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Hero

Maybe

An estimated 0.4% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at -37.8% this quarter, so Hero 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
$1.1M/yr991K searches / yr
90-day growth
-37.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
68%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 558 sellers

Flapen Score

Hero against its category

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

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

Market

The Hero market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Hero 991K times last year and spent an estimated $1.1M. The top 5 brands take 94% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Jul. Flapen scores it 51 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 6.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 991K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 6.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -37.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $1.1M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
991K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-37.8%
Conversion, latest week
6.8%
Market size, estimated
$1.1Ma year
Peak month
March2.9× the quietest month
Top search term
hero546K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $15.81.

Listings sell for $15.81 on average, from $10.85 to $24.01. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 40K to 50K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At $15.81 that is $24K to $32K a year per listing.

Average price
$15.81inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$10.85–$24.01
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
40K–50K
Units per listing a year
1,500–2,000
Revenue per listing a year
$24K–$32K
Returns
0.4%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, 11.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #376 within Face Moisturizers. It carries 23,956 reviews at 4.33 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
88%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
11.4%
Average rank
#376in Face Moisturizers
Average rating
4.33 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
23,956per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

3 of last year's 3 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. 3 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 62 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
62 months

Products

Top Hero 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 68% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

5 rising

Sellers

558

Top-5 brand share

94%

Top 20: 94%

Top-5 click share

68%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 175%
  • Brand 28%
  • Brand 36%
  • Brand 46%
  • Brand 53%
  • Brand 62%

Demand

Hero search demand

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

50K30KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.9×

Search terms

Top Hero search terms shoppers use

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

  • hero546K/yr
  • hero cosmetics112K/yr
  • hero rescue balm92K/yr
  • hero rescue balm red correct48K/yr
  • rescue balm37K/yr
  • hero pore release24K/yr
  • hero green color correcting balm22K/yr
  • hero cosmetics rescue balm19K/yr
  • hero cosmetics rescue balm red correct8K/yr
  • hero color correcting green cream13K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hero

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

12%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
13%of negative reviews mention “Functionality-Overall”
0.4%of orders come back
“Hardly works”
A buyer, on “Functionality-Overall”13% 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.

19 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Hero questions

Answered from the same tracked data.