Hair Putty
MaybeBuyers convert on 15.3% of searches. But demand is soft, at -12.2% this quarter, so Hair Putty is a Maybe.
- Flapen Score
- 51 / 100Top 34% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +3 vs the category median of 4851
- Market size
- $358K/yr183K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -12.2%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 66%top-5 click share · 16 brands · 190 sellers
Flapen Score
Hair Putty against its category
The dotted line is the Beauty & Personal Care average. Past it, Hair Putty is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Hair Putty market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Hair Putty 183K times last year and spent an estimated $358K. The top 5 brands take 80% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb. Flapen scores it 51 out of 100, a Maybe.
01 · Demand
An estimated 15.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 183K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 15.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -12.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $358K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 183K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -12.2%
- Conversion, latest week
- 15.3%
- Market size, estimated
- $358Ka year
- Peak month
- January1.6× the quietest month
- Top search term
- hair putty56K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth $12.82.
Listings sell for $12.82 on average, from $5.08 to $23.99. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 25K to 30K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At $12.82 that is $10K to $13K a year per listing.
- Average price
- $12.82under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- $5.08–$23.99
- Amazon United States median price
- $24.38across 115,062 niches
- Units sold a year
- 25K–30K
- Units per listing a year
- 750–1,000
- Revenue per listing a year
- $10K–$13K
- Returns
- 0.5%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is reviews.
83% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #35 within Putties. It carries 2,882 reviews at 4.49 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 83%
- Prime listings
- 100%
- Out of stock, average day
- 1.7%
- Average rank
- #35in Putties
- Average rating
- 4.49 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
- Average reviews
- 2,882per listing
- Listings tracked
- 24
04 · Newcomers
4 of last year's 4 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.
4 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 96 months on average, so the names here are established.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 4
- Successful launches
- 4Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 96 months
Products
Top Hair Putty 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 66% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
16 rising
Sellers
190
Top-5 brand share
80%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
66%
Top 20: 96%
Open market
17%
- Brand 138%
- Brand 219%
- Brand 316%
- Brand 44%
- Brand 53%
- Brand 63%
- Open — no brand owns it (10 brands, 17%)
Demand
Hair Putty search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Jan, Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×
Search terms
Top Hair Putty search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- hair putty56K/yr
- old spice hair putty22K/yr
- old spice putty21K/yr
- styling paste15K/yr
- surfer hair11K/yr
- hair styling paste8K/yr
- menscrafted hair paste11K/yr
- hair molding paste5K/yr
- mens crafted hair paste8K/yr
- loreal hair putty4K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hair Putty
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“Horrendous Smell”
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
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