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Exfoliator

Maybe

An estimated 0.7% of orders come back. But the average product has 22,107 reviews to catch up to, so Exfoliator 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
$221K/yr288K searches / yr
90-day growth
+3.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
52%top-5 click share · 17 brands · 651 sellers

Flapen Score

Exfoliator against its category

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

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

Market

The Exfoliator market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Exfoliator 288K times last year and spent an estimated $221K. The top 5 brands take 78% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 4.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 288K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 4.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +3.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $221K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
288K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+3.5%
Conversion, latest week
4.4%
Market size, estimated
$221Ka year
Peak month
December9.0× the quietest month
Top search term
exfoliant128K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $17.29.

Listings sell for $17.29 on average, from $4.67 to $62.47. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $17.29 that is $4K to $9K a year per listing.

Average price
$17.29inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$4.67–$62.47
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$4K–$9K
Returns
0.7%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

89% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #47 within Polishes & Scrubs. It carries 22,107 reviews at 4.57 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
89%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
2.6%
Average rank
#47in Polishes & Scrubs
Average rating
4.57 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
22,107per listing
Listings tracked
27

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 68 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
68 months

Products

Top Exfoliator 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 52% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

17 falling

Sellers

651

Top-5 brand share

78%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

52%

Top 20: 91%

Open market

19%

  • Brand 146%
  • Brand 213%
  • Brand 312%
  • Brand 44%
  • Brand 53%
  • Brand 63%

Demand

Exfoliator search demand

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

90K70KHoliday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 9.0×

Search terms

Top Exfoliator search terms shoppers use

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

  • exfoliant128K/yr
  • exfoliation28K/yr
  • paulas choice aha23K/yr
  • gentle exfoliator24K/yr
  • skin exfoliant17K/yr
  • gentle exfoliator for face16K/yr
  • pore exfoliator15K/yr
  • blackhead exfoliator13K/yr
  • paulas choice glycolic acid8K/yr
  • sensitive skin exfoliator5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Exfoliator

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

16%of positive reviews mention “Suitability Combination Skin”
10%of negative reviews mention “Allergies”
0.7%of orders come back
“Allergic reaction”
A buyer, on “Allergies”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.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Exfoliator questions

Answered from the same tracked data.