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Soft Wax

Maybe

An estimated 0.9% of orders come back. But the top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Soft Wax is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
53
53 / 100
Top 26% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +5 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$523K/yr432K searches / yr
90-day growth
+17.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
76%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 55 sellers

Flapen Score

Soft Wax against its category

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

53Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Soft Wax market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Soft Wax 432K times last year and spent an estimated $523K. All 5 brands take every click. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 6.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 432K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 6.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +17.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $523K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
432K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+17.0%
Conversion, latest week
6.4%
Market size, estimated
$523Ka year
Peak month
July1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
soft wax279K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $18.95.

Listings sell for $18.95 on average, from $9.96 to $70.90. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At $18.95 that is $28K to $38K a year per listing.

Average price
$18.95inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$9.96–$70.90
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
1,500–2,000
Revenue per listing a year
$28K–$38K
Returns
0.9%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

92% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #52 within Women's. It carries 1,755 reviews at 4.38 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
92%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
2.6%
Average rank
#52in Women's
Average rating
4.38 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,755per listing
Listings tracked
12

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 69 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
69 months

Products

Top Soft Wax 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 76% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

5 falling

Sellers

55

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

76%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 169%
  • Brand 215%
  • Brand 36%
  • Brand 45%
  • Brand 54%

Demand

Soft Wax search demand

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

18K13KSpike '24Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Soft Wax search terms shoppers use

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

  • soft wax279K/yr
  • satin smooth wax73K/yr
  • waxness soft wax14K/yr
  • satin smooth soft wax11K/yr
  • satin wax10K/yr
  • soft wax for hair removal6K/yr
  • nufree wax7K/yr
  • satin smooth zinc oxide wax7K/yr
  • soft wax hair removal7K/yr
  • lady peng soft wax3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Soft Wax

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

27%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
17%of negative reviews mention “Adhesion/Stickiness”
0.9%of orders come back
“These wouldn't even stick to the glue”
A buyer, on “Adhesion/Stickiness”17% of negative reviews mention the same topic

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.

19 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Soft Wax questions

Answered from the same tracked data.