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Shaving Stick

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($1.04–$10.94) — Shaving Stick doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

40
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Market size 24Growth 23Conversion 98Competition 45Returns 100Price range 0Avg price 13Brand share 4Review moat 25Quality gap 43
This niche Category average

Is Shaving Stick profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Shaving Stick is a £96K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (128K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 99% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 40/100.

Shaving Stick: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -3.5% over the last 90 days and 16.1% of searches end in a purchase.

£96K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr25K
Search volume / yr-3.5%128K
Conversion rate16.1%
Avg price£4.64

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 99% of demand, so 1% of the market is open.

1%

open market share

Brands · sellers6 · 87
Top-5 product click share58%
Open market1%
Avg brand age56 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 22 products

Sponsored placement59%
New entrants (1y)1· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews3,958

Top Shaving Stick 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 take 58% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£10K£19K£29K£38K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 rising

Sellers

87

Top-5 brand share

99%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

58%

Top 20: 97%

Open market

0%

  • BIC85%
  • Speick5%
  • simplife4%
  • Arko Men3%
  • EVYAP2%
  • MÜHLE1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Shaving Stick demand & seasonality

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

Volume128KCVR16.1%Products22Brands6Top 5 Brands99%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.5★Reviews3,958Avg BSR#21
4K3KSpike '25Black Friday '25Oct '25Nov '25Jan '26Mar '26Apr '26Jun '26

Top Shaving Stick search terms shoppers use

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

  • bic razors42K/yr
  • shaving stick21K/yr
  • bic razors for men24K/yr
  • shaving stick for men15K/yr
  • bic razor9K/yr
  • shaving soap stick5K/yr
  • palmolive shaving stick5K/yr
  • shaving sticks3K/yr
  • bic disposable razors for men3K/yr
  • razors bic2K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Shaving Stick

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

What buyers love

87% of reviews
Value For Money26%

Good price

Cutting/Trimming23%

Good razor

Quality-Overall11%

Excellent product

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%

Works exactually as advertised

Sharpness5%

Blades are sharp

What buyers complain about

68% of reviews
Cutting/Trimming20%

face cuts

Quality-Overall9%

Razor lacks quality

Durability9%

dont last very well

Sharpness9%

These are by far the worse blades I have ever bought ok their cheap

Value For Money6%

Expensive

Shaving Stick return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

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

1Cutting/Trimming
35%
2Damage/Burn Hair
15%
3Quality-Overall
12%
4Value For Money
8%
5Smell
8%

Common Shaving Stick questions

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

Flapen scores Shaving Stick 40/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £96K/yr across 22 tracked products. 1 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -3.5% over the last 90 days.
Shaving Stick buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Cutting/Trimming, Quality-Overall, Durability, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.1%.