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Gillette Shaving Gel for Men

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($1.79–$13.17) — Gillette Shaving Gel for Men doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

40
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Market size 16Growth 39Conversion 86Competition 21Returns 100Price range 0Avg price 15Brand share 36Review moat 55Quality gap 25
This niche Category average

Is Gillette Shaving Gel for Men profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Gillette Shaving Gel for Men is a £62K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (117K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 84% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 40/100.

Gillette Shaving Gel for Men: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved +11.5% over the last 90 days and 9.8% of searches end in a purchase.

£62K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr20K
Search volume / yr+11.5%117K
Conversion rate9.8%
Avg price£5.38

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 84% of demand, so 16% of the market is open.

16%

open market share

Brands · sellers8 · 84
Top-5 product click share74%
Open market16%
Avg brand age66 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 16 products

Sponsored placement31%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews1,317

Top Gillette Shaving Gel for Men 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 capture 74% of clicks — a locked-up 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

Top-5 brand share

84%

Top 20: 89%

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%)

Gillette Shaving Gel for Men demand & seasonality

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

Volume117KCVR9.8%Products16Brands8Top 5 Brands84%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.6★Reviews1,317Avg BSR#77
4K3KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Top Gillette Shaving Gel for Men search terms shoppers use

The exact queries shoppers type, with 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

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

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

What buyers love

88% of reviews
Value For Money28%

Perfect product with a reasonable price

Quality-Overall22%

Good quality and smooth

Soft Feel10%

The smoothest shave ever

Cutting/Trimming8%

Smooth shave

Smell6%

leave nice fragrance

What buyers complain about

67% of reviews
Lather14%

Doesn't lather

Leak-Proof10%

Seems like other customers have also had the same experience with the bottle leaking during delivery

Functionality-Overall8%

The dispenser on 3 of the 4 units I've used don't work so you can only get small amounts of shaving gel out

Value For Money6%

Its quite an expensive product

Moist/Dry6%

does the opposite of moisturising

Gillette Shaving Gel for Men return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

27%

Fixable by listing

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

1Leak-Proof
40%
2Size-Overall
22%
3Dilute/Watery
10%
4Product Condition
6%
5Dispensing Mechanism
4%

Common Gillette Shaving Gel for Men questions

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

Flapen scores Gillette Shaving Gel for Men 40/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £62K/yr across 16 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +11.5% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Gillette Shaving Gel for Men on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.3× the quietest.