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Olive Oil for Hair

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.4% of orders. But demand is soft, at -6.4% this quarter, so Olive Oil for Hair is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 22% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +6 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$330K/yr473K searches / yr
90-day growth
-6.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
37%top-5 click share · 14 brands · 119 sellers

Flapen Score

Olive Oil for Hair against its category

The dotted line is the Beauty & Personal Care average. Past it, Olive Oil for Hair is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

54Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Olive Oil for Hair market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Olive Oil for Hair 473K times last year and spent an estimated $330K. The top 5 brands take 88% of clicks. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

5.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 473K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 5.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -6.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $330K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
473K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-6.4%
Conversion, latest week
5.4%
Market size, estimated
$330Ka year
Peak month
January1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
ors olive oil hair products86K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $12.94.

Listings sell for $12.94 on average, from $6.00 to $39.88. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 25K to 30K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At $12.94 that is $6K to $10K a year per listing.

Average price
$12.94under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$6.00–$39.88
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
25K–30K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
$6K–$10K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

78% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 98% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #492 within Hair Treatment Oils. It carries 1,453 reviews at 4.55 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
78%
Prime listings
98%
Out of stock, average day
1.1%
Average rank
#492in Hair Treatment Oils
Average rating
4.55 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,453per listing
Listings tracked
45

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 71 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
71 months

Products

Top Olive Oil for Hair 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 37% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

$0$13K$26K$40K$53K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

14 flat

Sellers

119

Top-5 brand share

88%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

37%

Top 20: 76%

Open market

9%

  • ORS69%
  • African Pride7%
  • Difeel5%
  • De La Cruz4%
  • Palmer's3%
  • ORS HAIRestore3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 9%)

Demand

Olive Oil for Hair search demand

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

10K6KSpike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Olive Oil for Hair search terms shoppers use

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

  • ors olive oil hair products86K/yr
  • olive oil for hair88K/yr
  • ors50K/yr
  • ors hair products44K/yr
  • olive oil hair lotion32K/yr
  • olive oil hair29K/yr
  • olive oil hair products18K/yr
  • ors olive oil18K/yr
  • olive oil hair cream13K/yr
  • olive oil moisturizer9K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Olive Oil for Hair

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

Complain

Size-Overall16%−0.12

will need a more fit

Small in size

Lid Does not Fit

Smell8%+0.12

Strong smell

Weird smell

Odd Scent

Leak-Proof6%

Leaking bottle

Leaks

It leaked

Value For Money6%−0.02

Over price

A bit pricey

DEFINITELY not worth the cost

Oily/Greasy5%

Leaves my hair very oily

It is oily

It feels a little greasy

Love

Smell14%+0.12

Incredible smell

Lightly scented

Smells clean

Quality-Overall13%+1.08

Excellent product

for sure top tier quality

it was high mid quality

Moist/Dry12%+0.99

Super Moisturizing

Excellent moisturizer

moisturized my scalp

Soft Feel7%

leaves hair soft

feel soft

Keeps hair soft

Hair Growth6%+0.66

It is really helping my hair

Helps my hair growth

Good for hair growth

Return

0.4% Return rate 19% Fixable by listing

Leak-Proof28%▇█▇█▇▅

Leaking bottle

Leaks

It leaked

Smell12%▄▅██▇█

Strong smell

Weird smell

Odd Scent

Oily/Greasy9%███▇▅█

Leaves my hair very oily

It is oily

It feels a little greasy

Size-Overall8%▇▅▇▄▄█

will need a more fit

Small in size

Lid Does not Fit

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%▆▆▇▇█▆

dont let the picture fool you too

Deceiving

Picture is deceitful

FAQ

Common Olive Oil for Hair questions

Answered from the same tracked data.