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African American Wigs

Maybe

The top 5 products take only 13% of clicks. But buyers convert on only 1.0% of searches, so African American Wigs is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
53
53 / 100
Top 26% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +5 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$73K/yr230K searches / yr
90-day growth
-10.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
13%top-5 click share · 125 brands · 145 sellers

Flapen Score

African American Wigs against its category

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

53Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The African American Wigs market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for African American Wigs 230K times last year and spent an estimated $73K. The top 5 brands take 27% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 230K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -10.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $73K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
230K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-10.5%
Conversion, latest week
1.0%
Market size, estimated
$73Ka year
Peak month
October1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
african american wigs42K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $32.20.

Listings sell for $32.20 on average, from $10.20 to $133.28. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 2K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At $32.20 that is $0 to $3K a year per listing.

Average price
$32.20inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$10.20–$133.28
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
2K–2K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
$0–$3K
Returns
7.8%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

72% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 91% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #1,807 within Wigs. It carries 1,114 reviews at 3.92 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
72%
Prime listings
91%
Out of stock, average day
4.2%
Average rank
#1,807in Wigs
Average rating
3.92 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,114per listing
Listings tracked
205

04 · Newcomers

18 of last year's 36 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

36 products launched here in the last 12 months. 18 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 35 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
36
Successful launches
18Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
35 months

Products

Top African American Wigs 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 only 13% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

125 falling

Sellers

145

Top-5 brand share

27%

Top 20: 54%

Top-5 click share

13%

Top 20: 34%

Open market

71%

  • Brand 19%
  • Brand 27%
  • Brand 34%
  • Brand 43%
  • Brand 53%
  • Brand 63%

Demand

African American Wigs search demand

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

7K5KSpike '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top African American Wigs search terms shoppers use

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

  • african american wigs42K/yr
  • curly short wig22K/yr
  • outre wigs for black women23K/yr
  • model model wig22K/yr
  • african american wigs for black women23K/yr
  • black synthetic wig14K/yr
  • model model wigs12K/yr
  • short curly hair wig14K/yr
  • curly wig short10K/yr
  • african american wigs human hair7K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about African American Wigs

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

27%of positive reviews mention “Wig/Artificial Hair Quality”
21%of negative reviews mention “Wig/Artificial Hair Quality”
7.8%of orders come back
“Cheap looking wig”
A buyer, on “Wig/Artificial Hair Quality”21% 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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common African American Wigs questions

Answered from the same tracked data.