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Hand Salve

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Hand Salve is a Fail.

Flapen Score
43
43 / 100
Ranks 7,421 of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · −5 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$261K/yr308K searches / yr
90-day growth
-14.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
70%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 378 sellers

Flapen Score

Hand Salve against its category

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

43Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Hand Salve market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Hand Salve 308K times last year and spent an estimated $261K. All 4 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 43 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

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

Shoppers searched for this 308K 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 -14.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $261K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
308K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-14.5%
Conversion, latest week
7.4%
Market size, estimated
$261Ka year
Peak month
December12.0× the quietest month
Top search term
badger balm115K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $11.39.

Listings sell for $11.39 on average, from $5.21 to $26.43. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 25K to 30K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At $11.39 that is $11K to $14K a year per listing.

Average price
$11.39under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$5.21–$26.43
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
25K–30K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
$11K–$14K
Returns
0.6%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

88% 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 #109 within Foot & Hand Care. It carries 2,139 reviews at 4.43 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
88%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#109in Foot & Hand Care
Average rating
4.43 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
2,139per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 65 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
65 months

Products

Top Hand Salve 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. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

4 falling

Sellers

378

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 165%
  • Brand 227%
  • Brand 35%
  • Brand 42%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Hand Salve search demand

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

40K30KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 12.0×

Search terms

Top Hand Salve search terms shoppers use

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

  • badger balm115K/yr
  • murrays beeswax55K/yr
  • beeswax for hair43K/yr
  • beeswax hair18K/yr
  • beeswax hair wax15K/yr
  • beeswax balm9K/yr
  • bee magic skin balm5K/yr
  • beeswax lotion6K/yr
  • bee magic6K/yr
  • hair beeswax4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hand Salve

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

13%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
14%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
0.6%of orders come back
“Wrong size”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Hand Salve questions

Answered from the same tracked data.