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Mens Soap

Maybe

Shoppers spend $12.0M a year here. But the top 5 brands take 94% of clicks, so Mens Soap is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
64
64 / 100
Top 3% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +16 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$12.0M/yr5.9M searches / yr
90-day growth
+5.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
36%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 694 sellers

Flapen Score

Mens Soap against its category

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

64Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Mens Soap market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Mens Soap 5.9M times last year and spent an estimated $12.0M. The top 5 brands take 94% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 64 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

9.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 5.9M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 9.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +5.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $12.0M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
5.9M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+5.9%
Conversion, latest week
9.3%
Market size, estimated
$12.0Ma year
Peak month
December3.0× the quietest month
Top search term
dr squatch soap1.8M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $21.79.

Listings sell for $21.79 on average, from $4.96 to $55.15. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 500K to 600K a year. The average listing sells 8,000 to 10,000 of them. At $21.79 that is $174K to $218K a year per listing.

Average price
$21.79inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$4.96–$55.15
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
500K–600K
Units per listing a year
8,000–10,000
Revenue per listing a year
$174K–$218K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

87% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #220 within Cleansers. It carries 18,706 reviews at 4.59 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
87%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
4.1%
Average rank
#220in Cleansers
Average rating
4.59 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
18,706per listing
Listings tracked
54

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 10 of last year's 11 launches as successful.

11 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 10 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 69 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
11
Successful launches
10Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
69 months

Products

Top Mens Soap products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take only 36% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

$0$360K$721K$1.1M$1.4M1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 flat

Sellers

694

Top-5 brand share

94%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

36%

Top 20: 70%

Open market

4%

  • Dr. Squatch60%
  • DOVE MEN + CARE25%
  • Old Spice4%
  • Crate 61 Organics3%
  • Duke Cannon Supply Co.2%
  • Irish Spring2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 4%)

Demand

Mens Soap search demand

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

250K150KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.0×

Search terms

Top Mens Soap search terms shoppers use

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

  • dr squatch soap1.8M/yr
  • dr squatch924K/yr
  • mens soap540K/yr
  • mens bar soap413K/yr
  • bar soap for men271K/yr
  • dove men186K/yr
  • dove men soap194K/yr
  • sasquatch soap288K/yr
  • mens soap bar184K/yr
  • squatch soap195K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Mens Soap

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Smell28%+2.13

Bad smell

Chemical Smell

Smells strange

Value For Money10%+0.08

Not worth the price

Expensive

Too expensive

Size-Overall5%−0.04

It is huge too

These bars are very small

Little small

Durability4%−0.04

not great lifespan

Don't last

TERRIBLE durability

Allergies3%−0.03

It caused rash

irritated my skin

Skin irritation

Love

Smell48%+2.13

Fresh scent

Clean fragrance

Clean Smell

Quality-Overall9%+0.98

Great value, great quality, smells good, moisturizing

Excellent Product

Great product and exactly what I expected

Value For Money8%+0.08

Fair Price

Great deal

Amazing value

Cleansing5%+0.55

Clean and fresh

Squeaky clean

Cleans great

Lather4%

thick lather

Rich lather

Fantastic lather

Return

0.2% Return rate 16% Fixable by listing

Smell45%█▆▇▇▇▇

Bad smell

Chemical Smell

Smells strange

Leak-Proof9%▅▅▅▇█▆
Advertised Vs Actual Product9%▇█▆▇▇▅

Very deceiving

Not as advertised

False advertising

Value For Money7%▄▅▅▅▃█

Not worth the price

Expensive

Too expensive

Motor Power7%▆██▇▆█

FAQ

Common Mens Soap questions

Answered from the same tracked data.