quickly

Suitability Colored Hair14%

didnt cover the hair with colour

Functionality-Overall8%

NOT VERY EFFECTIVE

Value For Money8%

Waste of money

Hair Related4%

made a mess of my hair

Temporary 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
51%
2Functionality-Overall
13%
3Suitability Colored Hair
9%
4Suitability Short Hair
5%
5Advertised Vs Actual Product
3%

Common Temporary Hair Dye questions

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

Flapen scores Temporary Hair Dye 46/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £28K/yr across 56 tracked products. 2 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -1.8% over the last 90 days.
Temporary Hair Dye buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Color, Suitability Colored Hair, Functionality-Overall, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.1%.