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African Hair Oil

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so African Hair Oil is a Fail.

Flapen Score
29
29 / 100
Ranks 10,692 of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · −19 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$46K/yr76K searches / yr
90-day growth
-14.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
85%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 79 sellers

Flapen Score

African Hair Oil against its category

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

29Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The African Hair Oil market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for African Hair Oil 76K times last year and spent an estimated $46K. All 5 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Feb. Flapen scores it 29 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 6.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 76K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 6.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -14.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $46K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
76K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-14.4%
Conversion, latest week
6.5%
Market size, estimated
$46Ka year
Peak month
February3.0× the quietest month
Top search term
african pride oil17K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $9.27.

Listings sell for $9.27 on average, from $5.48 to $16.89. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $9.27 that is $2K to $5K a year per listing.

Average price
$9.27under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$5.48–$16.89
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
5K–6K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$2K–$5K
Returns
0.8%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

90% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #1,829 within Hair Treatment Oils. It carries 16,308 reviews at 4.58 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
90%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#1,829in Hair Treatment Oils
Average rating
4.58 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
16,308per listing
Listings tracked
10

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 69 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
69 months

Products

Top African Hair Oil 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 85% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

5 flat

Sellers

79

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

85%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 176%
  • Brand 215%
  • Brand 34%
  • Brand 43%
  • Brand 52%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

African Hair Oil search demand

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

8K6KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.0×

Search terms

Top African Hair Oil search terms shoppers use

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

  • african pride oil17K/yr
  • african hair oil13K/yr
  • african pride hair oil21K/yr
  • hair oil for black men9K/yr
  • best edge growth for black women7K/yr
  • black hair oil for black women4K/yr
  • african oil for hair4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about African Hair Oil

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

25%of positive reviews mention “Smell”
15%of negative reviews mention “Smell”
0.8%of orders come back
“Strong smell”
A buyer, on “Smell”15% 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.

19 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common African Hair Oil questions

Answered from the same tracked data.