Shea Butter
PassShea Butter scores 65 out of 100, a Pass. Shoppers spend an estimated $5.1M a year here, demand is soft, at -18.2% this quarter, and an estimated 0.9% of orders come back.
- Flapen Score
- 65 / 100Top 3% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +17 vs the category median of 4865
- Market size
- $5.1M/yr3.9M searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -18.2%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 44%top-5 click share · 23 brands · 48 sellers
Flapen Score
Shea Butter against its category
The dotted line is the Beauty & Personal Care average. Past it, Shea Butter is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Shea Butter market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Shea Butter 3.9M times last year and spent an estimated $5.1M. The top 5 brands take 51% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 65 out of 100, a Pass.
01 · Demand
An estimated 7.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 3.9M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 7.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -18.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $5.1M a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 3.9M
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -18.2%
- Conversion, latest week
- 7.8%
- Market size, estimated
- $5.1Ma year
- Peak month
- December1.5× the quietest month
- Top search term
- shea butter2.0M searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth $16.83.
Listings sell for $16.83 on average, from $5.21 to $48.44. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 250K to 300K a year. The average listing sells 10,000 to 12,500 of them. At $16.83 that is $168K to $210K a year per listing.
- Average price
- $16.83inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- $5.21–$48.44
- Amazon United States median price
- $24.38across 115,062 niches
- Units sold a year
- 250K–300K
- Units per listing a year
- 10,000–12,500
- Revenue per listing a year
- $168K–$210K
- Returns
- 0.9%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is reviews.
73% 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 #78 within Body Butters. It carries 8,360 reviews at 4.55 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 73%
- Prime listings
- 100%
- Out of stock, average day
- 3.0%
- Average rank
- #78in Body Butters
- Average rating
- 4.55 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
- Average reviews
- 8,360per listing
- Listings tracked
- 30
04 · Newcomers
2 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.
2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 71 months on average, so the names here are established.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 2
- Successful launches
- 2Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 71 months
Products
Top Shea Butter 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 44% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
23 rising
Sellers
48
Top-5 brand share
51%
Top 20: 97%
Top-5 click share
44%
Top 20: 90%
Open market
42%
- Brand 117%
- Brand 210%
- Brand 39%
- Brand 48%
- Brand 57%
- Brand 67%
Demand
Shea Butter search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×
Search terms
Top Shea Butter search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- shea butter2.0M/yr
- shea butter raw organic670K/yr
- raw shea butter226K/yr
- african shea butter179K/yr
- organic shea butter127K/yr
- manteca de karite76K/yr
- unrefined shea butter80K/yr
- shea butter raw68K/yr
- raw shea butter organic unrefined46K/yr
- pure shea butter42K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Shea Butter
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“Gross Smell”
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.
17 topics
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