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Thickening Shampoo

soft demand (-8.5% this quarter) — Thickening Shampoo doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

45
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Ranks 1,399 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −2 vs the category median of 47

Market size 26Growth 21Conversion 76Competition 38Returns 100Price range 48Avg price 36Brand share 46Review moat 24Quality gap 52
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Thickening Shampoo profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Thickening Shampoo is a £104K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (139K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 77% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 45/100.

Thickening Shampoo: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -8.5% over the last 90 days and 7.3% of searches end in a purchase.

£104K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr10K
Search volume / yr-8.5%139K
Conversion rate7.3%
Avg price£10.26

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 77% of demand, so 23% of the market is open.

23%

open market share

Brands · sellers14 · 96
Top-5 product click share62%
Open market23%
Avg brand age59 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 · 19 products

Sponsored placement79%
New entrants (1y)5· 4 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews5,667

Top Thickening Shampoo 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 62% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£10K£21K£31K£41K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

14 falling

Sellers

96

Top-5 brand share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

62%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

18%

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  • John Frieda22%
  • WATERMANS16%
  • Pantene7%
  • KÉRASTASE6%
  • Plantur 395%
  • Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 18%)

Thickening Shampoo demand & seasonality

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

Volume139KCVR7.3%Products19Brands14Top 5 Brands77%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.4★Reviews5,667Avg BSR#100
4K3KSpike '24Prime Day '25Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Top Thickening Shampoo search terms shoppers use

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

  • hair thickening shampoo73K/yr
  • thickening shampoo59K/yr
  • hair thickening shampoo for women7K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Thickening Shampoo

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

What buyers love

78% of reviews
Smell18%

smells beautiful

Quality-Overall16%

Nice quality bottle

Hair Growth12%

Less hair loss

Value For Money8%

Great value

Soft Feel7%

very soft

What buyers complain about

55% of reviews
Value For Money10%

So expensive

Hair Related9%

hair went full

Moist/Dry9%

makes it feel very dry

Allergies6%

this made my eyelids sore and very dry, disappointed

Smell5%

Smell is awful

Thickening Shampoo return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

14%

Fixable by listing

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

1Leak-Proof
33%
2Advertised Vs Actual Product
8%
3Suitability Short Hair
7%
4Quality-Overall
7%
5Value For Money
5%

Common Thickening Shampoo questions

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

Flapen scores Thickening Shampoo 45/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £104K/yr across 19 tracked products. 4 of 5 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -8.5% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Thickening Shampoo on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.5× the quietest.