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Gillette Shaving Gel for Men

Fail

Prices span $1.79–$13.17, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Gillette Shaving Gel for Men is a Fail.

Flapen Score
40
40 / 100
Ranks 1,670 of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · −8 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£62K/yr117K searches / yr
90-day growth
+11.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
74%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 84 sellers

Flapen Score

Gillette Shaving Gel for Men against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Personal Care average. Past it, Gillette Shaving Gel for Men is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

40Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Gillette Shaving Gel for Men market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Gillette Shaving Gel for Men 117K times last year and spent an estimated £62K. The top 5 brands take 84% of clicks. Flapen scores it 40 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 9.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 117K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 9.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +11.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £62K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
117K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+11.5%
Conversion, latest week
9.8%
Market size, estimated
£62Ka year
Peak month
November1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
gillette shaving gel46K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.38.

Listings sell for £5.38 on average, from £1.79 to £13.17. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At £5.38 that is £5K to £7K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.38under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.79–£13.17
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
£5K–£7K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

31% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 94% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #77 within Shaving & Hair Removal. It carries 1,317 reviews at 4.60 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
31%
Prime listings
94%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#77in Shaving & Hair Removal
Average rating
4.60 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,317per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 1 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 66 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
66 months

Products

Top Gillette Shaving Gel for Men products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 25, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 74% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£6K£12K£19K£25K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 rising

Sellers

84

Est. top-5 brand share

84%

Top 20: 89%

Est. top-5 click share

74%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

5%

  • Gillette41%
  • Procter & Gamble21%
  • NIVEA MEN12%
  • --11%
  • Epished7%
  • Generic3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 5%)

Demand

Gillette Shaving Gel for Men search demand

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

4K3KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Gillette Shaving Gel for Men search terms shoppers use

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

  • gillette shaving gel46K/yr
  • gillette shaving gel for men17K/yr
  • gillette gel shaving14K/yr
  • gillette shave gel10K/yr
  • gillette gel11K/yr
  • gillette sensitive shaving gel6K/yr
  • shaving gel gillette7K/yr
  • gillette fusion shaving gel4K/yr
  • gillette fusion gel3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Gillette Shaving Gel for Men

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

28%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
14%of negative reviews mention “Lather”
0.1%of orders come back
“Doesn't lather”
A buyer, on “Lather”14% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

21 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Gillette Shaving Gel for Men questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data