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Waxing Kit

Maybe

Returns run at only 1.0% of orders. But the top 5 brands take 79% of clicks, so Waxing Kit is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
64
64 / 100
Top 4% of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · +16 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£1.1M/yr1.4M searches / yr
90-day growth
+17.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
55%top-5 click share · 14 brands · 21 sellers

Flapen Score

Waxing Kit against its category

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

64Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Waxing Kit market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Waxing Kit 1.4M times last year and spent an estimated £1.1M. The top 5 brands take 79% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jul. Flapen scores it 64 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

4.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.4M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +17.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.1M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.4M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+17.3%
Conversion, latest week
4.1%
Market size, estimated
£1.1Ma year
Peak month
July1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
waxing kit365K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £20.23.

Listings sell for £20.23 on average, from £10.37 to £38.63. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 50K to 60K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At £20.23 that is £30K to £40K a year per listing.

Average price
£20.23inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£10.37–£38.63
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
50K–60K
Units per listing a year
1,500–2,000
Revenue per listing a year
£30K–£40K
Returns
1.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

84% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 9.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #18 within Shaving & Hair Removal. It carries 1,633 reviews at 4.28 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
84%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
9.6%
Average rank
#18in Shaving & Hair Removal
Average rating
4.28 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,633per listing
Listings tracked
25

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 3 of last year's 5 launches as successful.

5 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 3 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 35 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
35 months

Products

Top Waxing Kit 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 55% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£57K£114K£171K£227K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

14 falling

Sellers

21

Top-5 brand share

79%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

55%

Top 20: 95%

Open market

18%

  • MYLEE25%
  • IFANZETECH25%
  • ANRUZ15%
  • Vinmall10%
  • Qintora4%
  • Maromamix4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 18%)

Demand

Waxing Kit search demand

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

35K25KSpike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Waxing Kit search terms shoppers use

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

  • waxing kit365K/yr
  • wax pot230K/yr
  • wax kit169K/yr
  • wax machine84K/yr
  • wax heater72K/yr
  • waxing53K/yr
  • waxing kit for women58K/yr
  • wax pot kit47K/yr
  • hard wax kit31K/yr
  • wax warmer41K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Waxing Kit

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

Complain

Heating14%−0.17

Very slow to heat up

Takes way too long to heat

Cant regulate heat

Quality-Overall11%+0.33

Bad quality

Wax doesnt have good quality

The wax is poor quality

Functionality-Overall8%−0.11

Didn't work

it didnt work well at all

Not really effective

Durability6%−0.09

stop working after a month

Blew up on first use

Broke after 2 uses

Value For Money4%+0.99

Waste of money

its a bit expensive

not worth it

Love

Quality-Overall20%+0.33

Good product, works as suggested

Excellent product

The full kit is good quality

Value For Money16%+0.99

Excellent value for money

not expensive

Great Value

Ease Of Use16%+1.43

as a first timer I found it all easy to use

Easy to Use

Easy to use kit

Heating9%−0.17

Heats quickly

warms up well

The heater itself feels well made

Efficiency5%+0.47

I can say it's very effective

Very good results

it worked well

Return

1.0% Return rate 11% Fixable by listing

Heating27%▆▅▆█▆▆

Very slow to heat up

Takes way too long to heat

Cant regulate heat

Functionality-Overall23%▅▇█▆▆▆

Didn't work

it didnt work well at all

Not really effective

Defective Material/Parts11%▅█▅▄▆▅
Quality-Overall7%▆▆▅▅█▆

Bad quality

Wax doesnt have good quality

The wax is poor quality

Size-Overall7%▄▅█▅▄▅

FAQ

Common Waxing Kit questions

Answered from the same tracked data.