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Merkur Safety Razor

Fail

The top 5 products take 100% of clicks, so Merkur Safety Razor is a Fail.

Flapen Score
44
44 / 100
Ranks 6,956 of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · −4 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$408K/yr198K searches / yr
90-day growth
+4.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
100%top-5 click share · 2 brands · 5 sellers

Flapen Score

Merkur Safety Razor against its category

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

44Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Merkur Safety Razor market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Merkur Safety Razor 198K times last year and spent an estimated $408K. All 2 brands take every click. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 7.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 198K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 7.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +4.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $408K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
198K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+4.7%
Conversion, latest week
7.1%
Market size, estimated
$408Ka year
Peak month
December1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
merkur 34c81K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $29.21.

Listings sell for $29.21 on average, from $10.38 to $46.28. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At $29.21 that is $44K to $58K a year per listing.

Average price
$29.21inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$10.38–$46.28
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
1,500–2,000
Revenue per listing a year
$44K–$58K
Returns
1.8%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

50% 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 #40 within Men's. It carries 6,333 reviews at 4.45 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
50%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#40in Men's
Average rating
4.45 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
6,333per listing
Listings tracked
4

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 89 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
89 months

Products

Top Merkur Safety Razor 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 100% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

2 flat

Sellers

5

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 168%
  • Brand 232%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Merkur Safety Razor search demand

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

5K3KHoliday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Merkur Safety Razor search terms shoppers use

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

  • merkur 34c81K/yr
  • merkur safety razor43K/yr
  • merkur23K/yr
  • merkur razor17K/yr
  • merkur razor blades13K/yr
  • merkur 34c safety razor8K/yr
  • mercur5K/yr
  • safety razor merkur4K/yr
  • merkur blades3K/yr
  • merkur safety razor blades2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Merkur Safety Razor

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

25%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
48%of negative reviews mention “Durability”
1.8%of orders come back
“Don't Expect it to Last”
A buyer, on “Durability”48% 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 Merkur Safety Razor questions

Answered from the same tracked data.