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Perm

Maybe

An estimated 1.0% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at +4.0% this quarter, so Perm is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
60
60 / 100
Top 8% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +12 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$707K/yr829K searches / yr
90-day growth
+4.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
51%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 105 sellers

Flapen Score

Perm against its category

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

60Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Perm market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Perm 829K times last year and spent an estimated $707K. The top 5 brands take 81% of clicks. Flapen scores it 60 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 6.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 829K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 6.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +4.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $707K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
829K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+4.0%
Conversion, latest week
6.4%
Market size, estimated
$707Ka year
Peak month
August1.2× the quietest month
Top search term
perm kit185K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $13.28.

Listings sell for $13.28 on average, from $7.24 to $29.54. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 50K to 60K a year. The average listing sells 2,500 to 3,000 of them. At $13.28 that is $33K to $40K a year per listing.

Average price
$13.28under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$7.24–$29.54
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
50K–60K
Units per listing a year
2,500–3,000
Revenue per listing a year
$33K–$40K
Returns
1.0%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

90% 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 Hair Perms, Relaxers & Texturizers. It carries 1,992 reviews at 4.28 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
90%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#40in Hair Perms, Relaxers & Texturizers
Average rating
4.28 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,992per listing
Listings tracked
20

04 · Newcomers

1 of last year's 1 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 63 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
63 months

Products

Top Perm 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

10 falling

Sellers

105

Top-5 brand share

81%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

51%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

13%

  • Brand 138%
  • Brand 218%
  • Brand 310%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 66%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 13%)

Demand

Perm search demand

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

18K13KSepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2×

Search terms

Top Perm search terms shoppers use

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

  • perm kit185K/yr
  • perm214K/yr
  • perm solution42K/yr
  • hair perm kit58K/yr
  • hair perm53K/yr
  • perm kit for men20K/yr
  • home perm kit26K/yr
  • hair perms for women24K/yr
  • perm solution for hair44K/yr
  • home perm17K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Perm

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

19%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
14%of negative reviews mention “Leak-Proof”
1.0%of orders come back
“Leaked everywhere”
A buyer, on “Leak-Proof”14% 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.

21 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Perm questions

Answered from the same tracked data.