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Straight Razor

Maybe

An estimated 0.8% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at -9.2% this quarter, so Straight Razor is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
57
57 / 100
Top 14% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +9 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$2.3M/yr2.6M searches / yr
90-day growth
-9.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
62%top-5 click share · 14 brands · 15 sellers

Flapen Score

Straight Razor against its category

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

57Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Straight Razor market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Straight Razor 2.6M times last year and spent an estimated $2.3M. The top 5 brands take 82% of clicks. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

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

Shoppers searched for this 2.6M 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 -9.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $2.3M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.6M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-9.2%
Conversion, latest week
6.4%
Market size, estimated
$2.3Ma year
Peak month
December1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
straight razor1.1M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $13.86.

Listings sell for $13.86 on average, from $4.88 to $38.72. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 150K to 200K a year. The average listing sells 6,000 to 8,000 of them. At $13.86 that is $83K to $111K a year per listing.

Average price
$13.86under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$4.88–$38.72
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
150K–200K
Units per listing a year
6,000–8,000
Revenue per listing a year
$83K–$111K
Returns
0.8%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

95% 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 #15 within Men's. It carries 6,407 reviews at 4.41 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
95%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#15in Men's
Average rating
4.41 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
6,407per listing
Listings tracked
20

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 59 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
59 months

Products

Top Straight Razor 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 62% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

14 rising

Sellers

15

Top-5 brand share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

62%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

13%

  • Brand 133%
  • Brand 225%
  • Brand 311%
  • Brand 47%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 65%
  • Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 13%)

Demand

Straight Razor search demand

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

60K40KPrime Day '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Straight Razor search terms shoppers use

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

  • straight razor1.1M/yr
  • straight razors for men469K/yr
  • straight edge razor141K/yr
  • barber razor125K/yr
  • navaja para afeitar85K/yr
  • navajas para barbero131K/yr
  • nabajas para barbero54K/yr
  • porta navajas para barbero51K/yr
  • barber blade47K/yr
  • shavette43K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Straight Razor

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

34%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
21%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
0.8%of orders come back
“Cheap quality”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”21% 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.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Straight Razor questions

Answered from the same tracked data.