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Castor Oil Soap

Maybe

Buyers convert on 14.6% of searches. But the top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Castor Oil Soap 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
$58K/yr24K searches / yr
90-day growth
+47.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
68%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 10 sellers

Flapen Score

Castor Oil Soap against its category

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

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

Market

The Castor Oil Soap market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Castor Oil Soap 24K times last year and spent an estimated $58K. All 4 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Jan–Aug–Sep. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 14.6% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 24K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 14.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +47.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $58K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
24K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+47.4%
Conversion, latest week
14.6%
Market size, estimated
$58Ka year
Peak month
September20.5× the quietest month
Top search term
kitsch castor oil shampoo bar8K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $16.37.

Listings sell for $16.37 on average, from $10.10 to $27.19. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $16.37 that is $4K to $8K a year per listing.

Average price
$16.37inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$10.10–$27.19
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$4K–$8K
Returns
0.6%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #515 within Shampoo & Conditioner Sets. It carries 12,211 reviews at 4.43 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
2.8%
Average rank
#515in Shampoo & Conditioner Sets
Average rating
4.43 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
12,211per listing
Listings tracked
13

04 · Newcomers

3 of last year's 4 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. 3 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 42 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
42 months

Products

Top Castor Oil Soap 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 68% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

4 falling

Sellers

10

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

68%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 186%
  • Brand 26%
  • Brand 36%
  • Brand 43%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Castor Oil Soap search demand

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

18K13KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Aug, Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 20.5×

Search terms

Top Castor Oil Soap search terms shoppers use

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

  • kitsch castor oil shampoo bar8K/yr
  • castor oil shampoo bar11K/yr
  • kitsch castor oil shampoo and conditioner bar4K/yr
  • castor oil bar shampoo2K/yr
  • castor oil shampoo bar for hair growth472/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Castor Oil Soap

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

20%of positive reviews mention “Smell”
10%of negative reviews mention “Moist/Dry”
0.6%of orders come back
“a little dry”
A buyer, on “Moist/Dry”10% 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.

20 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Castor Oil Soap questions

Answered from the same tracked data.