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Scrunchies

Maybe

Shoppers spend $4.4M a year here. But the average product has 14,460 reviews to catch up to, so Scrunchies is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
62
62 / 100
Top 5% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +14 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$4.4M/yr6.3M searches / yr
90-day growth
-5.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
40%top-5 click share · 27 brands · 552 sellers

Flapen Score

Scrunchies against its category

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

62Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Scrunchies market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Scrunchies 6.3M times last year and spent an estimated $4.4M. The top 5 brands take 61% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 62 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

7.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 6.3M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 7.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -5.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $4.4M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
6.3M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-5.6%
Conversion, latest week
7.6%
Market size, estimated
$4.4Ma year
Peak month
December1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
scrunchies1.4M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $9.28.

Listings sell for $9.28 on average, from $3.42 to $34.50. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 400K to 500K a year. The average listing sells 10,000 to 12,500 of them. At $9.28 that is $93K to $116K a year per listing.

Average price
$9.28under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$3.42–$34.50
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
400K–500K
Units per listing a year
10,000–12,500
Revenue per listing a year
$93K–$116K
Returns
0.7%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and 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 #138 within Elastics & Ties. It carries 14,460 reviews at 4.62 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
#138in Elastics & Ties
Average rating
4.62 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
14,460per listing
Listings tracked
51

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 8 of last year's 8 launches as successful.

8 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 8 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 34 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
8
Successful launches
8Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
34 months

Products

Top Scrunchies 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 40% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$132K$264K$396K$528K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

27 flat

Sellers

552

Top-5 brand share

61%

Top 20: 96%

Top-5 click share

40%

Top 20: 77%

Open market

33%

  • Kitsch25%
  • ADRIONE10%
  • SEVEN STYLE9%
  • GOODY8%
  • YANIBEST8%
  • Conair6%

Demand

Scrunchies search demand

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

175K125KHoliday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Scrunchies search terms shoppers use

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

  • scrunchies1.4M/yr
  • hair scrunchies712K/yr
  • silk scrunchies782K/yr
  • scrunchies for women763K/yr
  • silk hair ties505K/yr
  • satin scrunchies508K/yr
  • scrunchie258K/yr
  • scrunchies bulk119K/yr
  • hair scrunchies for womens hair149K/yr
  • scrunchies for girls192K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Scrunchies

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

Complain

Stretchability/Expandability/Elasticity13%−0.05

No elasticity

No stretch

have very little stretch

Size-Overall11%−0.04

Kinda small

Huge

Too tight

Quality-Overall8%+0.20

Please do better with quality control

Cheap quality

Awful quality

Durability6%−0.02

Breaks easily

one broke during first use

Breaks easily

Material Quality5%−0.04

Poor quality material

Very very very thin material

Material is not as expected

Love

Color16%+1.03

Cute colors

bright colors

Awesome Colors

Quality-Overall14%+0.20

Good quality, as described and arrived quickly

A+ quality

Perfect for the price, good variety

Soft Feel10%

Nice and soft

Satin Smooth

Soft to the touch

Value For Money8%+0.53

They are affordable

Decent price

Cheap price

Suitability Straight Hair7%+0.57

My hair is straight and fine

Thin straight hair get these

perfect for my hair

Return

0.7% Return rate 58% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall39%██████

Kinda small

Huge

Too tight

Material Quality11%██▇▇██

Poor quality material

Very very very thin material

Material is not as expected

Quality-Overall7%▆▇█▇▇▇

Please do better with quality control

Cheap quality

Awful quality

Suitability Long Hair6%█▆█▇█▇
Advertised Vs Actual Product6%██▇█▇▆

FAQ

Common Scrunchies questions

Answered from the same tracked data.