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Silk

Maybe

Returns run at only 1.1% of orders. But demand is soft, at -10.3% this quarter, so Silk is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 29% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +4 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$274K/yr536K searches / yr
90-day growth
-10.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
49%top-5 click share · 23 brands · 625 sellers

Flapen Score

Silk against its category

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

52Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Silk market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Silk 536K times last year and spent an estimated $274K. The top 5 brands take 69% of clicks. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

2.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 536K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.9% 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 $274K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
536K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-10.3%
Conversion, latest week
2.9%
Market size, estimated
$274Ka year
Peak month
January1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
silk366K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $17.76.

Listings sell for $17.76 on average, from $3.26 to $92.05. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $17.76 that is $2K to $4K a year per listing.

Average price
$17.76inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$3.26–$92.05
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$2K–$4K
Returns
1.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

89% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #261 within Hair Bonnets. It carries 7,075 reviews at 4.49 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
89%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.3%
Average rank
#261in Hair Bonnets
Average rating
4.49 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
7,075per listing
Listings tracked
37

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 47 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
47 months

Products

Top Silk 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$14K$27K$41K$55K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

23 falling

Sellers

625

Top-5 brand share

69%

Top 20: 97%

Top-5 click share

49%

Top 20: 83%

Open market

27%

  • Silk21%
  • YANIBEST19%
  • ZIMASILK14%
  • Ekouaer9%
  • Nonakgado5%
  • OLESILK5%

Demand

Silk search demand

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

23K18KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Silk search terms shoppers use

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

  • silk366K/yr
  • mulberry silk61K/yr
  • 100% silk20K/yr
  • silk protein milk11K/yr
  • protein almond milk20K/yr
  • silk protein14K/yr
  • seda14K/yr
  • 100% mulberry silk9K/yr
  • almond milk protein11K/yr
  • real silk5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Silk

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

Complain

Size-Overall14%−0.06

Too tight

Pretty Big

Doesnt fit

Material Quality6%−0.05

The material is super thin

not a fabric type

Cheap material

Grip5%−0.04

Doesnt stay in place

Slides off

Slips Off

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%−0.02

Not as described

nothing like the picture

False Advertisement

Quality-Overall4%+0.75

Invest in something higher quality

Cheap quality do not recommend

Horrible quality

Love

Soft Feel17%

Silky soft

Material is soft and breathable

keeps my hair soft

Quality-Overall13%+0.75

It was also very affordable for the quality

AMAZING QUALITY

Great quality for ab affordable option

Comfort-Overall11%+0.84

comfortable to wear

Comfortable and Easy

It is comfortable to use

Size-Overall6%−0.06

fits snugly

Classy fit

The fit was comfortable

Value For Money5%+0.27

Very affordable

less expensive

Decent Price

Return

1.1% Return rate 67% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall39%██████

Too tight

Pretty Big

Doesnt fit

Material Quality9%██▇▇▇▇

The material is super thin

not a fabric type

Cheap material

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%▇▆▇██▇

Not as described

nothing like the picture

False Advertisement

Color7%▇▆▇▆▆█
Functionality-Overall6%▇█▇█▆▆

Doesn't work as intended

I didn't think it would work so well

Didn't Work For Me

FAQ

Common Silk questions

Answered from the same tracked data.