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Affirm

Fail

The top 5 brands take 94% of clicks, so Affirm is a Fail.

Flapen Score
43
43 / 100
Ranks 7,421 of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · −5 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$133K/yr146K searches / yr
90-day growth
+16.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
74%top-5 click share · 7 brands · 20 sellers

Flapen Score

Affirm against its category

The dotted line is the Beauty & Personal Care average. Past it, Affirm is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

43Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Affirm market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Affirm 146K times last year and spent an estimated $133K. The top 5 brands take 94% of clicks. Demand peaks in Aug. Flapen scores it 43 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 2.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 146K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 2.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +16.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $133K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
146K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+16.0%
Conversion, latest week
2.1%
Market size, estimated
$133Ka year
Peak month
August1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
affirm relaxer79K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $43.95.

Listings sell for $43.95 on average, from $19.63 to $69.86. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $43.95 that is $11K to $22K a year per listing.

Average price
$43.95inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$19.63–$69.86
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
4K–5K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$11K–$22K
Returns
2.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

62% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 92% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #138 within Hair Perms, Relaxers & Texturizers. It carries 391 reviews at 4.55 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
62%
Prime listings
92%
Out of stock, average day
0.5%
Average rank
#138in Hair Perms, Relaxers & Texturizers
Average rating
4.55 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
391per listing
Listings tracked
13

04 · Newcomers

1 of last year's 1 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 73 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Affirm products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 74% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

7 rising

Sellers

20

Top-5 brand share

94%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

74%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

3%

  • Brand 143%
  • Brand 224%
  • Brand 317%
  • Brand 47%
  • Brand 54%
  • Brand 64%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 3%)

Demand

Affirm search demand

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

7K5KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Search terms

Top Affirm search terms shoppers use

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

  • affirm relaxer79K/yr
  • avlon affirm relaxer28K/yr
  • affirm relaxer sensitive scalp15K/yr
  • affirm relaxer kit7K/yr
  • affirm hair relaxer8K/yr
  • affirm fiberguard relaxer5K/yr
  • affirm sensitive scalp relaxer4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Affirm

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

32%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
11%of negative reviews mention “Ease Of Use”
2.1%of orders come back
“Very inconvenient”
A buyer, on “Ease Of Use”11% 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.

24 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Affirm questions

Answered from the same tracked data.