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Razor Blades

Maybe

An estimated 0.2% of orders come back. But the top 5 brands take 98% of clicks, so Razor Blades is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
60
60 / 100
Top 9% of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · +12 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£4.6M/yr2.8M searches / yr
90-day growth
+6.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
49%top-5 click share · 7 brands · 18 sellers

Flapen Score

Razor Blades against its category

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

60Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Razor Blades market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Razor Blades 2.8M times last year and spent an estimated £4.6M. The top 5 brands take 98% of clicks. Flapen scores it 60 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 11.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 2.8M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 11.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +6.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £4.6M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.8M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+6.2%
Conversion, latest week
11.0%
Market size, estimated
£4.6Ma year
Peak month
November1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
gillette fusion 5 blades910K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £15.02.

Listings sell for £15.02 on average, from £3.60 to £35.60. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 250K to 300K a year. The average listing sells 10,000 to 12,500 of them. At £15.02 that is £150K to £188K a year per listing.

Average price
£15.02inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.60–£35.60
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
250K–300K
Units per listing a year
10,000–12,500
Revenue per listing a year
£150K–£188K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

64% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 96% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #19 within Shaving & Hair Removal. It carries 5,658 reviews at 4.55 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
64%
Prime listings
96%
Out of stock, average day
0.3%
Average rank
#19in Shaving & Hair Removal
Average rating
4.55 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
5,658per listing
Listings tracked
25

04 · Newcomers

3 of last year's 4 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. 3 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 45 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
45 months

Products

Top Razor Blades 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 49% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£183K£366K£549K£732K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

7 flat

Sellers

18

Est. top-5 brand share

98%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

49%

Top 20: 94%

Open market

1%

  • Gillette80%
  • Derby9%
  • Evapure4%
  • Wilkinson Sword2%
  • Amazon Basics2%
  • Beauthink1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 1%)

Demand

Razor Blades search demand

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

70K50KHoliday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Razor Blades search terms shoppers use

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

  • gillette fusion 5 blades910K/yr
  • razor blades444K/yr
  • gillette mach 3 blades195K/yr
  • mach 3 razor blades157K/yr
  • razor blades men159K/yr
  • gillette fusion 5163K/yr
  • blades95K/yr
  • gillette blades84K/yr
  • gillette razor blades75K/yr
  • gillette fusion blades68K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Razor Blades

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

30%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
19%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
0.2%of orders come back
“Not the best product”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”19% 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.

14 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Razor Blades 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