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Volumising Hair Products

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 94% of clicks) — Volumising Hair Products 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 49Growth 16Conversion 83Competition 36Returns 100Price range 30Avg price 21Brand share 14Review moat 25Quality gap 76
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Volumising Hair Products profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Volumising Hair Products is a £268K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (408K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 94% of demand. Demand peaks in Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 46/100.

Volumising Hair Products: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -18.1% over the last 90 days and 8.9% of searches end in a purchase.

£268K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr40K
Search volume / yr-18.1%408K
Conversion rate8.9%
Avg price£7.38

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 94% of demand, so 6% of the market is open.

6%

open market share

Brands · sellers7 · 115
Top-5 product click share63%
Open market6%
Avg brand age64 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 17 products

Sponsored placement65%
New entrants (1y)7· 6 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews4,229

Top Volumising Hair Products 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 63% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£27K£54K£80K£107K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

7 falling

Sellers

115

Top-5 brand share

94%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

63%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

2%

  • COLOR WOW49%
  • John Frieda23%
  • Bed Head10%
  • Got2B6%
  • OGX6%
  • L'Oreal Paris3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 2%)

Volumising Hair Products demand & seasonality

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

Volume408KCVR8.9%Products17Brands7Top 5 Brands94%OOS Rate8.1%Rating4.3★Reviews4,229Avg BSR#84
13K8KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Top Volumising Hair Products search terms shoppers use

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

  • volume spray61K/yr
  • john frieda volume lift44K/yr
  • wow raise the root lift spray52K/yr
  • volumising hair products44K/yr
  • hair volume spray35K/yr
  • hair volume26K/yr
  • root lift spray18K/yr
  • colour wow raise the root14K/yr
  • volume hair spray12K/yr
  • hair volumizer18K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Volumising Hair Products

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

What buyers love

70% of reviews
Quality-Overall14%

Excellent product

Smell10%

Love the scent

Hair Styling10%

Lovely fir very fine straight hair

Value For Money7%

Worth the money

Suitability Straight Hair7%

Great for fine, flat hair

What buyers complain about

55% of reviews
Hair Related13%

pulled through my hair

Value For Money12%

OVERPRICED

Functionality-Overall6%

Didnt work for me

Adhesion/Stickiness5%

Sticky hair the following day

Oily/Greasy4%

Makes hair greasy

Volumising Hair Products return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

17%

Fixable by listing

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

1Functionality-Overall
16%
2Defective Material/Parts
13%
3Advertised Vs Actual Product
8%
4Suitability Short Hair
7%
5Leak-Proof
6%

Common Volumising Hair Products questions

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

Flapen scores Volumising Hair Products 46/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £268K/yr across 17 tracked products. 6 of 7 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -18.1% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Volumising Hair Products on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Dec, where the busiest month runs 1.7× the quietest.