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Hair Gel for Black Women

Fail

Shoppers spend an estimated $61K a year here, so Hair Gel for Black Women is a Fail.

Flapen Score
49
49 / 100
Top 42% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +1 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$61K/yr100K searches / yr
90-day growth
-0.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
44%top-5 click share · 18 brands · 180 sellers

Flapen Score

Hair Gel for Black Women against its category

The dotted line is the Beauty & Personal Care average. Past it, Hair Gel for Black Women is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

49Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Hair Gel for Black Women market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Hair Gel for Black Women 100K times last year and spent an estimated $61K. The top 5 brands take 62% of clicks. Flapen scores it 49 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 7.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 100K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 7.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -0.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $61K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
100K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-0.7%
Conversion, latest week
7.4%
Market size, estimated
$61Ka year
Peak month
July1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
hair gel for black women69K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $8.18.

Listings sell for $8.18 on average, from $2.18 to $20.12. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $8.18 that is $818 to $2K a year per listing.

Average price
$8.18under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$2.18–$20.12
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
$818–$2K
Returns
0.7%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

92% 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 #61 within Gels. It carries 12,790 reviews at 4.46 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
92%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#61in Gels
Average rating
4.46 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
12,790per listing
Listings tracked
26

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 83 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
83 months

Products

Top Hair Gel for Black Women 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 44% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

18 falling

Sellers

180

Top-5 brand share

62%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

44%

Top 20: 94%

Open market

32%

  • Brand 117%
  • Brand 216%
  • Brand 314%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 57%
  • Brand 66%

Demand

Hair Gel for Black Women search demand

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

4K3KPrime Day '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Hair Gel for Black Women search terms shoppers use

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

  • hair gel for black women69K/yr
  • 4c hair gel8K/yr
  • hair gel black women7K/yr
  • holding gel for black hair7K/yr
  • hair gel for black hair3K/yr
  • gel for natural hair for black women3K/yr
  • extra hold gel for 4c hair699/yr
  • gel for 4c natural hair1K/yr
  • gel for black hair women3K/yr
  • styling gel for black natural hair151/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hair Gel for Black Women

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

17%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
11%of negative reviews mention “Residue”
0.7%of orders come back
“Leaves residue”
A buyer, on “Residue”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.

20 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Hair Gel for Black Women questions

Answered from the same tracked data.