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Bobby Pins

Maybe

Buyers convert on 16.6% of searches. But prices span $2.15–$11.47, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Bobby Pins is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
50
50 / 100
Top 38% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +2 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$2.5M/yr2.6M searches / yr
90-day growth
+15.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
69%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 34 sellers

Flapen Score

Bobby Pins against its category

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

50Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Bobby Pins market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Bobby Pins 2.6M times last year and spent an estimated $2.5M. The top 5 brands take 93% of clicks. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 16.6% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 2.6M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 16.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +15.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $2.5M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.6M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+15.8%
Conversion, latest week
16.6%
Market size, estimated
$2.5Ma year
Peak month
May1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
bobby pins1.8M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $5.87.

Listings sell for $5.87 on average, from $2.15 to $11.47. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 400K to 500K a year. The average listing sells 20,000 to 25,000 of them. At $5.87 that is $117K to $147K a year per listing.

Average price
$5.87under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$2.15–$11.47
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
400K–500K
Units per listing a year
20,000–25,000
Revenue per listing a year
$117K–$147K
Returns
0.6%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

81% 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 #22 within Hair Pins. It carries 5,085 reviews at 4.64 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
81%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#22in Hair Pins
Average rating
4.64 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
5,085per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 43 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Bobby Pins 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 69% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

34

Top-5 brand share

93%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

69%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

3%

  • Brand 140%
  • Brand 224%
  • Brand 312%
  • Brand 49%
  • Brand 58%
  • Brand 64%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 3%)

Demand

Bobby Pins search demand

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

60K40KHoliday '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Bobby Pins search terms shoppers use

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

  • bobby pins1.8M/yr
  • bobby pins for women426K/yr
  • bobby pin47K/yr
  • bobby pins for thick hair64K/yr
  • bobbie pins for hair30K/yr
  • bobbi pins25K/yr
  • hair bobby pins25K/yr
  • bobbie pins17K/yr
  • bobby pins for thin hair25K/yr
  • goody bobby pins17K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Bobby Pins

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

21%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
17%of negative reviews mention “Strength”
0.6%of orders come back
“Cheap and flimsy”
A buyer, on “Strength”17% 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 Bobby Pins questions

Answered from the same tracked data.