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Bay Rum

Maybe

An estimated 0.2% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at +3.4% this quarter, so Bay Rum is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
57
57 / 100
Top 14% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +9 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$158K/yr132K searches / yr
90-day growth
+3.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
56%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 109 sellers

Flapen Score

Bay Rum against its category

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

57Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Bay Rum market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Bay Rum 132K times last year and spent an estimated $158K. The top 5 brands take 73% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 4.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 132K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 4.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +3.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $158K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
132K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+3.4%
Conversion, latest week
4.2%
Market size, estimated
$158Ka year
Peak month
December3.6× the quietest month
Top search term
bay rum50K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $28.53.

Listings sell for $28.53 on average, from $8.92 to $80.65. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $28.53 that is $3K to $7K a year per listing.

Average price
$28.53inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$8.92–$80.65
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$3K–$7K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

82% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 73% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #704 within Men's. It carries 1,261 reviews at 4.24 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
82%
Prime listings
73%
Out of stock, average day
0.4%
Average rank
#704in Men's
Average rating
4.24 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,261per listing
Listings tracked
22

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 111 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
111 months

Products

Top Bay Rum 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 56% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

15 falling

Sellers

109

Top-5 brand share

73%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

56%

Top 20: 97%

Open market

20%

  • Brand 141%
  • Brand 29%
  • Brand 38%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 57%
  • Brand 66%

Demand

Bay Rum search demand

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

10K6KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.6×

Search terms

Top Bay Rum search terms shoppers use

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

  • bay rum50K/yr
  • bay rum aftershave42K/yr
  • bay rum cologne22K/yr
  • bay rum cologne for men8K/yr
  • bay rum aftershave for men5K/yr
  • bayrum5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Bay Rum

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

62%of positive reviews mention “Smell”
45%of negative reviews mention “Smell”
0.2%of orders come back
“Doesnt have a strong scent to it”
A buyer, on “Smell”45% 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 Bay Rum questions

Answered from the same tracked data.