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Smoothing Serum

Maybe

Shoppers spend $2.2M a year here. But the top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Smoothing Serum 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
$2.2M/yr2.0M searches / yr
90-day growth
+6.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
53%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 35 sellers

Flapen Score

Smoothing Serum against its category

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

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

Market

The Smoothing Serum market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Smoothing Serum 2.0M times last year and spent an estimated $2.2M. All 4 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Jun. Flapen scores it 58 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

5.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 2.0M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 5.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +6.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $2.2M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.0M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+6.0%
Conversion, latest week
5.5%
Market size, estimated
$2.2Ma year
Peak month
June2.6× the quietest month
Top search term
maree629K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $19.86.

Listings sell for $19.86 on average, from $8.59 to $39.45. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 125K to 150K a year. The average listing sells 4,000 to 5,000 of them. At $19.86 that is $79K to $99K a year per listing.

Average price
$19.86inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$8.59–$39.45
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
125K–150K
Units per listing a year
4,000–5,000
Revenue per listing a year
$79K–$99K
Returns
0.9%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

77% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 97% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #110 within Hair Sprays. It carries 11,959 reviews at 4.42 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
77%
Prime listings
97%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#110in Hair Sprays
Average rating
4.42 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
11,959per listing
Listings tracked
30

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 5 of last year's 5 launches as successful.

5 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 5 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 55 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
5Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
55 months

Products

Top Smoothing Serum 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 53% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$109K$217K$326K$435K1001K10K100K1.0M Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

4 flat

Sellers

35

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

53%

Top 20: 88%

Open market

0%

  • COLOR WOW33%
  • MAREE32%
  • Paul Mitchell32%
  • John Frieda4%

Demand

Smoothing Serum search demand

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

90K70KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.6×

Search terms

Top Smoothing Serum search terms shoppers use

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

  • maree629K/yr
  • paul mitchell super skinny serum359K/yr
  • wow dream coat for curly hair wow211K/yr
  • mare188K/yr
  • maree keratin hair treatment229K/yr
  • frizz ease serum71K/yr
  • wow curly hair products71K/yr
  • super skinny serum35K/yr
  • color wow curly hair products30K/yr
  • paul mitchell serum24K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Smoothing Serum

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

Complain

Functionality-Overall13%−0.17

Did not work as says

Did not work

No results

Value For Money8%−0.03

Expensive

Too expensive

Just expensive

Smell6%

Not Fragrance Free

Not fragrance free

Smells weird

Hair Related5%−0.05

makes my hair hard

Did not work in my hair

Made hair extra big

Moist/Dry5%

Doesn't moisturize

Not moisturizing

Its very dry

Love

Soft Feel15%

Goes on smoothly

Leaves hair soft

Nice and soft

Quality-Overall12%+1.14

Excellent Product

Great hair product

Excellent quality and exactly as described

Smell8%

fragrance free

Light scent

Amazing smell

Moist/Dry6%

Good moisturizer

helps to moisturize

helps to moisturize

Suitability Curly Hair6%+0.20

This works great on my curly hair

This product is great for frizzy hair

AMAZING For Curly Hair

Return

0.9% Return rate 24% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall20%█▇█▇█▇

Did not work as says

Did not work

No results

Advertised Vs Actual Product15%███▇▇▇

Fake advertising

False advertisement

Not as described

Suitability Short Hair10%▇███▇▇
Value For Money6%▄▄▃▄▄█

Expensive

Too expensive

Just expensive

Smell6%█▆▇▇▇▇

Not Fragrance Free

Not fragrance free

Smells weird

FAQ

Common Smoothing Serum questions

Answered from the same tracked data.