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Shaving Cream

Maybe

Shoppers spend $13.6M a year here. But the products selling today already average 4.7★, so Shaving Cream 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
$13.6M/yr7.4M searches / yr
90-day growth
+12.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
49%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 296 sellers

Flapen Score

Shaving Cream against its category

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

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

Market

The Shaving Cream market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Shaving Cream 7.4M times last year and spent an estimated $13.6M. The top 5 brands take 75% of clicks. Flapen scores it 62 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

17.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 7.4M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 17.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +12.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $13.6M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
7.4M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+12.1%
Conversion, latest week
17.8%
Market size, estimated
$13.6Ma year
Peak month
June1.2× the quietest month
Top search term
shaving cream3.2M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $10.37.

Listings sell for $10.37 on average, from $1.64 to $31.52. Amazon reports units sold in ranges, and this niche reaches the top one: 1,000,000 units or more a year. The average listing sells 30,000 to 40,000 of them. At $10.37 that is $311K to $415K a year per listing.

Average price
$10.37under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$1.64–$31.52
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
1,000,000 or moreAmazon's top range
Units per listing a year
30,000–40,000
Revenue per listing a year
$311K–$415K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

71% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 94% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #7 within Men's. It carries 10,306 reviews at 4.67 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
71%
Prime listings
94%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#7in Men's
Average rating
4.67 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
10,306per listing
Listings tracked
31

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 86 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Shaving Cream 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 49% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$544K$1.1M$1.6M$2.2M1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 flat

Sellers

296

Top-5 brand share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

49%

Top 20: 90%

Open market

19%

  • Gillette42%
  • Edge14%
  • Cremo8%
  • Aveeno6%
  • NIVEA MEN6%
  • Gillette Venus5%

Demand

Shaving Cream search demand

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

200K150KPrime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2×

Search terms

Top Shaving Cream search terms shoppers use

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

  • shaving cream3.2M/yr
  • shaving cream mens1.1M/yr
  • shaving gel407K/yr
  • shave cream382K/yr
  • shave gel300K/yr
  • mens shaving cream317K/yr
  • edge shaving gel223K/yr
  • gillette shaving cream162K/yr
  • shaving cream sensitive skin174K/yr
  • shave cream for men183K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Shaving Cream

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

Complain

Smell12%

Smell not good

Not Fragrance Free

Strong smell

Dispensing Mechanism5%−0.03

Defective dispenser

DIFFICULT DISPENSER

Fails to dispense

Thickness5%−0.02

Too thick

It comes out of the tube quite thick

The cream is thick

Lather4%

No lather

Doesn't lather

Not a huge lather

Size-Overall4%

the cans were smaller

small size

Large

Love

Smell18%

fresh scent

Light scent

Amazing scent

Soft Feel15%

Smooth Shave

Buttery smooth

Leaves skin soft

Value For Money14%+1.29

Great deal

Great Savings

Very fair price

Quality-Overall13%+0.75

The quality and price has been consistent

Awesome quality

A quality product that delivers as advertised

Moist/Dry4%+0.24

This is moisturizing

its super hydrating

hydrates the skin

Return

0.1% Return rate 24% Fixable by listing

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Smell not good

Not Fragrance Free

Strong smell

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%▅▅▅▅▇█
Leak-Proof9%▆▅▇██▇

leaking when I received it

Leaking upon arrival

leaky sprayer

Size-Overall9%█▄▅▅█▇

the cans were smaller

small size

Large

FAQ

Common Shaving Cream questions

Answered from the same tracked data.