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Travel Shaving Gel

Fail

Prices span $1.89–$16.68, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Travel Shaving Gel is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Ranks 1,080 of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · −1 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£85K/yr166K searches / yr
90-day growth
+35.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
67%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 74 sellers

Flapen Score

Travel Shaving Gel against its category

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

47Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Travel Shaving Gel market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Travel Shaving Gel 166K times last year and spent an estimated £85K. The top 5 brands take 86% of clicks. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

9.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 166K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 9.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +35.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £85K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
166K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+35.8%
Conversion, latest week
9.5%
Market size, estimated
£85Ka year
Peak month
December1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
travel shaving gel41K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.36.

Listings sell for £5.36 on average, from £1.89 to £16.68. 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 £5.36 that is £5K to £7K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.36under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.89–£16.68
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 reviews.

41% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 94% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #26 within Shaving & Hair Removal. It carries 1,853 reviews at 4.46 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
41%
Prime listings
94%
Out of stock, average day
1.3%
Average rank
#26in Shaving & Hair Removal
Average rating
4.46 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,853per listing
Listings tracked
17

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 73 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
73 months

Products

Top Travel Shaving Gel 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 67% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£8K£17K£25K£34K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 rising

Sellers

74

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

67%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

10%

  • Bulldog Skincare for Men38%
  • NIVEA MEN16%
  • Gillette15%
  • NIVEA12%
  • Proraso4%
  • STMNT4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 10%)

Demand

Travel Shaving Gel search demand

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

4K3KHoliday '25Spike '26MayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Travel Shaving Gel search terms shoppers use

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

  • travel shaving gel41K/yr
  • travel shaving foam18K/yr
  • bulldog shaving gel19K/yr
  • travel size shaving gel13K/yr
  • travel size shaving foam10K/yr
  • travel shave gel8K/yr
  • shaving gel travel size8K/yr
  • mini shaving foam travel size3K/yr
  • bulldog shave gel8K/yr
  • small shaving gel travel size5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Travel Shaving Gel

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

Complain

Size-Overall17%−0.06

Not fit for purpose

They are too small

It may be a small tube

Lather12%−0.08

Doesn't lather

bad lather

There's no lather or any indication of where the stuff is on your face, so you can't quickly see exactly what's been shaved and what's not

Quality-Overall11%+0.31

Not very good

Not the best product

Not the best

Value For Money11%+1.39

too expensive

Waste of cash

Waste of money

Moist/Dry8%−0.03

does the opposite of moisturising

Very drying and made my skin itchy, with many red spots

felt the moisturiser was too liquid

Love

Value For Money25%+1.39

Cost effective

Excellent value

Good value for money

Quality-Overall23%+0.31

Good Quality, Lasts a Long Time

Excellent product

Good quality and smooth

Smell7%

Love the smell

Good product lovely scent gentle on skin too

Nice perfume smell

Cutting/Trimming6%+0.38

Good clean shave

Smooth shave

It works well with any razors - I use disposable ones

Soft Feel5%

Smooth

makes his face soft

The smoothest shave ever

Return

0.1% Return rate 35% Fixable by listing

Leak-Proof38%▄▅▄▄▅█

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

first delivery was half empty with gel all over the inside of the packaging

Size-Overall29%▃▆█▅▁▄

Not fit for purpose

They are too small

It may be a small tube

Dilute/Watery10%█▁▁▁▁▁

It was like water

more like a watery cream which doesn't do the job

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%▁▁▁█▄▁
Contamination4%█▁▁▁▁▁

FAQ

Common Travel Shaving Gel questions

Answered from the same tracked data.