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Hair Putty

Maybe

Buyers convert on 15.3% of searches. But demand is soft, at -12.2% this quarter, so Hair Putty is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
51
51 / 100
Top 34% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +3 vs the category median of 48
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.

51Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

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.

5K4KSpike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26DecMarJunAugNovMarMay

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.

20%of positive reviews mention “Smell”
14%of negative reviews mention “Smell”
0.5%of orders come back
“Horrendous Smell”
A buyer, on “Smell”14% 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 Putty questions

Answered from the same tracked data.