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Shave Butter

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.4% of orders. But the top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Shave Butter is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
58
58 / 100
Top 12% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +10 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$1.3M/yr641K searches / yr
90-day growth
+7.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
59%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 33 sellers

Flapen Score

Shave Butter against its category

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

58Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Shave Butter market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Shave Butter 641K times last year and spent an estimated $1.3M. All 4 brands take every click. Flapen scores it 58 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

13.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 641K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 13.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +7.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $1.3M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
641K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+7.4%
Conversion, latest week
13.4%
Market size, estimated
$1.3Ma year
Top search term
dollar shave club334K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $14.95.

Listings sell for $14.95 on average, from $6.00 to $39.63. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 80K to 100K a year. The average listing sells 4,000 to 5,000 of them. At $14.95 that is $60K to $75K a year per listing.

Average price
$14.95under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$6.00–$39.63
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
80K–100K
Units per listing a year
4,000–5,000
Revenue per listing a year
$60K–$75K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

100% 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 #31 within Men's. It carries 3,422 reviews at 4.39 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#31in Men's
Average rating
4.39 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
3,422per listing
Listings tracked
23

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 6 of last year's 6 launches as successful.

6 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 6 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 85 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Shave Butter 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 59% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$129K$257K$386K$515K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

4 falling

Sellers

33

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

59%

Top 20: 96%

Open market

0%

  • Dollar Shave Club86%
  • Van Der Hagen10%
  • eos2%
  • Cremo2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Shave Butter search demand

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

15K10KSpike '26JanFebMarAprMayJunJul

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2× · 7 of 12 months tracked

Search terms

Top Shave Butter search terms shoppers use

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

  • dollar shave club334K/yr
  • shave butter124K/yr
  • dollar shave club shave butter37K/yr
  • dollar shave club razor25K/yr
  • shave butter for men41K/yr
  • shaving butter24K/yr
  • dollar shave10K/yr
  • dsc10K/yr
  • shaving butter for men9K/yr
  • dollar shave club shave cream7K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Shave Butter

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

Complain

Quality-Overall18%−0.04

Bad quality

If I find that the quality has indeed diminish

Cheap quality

Smell8%−0.03

Smell not good

Terrible chemical smell

Smells a bit chemically though

Value For Money6%+1.41

Waste of money

Overpriced

Too expensive

Size-Overall5%−0.03

Will not fit

with these it is a little on the small size

Did not fit my razor

Durability5%−0.03

it doesn't last at all

It was falling apart with pieces falling off it

Breaks easily

Love

Value For Money17%+1.41

Good Price

WAY cheaper

Great Value

Quality-Overall16%−0.04

Excellent Product

They are high quality and reliable

The price value for the product quality is excellent

Soft Feel13%

Buttery smooth

So Soft

Smooth shave

Smell8%−0.03

Light scent

Amazing scent

Strong fragrance

Ease Of Use6%+0.74

easy to hold

Easy to replace

Easy to use

Return

0.4% Return rate 59% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall38%██▇▇█▇

Will not fit

with these it is a little on the small size

Did not fit my razor

Advertised Vs Actual Product12%▆▇▄▇█▆

Not the same

that is completely misleading

Not as described

Smell7%█▅█▆▃▇

Smell not good

Terrible chemical smell

Smells a bit chemically though

Functionality-Overall7%▇▃▇▄▅█

Fails at its only function

Did not work

this is not functional

Compatibility-Overall6%▅▅█▆▄▄

FAQ

Common Shave Butter questions

Answered from the same tracked data.