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Safety Razor

Maybe

Shoppers spend $2.4M a year here. But the average product has 8,434 reviews to catch up to, so Safety Razor is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
63
63 / 100
Top 4% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +15 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$2.4M/yr2.3M searches / yr
90-day growth
+1.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
53%top-5 click share · 17 brands · 34 sellers

Flapen Score

Safety Razor against its category

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

63Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Safety Razor market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Safety Razor 2.3M times last year and spent an estimated $2.4M. The top 5 brands take 73% of clicks. Flapen scores it 63 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

4.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 2.3M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +1.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $2.4M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.3M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+1.3%
Conversion, latest week
4.7%
Market size, estimated
$2.4Ma year
Peak month
December1.2× the quietest month
Top search term
safety razor928K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $21.76.

Listings sell for $21.76 on average, from $8.02 to $81.96. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 100K to 125K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At $21.76 that is $65K to $87K a year per listing.

Average price
$21.76inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$8.02–$81.96
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
100K–125K
Units per listing a year
3,000–4,000
Revenue per listing a year
$65K–$87K
Returns
1.2%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

89% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #14 within Men's. It carries 8,434 reviews at 4.35 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
89%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
3.0%
Average rank
#14in Men's
Average rating
4.35 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
8,434per listing
Listings tracked
27

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 66 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
66 months

Products

Top Safety Razor 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 53% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$119K$239K$358K$478K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

17 falling

Sellers

34

Top-5 brand share

73%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

53%

Top 20: 92%

Open market

23%

  • Bambaw33%
  • BULIMICA17%
  • Vikings Blade13%
  • MANSCAPED6%
  • THE GROOMING SOCIETY4%
  • Merkur3%

Demand

Safety Razor search demand

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

60K40KHoliday '24Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2×

Search terms

Top Safety Razor search terms shoppers use

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

  • safety razor928K/yr
  • single blade razor504K/yr
  • single blade razors for men171K/yr
  • safety razors for men125K/yr
  • double edge razor107K/yr
  • stainless steel razor43K/yr
  • double edge safety razor70K/yr
  • single blade razors32K/yr
  • single edge razor51K/yr
  • mens safety shaving razors35K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Safety Razor

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

Complain

Durability16%−0.17

Didnt last

Breaks easy

broke quickly

Quality-Overall11%+0.43

Terrible quality control by Amazon

Poor Quality

Garbage quality

Ease Of Use8%+0.65

Not convenient to use

Hard to use

It is hard to open

Value For Money7%+1.14

Waste of money

cost a lot

High cost

Functionality-Overall6%−0.10

it performs poorly for me

it does not work well

Doesnt work

Love

Quality-Overall22%+0.43

Great quality, after months of use it still performs well

Decent quality

The build quality is excellent

Value For Money16%+1.14

Great value

Great deal

Great value

Ease Of Use9%+0.65

easy to replace

Easy to clean

Easy to Use

Soft Feel5%

Smooth shave

Super smooth

Smooth and easy

Durability5%−0.17

Durable metal material

Good durability

very durable product

Return

1.2% Return rate 24% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall22%▇▇▆▇▇█

it performs poorly for me

it does not work well

Doesnt work

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%█▅█▆▆▇
Size-Overall7%▆█▅▅▆▇

Not fit for purpose

is quite small

Its a bit to short

Quality-Overall6%█▇█▇▆█

Terrible quality control by Amazon

Poor Quality

Garbage quality

Ease Of Use6%█▆▆█▆▆

Not convenient to use

Hard to use

It is hard to open

FAQ

Common Safety Razor questions

Answered from the same tracked data.