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Hair Lotion

Fail

Demand is soft, at -9.8% this quarter, so Hair Lotion is a Fail.

Flapen Score
48
48 / 100
Ranks 5,071 of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · on the category median
Market size
$637K/yr683K searches / yr
90-day growth
-9.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
70%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 111 sellers

Flapen Score

Hair Lotion against its category

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

48Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Hair Lotion market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Hair Lotion 683K times last year and spent an estimated $637K. The top 5 brands take 84% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 7.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 683K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 7.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -9.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $637K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
683K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-9.8%
Conversion, latest week
7.8%
Market size, estimated
$637Ka year
Peak month
December2.3× the quietest month
Top search term
hair lotion101K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $11.99.

Listings sell for $11.99 on average, from $6.87 to $33.41. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 40K to 50K a year. The average listing sells 2,000 to 2,500 of them. At $11.99 that is $24K to $30K a year per listing.

Average price
$11.99under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$6.87–$33.41
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
40K–50K
Units per listing a year
2,000–2,500
Revenue per listing a year
$24K–$30K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

75% 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 #244 within Creams & Lotions. It carries 6,212 reviews at 4.58 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
75%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#244in Creams & Lotions
Average rating
4.58 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
6,212per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 81 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Hair Lotion 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 70% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

111

Top-5 brand share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

12%

  • Brand 149%
  • Brand 212%
  • Brand 311%
  • Brand 47%
  • Brand 54%
  • Brand 64%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 12%)

Demand

Hair Lotion search demand

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

23K18KPrime Day '25Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.3×

Search terms

Top Hair Lotion search terms shoppers use

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

  • hair lotion101K/yr
  • pink lotion96K/yr
  • hair moisturizer for black women108K/yr
  • pink oil moisturizer hair lotion58K/yr
  • aunt jackies leave in conditioner35K/yr
  • pink lotion hair moisturizer41K/yr
  • lusters pink oil moisturizer hair lotion31K/yr
  • hair moisturizer for men36K/yr
  • pink hair lotion25K/yr
  • hair lotion for black hair24K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hair Lotion

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

22%of positive reviews mention “Moist/Dry”
11%of negative reviews mention “Smell”
0.5%of orders come back
“has a very strong chemical smell”
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.

21 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Hair Lotion questions

Answered from the same tracked data.