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Metal Comb

Fail

Prices span $3.98–$13.99, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Metal Comb is a Fail.

Flapen Score
48
48 / 100
Ranks 5,071 of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · on the category median
Market size
$132K/yr235K searches / yr
90-day growth
-10.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
51%top-5 click share · 23 brands · 110 sellers

Flapen Score

Metal Comb against its category

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

48Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Metal Comb market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Metal Comb 235K times last year and spent an estimated $132K. The top 5 brands take 60% of clicks. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 6.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 235K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 6.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -10.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $132K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
235K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-10.0%
Conversion, latest week
6.9%
Market size, estimated
$132Ka year
Peak month
February1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
metal comb100K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $8.17.

Listings sell for $8.17 on average, from $3.98 to $13.99. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $8.17 that is $2K to $4K a year per listing.

Average price
$8.17under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$3.98–$13.99
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$2K–$4K
Returns
0.8%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

86% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #404 within Hair Combs. It carries 2,649 reviews at 4.50 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
86%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.9%
Average rank
#404in Hair Combs
Average rating
4.50 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
2,649per listing
Listings tracked
29

04 · Newcomers

2 of last year's 6 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

6 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 51 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
51 months

Products

Top Metal Comb 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 51% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

23 rising

Sellers

110

Top-5 brand share

60%

Top 20: 97%

Top-5 click share

51%

Top 20: 90%

Open market

35%

  • Brand 121%
  • Brand 218%
  • Brand 39%
  • Brand 46%
  • Brand 55%
  • Brand 65%

Demand

Metal Comb search demand

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

5K3KSpike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Metal Comb search terms shoppers use

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

  • metal comb100K/yr
  • metal hair comb20K/yr
  • metal combs for hair women20K/yr
  • metal comb for men17K/yr
  • stainless steel comb15K/yr
  • metal combs10K/yr
  • steel comb8K/yr
  • metal beard comb10K/yr
  • metal fine tooth comb7K/yr
  • metal comb for hair5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Metal Comb

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

20%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
9%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
0.8%of orders come back
“the overall quality is much lower than expected”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”9% 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 Metal Comb questions

Answered from the same tracked data.