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Malibu

Maybe

An estimated 0.4% of orders come back. But the top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Malibu is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
55
55 / 100
Top 19% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +7 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$566K/yr349K searches / yr
90-day growth
+12.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
58%top-5 click share · 2 brands · 35 sellers

Flapen Score

Malibu against its category

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

55Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Malibu market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Malibu 349K times last year and spent an estimated $566K. All 2 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Jul. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 7.7% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 349K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 7.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +12.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $566K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
349K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+12.1%
Conversion, latest week
7.7%
Market size, estimated
$566Ka year
Peak month
July1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
malibu c116K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $21.06.

Listings sell for $21.06 on average, from $2.28 to $75.94. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At $21.06 that is $32K to $42K a year per listing.

Average price
$21.06inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$2.28–$75.94
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
1,500–2,000
Revenue per listing a year
$32K–$42K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

60% 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 #162 within Hair Masks. It carries 5,052 reviews at 4.43 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
60%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#162in Hair Masks
Average rating
4.43 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
5,052per listing
Listings tracked
25

04 · Newcomers

2 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 58 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
58 months

Products

Top Malibu 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 58% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

2 rising

Sellers

35

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

58%

Top 20: 95%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 199%
  • Brand 21%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Malibu search demand

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

13K8KSpike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Malibu search terms shoppers use

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

  • malibu c116K/yr
  • malibu103K/yr
  • malibu hair treatment66K/yr
  • malibu treatment15K/yr
  • malibu crystal gel10K/yr
  • malibu hair9K/yr
  • malibu hair products10K/yr
  • malibu packets5K/yr
  • malibu treatment for hair8K/yr
  • malibu crystal gel hair treatment7K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Malibu

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

14%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
16%of negative reviews mention “Leak-Proof”
0.4%of orders come back
“leaked everywhere”
A buyer, on “Leak-Proof”16% 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.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Malibu questions

Answered from the same tracked data.