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Bikini Wax

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.2% of orders. But the top 5 brands take 98% of clicks, so Bikini Wax is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 33% of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · +4 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£127K/yr133K searches / yr
90-day growth
+46.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
69%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 129 sellers

Flapen Score

Bikini Wax against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Personal Care average. Past it, Bikini Wax is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

52Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Bikini Wax market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Bikini Wax 133K times last year and spent an estimated £127K. The top 5 brands take 98% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

10.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 133K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 10.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +46.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £127K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
133K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+46.0%
Conversion, latest week
10.2%
Market size, estimated
£127Ka year
Peak month
July2.3× the quietest month
Top search term
bikini wax strips34K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.33.

Listings sell for £9.33 on average, from £3.19 to £31.06. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £9.33 that is £7K to £9K a year per listing.

Average price
£9.33under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.19–£31.06
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£7K–£9K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

76% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #21 within Shaving & Hair Removal. It carries 3,018 reviews at 4.05 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
76%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
7.7%
Average rank
#21in Shaving & Hair Removal
Average rating
4.05 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,018per listing
Listings tracked
17

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 44 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
44 months

Products

Top Bikini Wax products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 69% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£13K£25K£38K£51K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 rising

Sellers

129

Top-5 brand share

98%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

69%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Veet63%
  • Nad's18%
  • MYLEE9%
  • Sharmiz5%
  • Beauty Formulas3%
  • Lifestance2%

Demand

Bikini Wax search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

4K3KSpike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.3×

Search terms

Top Bikini Wax search terms shoppers use

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

  • bikini wax strips34K/yr
  • bikini wax28K/yr
  • wax strips bikini22K/yr
  • bikini wax strips for sensitive skin8K/yr
  • brazilian wax9K/yr
  • wax bikini strips5K/yr
  • nadsfor women wax5K/yr
  • underarms wax strips3K/yr
  • underarm wax strips3K/yr
  • veet wax strips bikini4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Bikini Wax

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Functionality-Overall15%−0.21

Barely works

Not effective at all

Doesn't work

Adhesion/Stickiness12%−0.12

Not very sticky

Doesnt stick

Found them very sticky

Allergies9%−0.09

having a reaction to it

Irritates skin

Gave me a rash

Quality-Overall8%+0.50

Absolutely terrible product

Low quality

Terrible product

Value For Money8%+0.23

Waste of money

Expensive and doesn't work

over priced

Love

Ease Of Use20%+1.56

Easy to use

Removal is easy and effective

the jar is simple to use

Quality-Overall16%+0.50

Beads are best

Great Product

Salon-quality results at home – really impressed

Value For Money9%+0.23

Good value

Good value for money

Good value for money

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%+0.29

Much better than expected

Did the job

Does exactly what it says

Smell5%+0.42

The vanilla scent is quite pleasant

Smells nice, melts to a creamy consistency and goes on smooth

Smells great

Return

0.2% Return rate 33% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall26%▆▆▇▇██

Barely works

Not effective at all

Doesn't work

Size-Overall17%▇█▅▅▃▇

Tiny Strips

Bikini line - they are tiny

comes in small size

Advertised Vs Actual Product10%▄█▃▄▆▆
Adhesion/Stickiness7%▅█▆▇▄▄

Not very sticky

Doesnt stick

Found them very sticky

Quality-Overall6%▄▁█▃▆▃

Absolutely terrible product

Low quality

Terrible product

FAQ

Common Bikini Wax questions

Answered from the same tracked data.