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Shimmer Lights Shampoo

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.8% of orders. But the average product has 15,280 reviews to catch up to, so Shimmer Lights Shampoo 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
$1.0M/yr645K searches / yr
90-day growth
+10.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
57%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 59 sellers

Flapen Score

Shimmer Lights Shampoo against its category

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

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

Market

The Shimmer Lights Shampoo market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Shimmer Lights Shampoo 645K times last year and spent an estimated $1.0M. The top 5 brands take 89% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov. Flapen scores it 58 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

8.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 645K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 8.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +10.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $1.0M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
645K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+10.3%
Conversion, latest week
8.3%
Market size, estimated
$1.0Ma year
Peak month
November2.2× the quietest month
Top search term
purple shampoo for gray hair55K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $18.86.

Listings sell for $18.86 on average, from $8.05 to $38.26. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 50K to 60K a year. The average listing sells 2,000 to 2,500 of them. At $18.86 that is $38K to $47K a year per listing.

Average price
$18.86inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$8.05–$38.26
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
50K–60K
Units per listing a year
2,000–2,500
Revenue per listing a year
$38K–$47K
Returns
0.8%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

61% 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 #322 within Shampoo & Conditioner Sets. It carries 15,280 reviews at 4.51 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
61%
Prime listings
94%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#322in Shampoo & Conditioner Sets
Average rating
4.51 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
15,280per listing
Listings tracked
18

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 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 72 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
72 months

Products

Top Shimmer Lights Shampoo 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 57% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$101K$202K$304K$405K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

59

Top-5 brand share

89%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

57%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

4%

  • MATRIX33%
  • L'Oreal Paris15%
  • Hair Biology15%
  • jhirmack13%
  • Clairol Professional12%
  • KESMEDIK7%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 4%)

Demand

Shimmer Lights Shampoo search demand

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

13K8KPrime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.2×

Search terms

Top Shimmer Lights Shampoo search terms shoppers use

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

  • purple shampoo for gray hair55K/yr
  • purple shampoo for grey hair102K/yr
  • silver shampoo65K/yr
  • matrix so silver shampoo52K/yr
  • matrix purple shampoo37K/yr
  • jhirmack silver shampoo34K/yr
  • shampoo for white hair32K/yr
  • silver shampoo for grey hair38K/yr
  • jhirmack silver brightening shampoo30K/yr
  • silver hair shampoo27K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Shimmer Lights Shampoo

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

Complain

Color14%−0.04

not red

Coloring isnt for me

Not blue

Smell12%−0.02

Awful scent

Unpleasant odor

very strong chemical smell

Suitability Colored Hair9%+0.98

meaning i decided to stop coloring my hair

did not help my hair color

not sure if it should be used on non-light colored hairs

Moist/Dry8%−0.07

Drying

No moisture

makes it very dry

Value For Money5%+0.20

Expensive

Not worth the price

very expensive

Love

Quality-Overall13%+1.08

This is the best product for several reasons

the reviews were good

Excellent product

Suitability Colored Hair12%+0.98

Excellent for maintaining hair color

Gets rid of yellow

Love my hair color

Smell12%−0.02

Good smell

Nice clean smell too

It smells divine

Soft Feel12%

Soft and manageable

Leaves hair soft

Nice and smooth

Color8%−0.04

the color is very pretty

color good

Nice for color

Return

0.8% Return rate 41% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall17%▇██▇▇▇

Not effective at all

Didn't work

the pumps for each of the bottles do not work

Color13%▇█▇▆▇▆

not red

Coloring isnt for me

Not blue

Leak-Proof9%█▇▅▅▅▇

leaked everywhere

Leaking

Both were leaking

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%██▇▇▇▆
Suitability Colored Hair8%▆▆▇▅█▅

meaning i decided to stop coloring my hair

did not help my hair color

not sure if it should be used on non-light colored hairs

FAQ

Common Shimmer Lights Shampoo questions

Answered from the same tracked data.