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Hair Balm

Maybe

An estimated 0.8% of orders come back. But shoppers spend an estimated $56K a year here, so Hair Balm is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 22% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +6 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$56K/yr69K searches / yr
90-day growth
+3.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
43%top-5 click share · 33 brands · 630 sellers

Flapen Score

Hair Balm against its category

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

54Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Hair Balm market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Hair Balm 69K times last year and spent an estimated $56K. The top 5 brands take 52% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 5.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 69K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 5.5% 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 $56K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
69K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+3.5%
Conversion, latest week
5.5%
Market size, estimated
$56Ka year
Peak month
March2.6× the quietest month
Top search term
hair balm53K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $14.61.

Listings sell for $14.61 on average, from $5.01 to $39.79. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $14.61 that is $1K to $4K a year per listing.

Average price
$14.61under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$5.01–$39.79
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$1K–$4K
Returns
0.8%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

76% 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 #210 within Creams & Lotions. It carries 6,128 reviews at 4.46 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
76%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#210in Creams & Lotions
Average rating
4.46 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
6,128per listing
Listings tracked
38

04 · Newcomers

4 of last year's 6 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

6 products launched here in the last 12 months. 4 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 83 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
4Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
83 months

Products

Top Hair Balm 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 43% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

33 rising

Sellers

630

Top-5 brand share

52%

Top 20: 86%

Top-5 click share

43%

Top 20: 79%

Open market

42%

  • Brand 117%
  • Brand 213%
  • Brand 39%
  • Brand 47%
  • Brand 57%
  • Brand 66%

Demand

Hair Balm search demand

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

8K6KSpike '24Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.6×

Search terms

Top Hair Balm search terms shoppers use

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

  • hair balm53K/yr
  • hair balm for women13K/yr
  • styling balm3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hair Balm

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

14%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
11%of negative reviews mention “Smell”
0.8%of orders come back
“Not fragrance free”
A buyer, on “Smell”11% 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 Hair Balm questions

Answered from the same tracked data.