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Epilator for Women

Maybe

Shoppers spend $1.9M a year here. But the top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Epilator for Women is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
62
62 / 100
Top 6% of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · +14 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£1.9M/yr907K searches / yr
90-day growth
+55.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
53%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 200 sellers

Flapen Score

Epilator for Women against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Personal Care average. Past it, Epilator for Women is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

62Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Epilator for Women market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Epilator for Women 907K times last year and spent an estimated £1.9M. All 5 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Jul. Flapen scores it 62 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

3.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 907K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +55.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.9M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
907K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+55.4%
Conversion, latest week
3.3%
Market size, estimated
£1.9Ma year
Peak month
July2.0× the quietest month
Top search term
epilator for women409K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £64.63.

Listings sell for £64.63 on average, from £19.21 to £132.03. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £64.63 that is £48K to £65K a year per listing.

Average price
£64.63inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£19.21–£132.03
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£48K–£65K
Returns
2.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

96% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #19 within Shaving & Hair Removal. It carries 899 reviews at 4.31 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
96%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
4.5%
Average rank
#19in Shaving & Hair Removal
Average rating
4.31 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
899per listing
Listings tracked
26

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 15 of last year's 15 launches as successful.

15 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 15 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 32 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
15
Successful launches
15Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
32 months

Products

Top Epilator for Women 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 53% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£96K£193K£289K£386K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

5 rising

Sellers

200

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

53%

Top 20: 92%

Open market

0%

  • Braun53%
  • PHILIPS31%
  • VOYOR6%
  • H8W8H6%
  • VOGOE4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Epilator for Women search demand

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

45K35KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Search terms

Top Epilator for Women search terms shoppers use

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

  • epilator for women409K/yr
  • epilator235K/yr
  • braun epilator for women40K/yr
  • braun epilator31K/yr
  • braun silk epil 929K/yr
  • philips epilator19K/yr
  • braun silk epil19K/yr
  • epilators & accessories23K/yr
  • epilator for women cordless24K/yr
  • epilator for women bikini area9K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Epilator for Women

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

Complain

Charging8%−0.06

Not able to charged

it will no longer charge up

Faulty charger

Functionality-Overall8%−0.15

because it does not work properly

Does not do its job

Did not work

Durability8%−0.12

rather it just seems to break them

Broken within two months

After about 2 uses it started to die after about 3/4 minutes of use

Comfort-Overall6%+0.32

there is some discomfort initially

Not comfortable at all

Just a little mild discomfort

Value For Money6%+0.59

Waste of money

quite expensive

Pricey

Love

Ease Of Use13%+1.08

easy to handle

easy to hold

Ease of Use

Quality-Overall13%+0.36

Build quality is solid

The build quality is great

Excellent product

Value For Money12%+0.59

Worth buying

Excellent value for money

Good Value

Soft Feel7%

Smooth and easy

super smooth

gentle to the skin

Comfort-Overall5%+0.32

As comfortable as it can be

comfortable to hold

Comfortable to use

Return

2.5% Return rate 8% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall35%█▆▇▇█▇

because it does not work properly

Does not do its job

Did not work

Charging11%▆█▆▅▆▅

Not able to charged

it will no longer charge up

Faulty charger

Defective Material/Parts9%▅█▄█▃█
Quality-Overall7%▇▅█▆█▅

Poor quality

Found it was not quite as good as expected

Not as good as the reviews

Product Condition4%▄▇▅▆▅█

FAQ

Common Epilator for Women questions

Answered from the same tracked data.