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Straight

Fail

Shoppers spend an estimated $5K a year here, so Straight is a Fail.

Flapen Score
36
36 / 100
Ranks 9,802 of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · −12 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$5K/yr188K searches / yr
90-day growth
-24.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
66%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 31 sellers

Flapen Score

Straight against its category

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

36Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Straight market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Straight 188K times last year and spent an estimated $5K. The top 5 brands take 71% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan. Flapen scores it 36 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 0.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 188K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 0.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -24.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $5K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
188K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-24.0%
Conversion, latest week
0.1%
Market size, estimated
$5Ka year
Peak month
January1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
straight82K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $43.36.

Listings sell for $43.36 on average, from $9.54 to $112.62. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 500 to 750 a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $43.36 that is $4K to $11K a year per listing.

Average price
$43.36inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$9.54–$112.62
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
500–750
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$4K–$11K
Returns
2.9%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

94% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #303 within Creams & Lotions. It carries 6,209 reviews at 4.12 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
94%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#303in Creams & Lotions
Average rating
4.12 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
6,209per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

2 of last year's 4 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

4 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 41 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
41 months

Products

Top Straight 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 66% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

15 rising

Sellers

31

Top-5 brand share

71%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

66%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

24%

  • Brand 131%
  • Brand 219%
  • Brand 38%
  • Brand 47%
  • Brand 57%
  • Brand 65%

Demand

Straight search demand

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

5K3KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Straight search terms shoppers use

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

  • straight82K/yr
  • straig52K/yr
  • straigh43K/yr
  • eelhoe straightening cream4K/yr
  • eelhoe hair495/yr
  • eelhoe straight912/yr
  • eelhoe straight hair668/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Straight

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

26%of positive reviews mention “Wig/Artificial Hair Quality”
16%of negative reviews mention “Wig/Artificial Hair Quality”
2.9%of orders come back
“terrible wig”
A buyer, on “Wig/Artificial Hair Quality”16% 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.

21 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Straight questions

Answered from the same tracked data.