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Styrofoam Head

Maybe

The top 5 products take only 34% of clicks. But demand is soft, at +2.1% this quarter, so Styrofoam Head is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
60
60 / 100
Top 8% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +12 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$520K/yr629K searches / yr
90-day growth
+2.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
34%top-5 click share · 29 brands · 36 sellers

Flapen Score

Styrofoam Head against its category

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

60Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Styrofoam Head market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Styrofoam Head 629K times last year and spent an estimated $520K. The top 5 brands take 56% of clicks. Demand peaks in Sep–Oct. Flapen scores it 60 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

5.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 629K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 5.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +2.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $520K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
629K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+2.1%
Conversion, latest week
5.6%
Market size, estimated
$520Ka year
Peak month
October4.2× the quietest month
Top search term
styrofoam head195K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $14.78.

Listings sell for $14.78 on average, from $3.56 to $39.62. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At $14.78 that is $11K to $15K a year per listing.

Average price
$14.78under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$3.56–$39.62
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
$11K–$15K
Returns
2.2%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

80% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 69% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #109 within Wig Head Stands. It carries 1,427 reviews at 4.51 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
80%
Prime listings
69%
Out of stock, average day
5.4%
Average rank
#109in Wig Head Stands
Average rating
4.51 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,427per listing
Listings tracked
45

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 15 launches as successful.

15 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 40 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
15
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
40 months

Products

Top Styrofoam Head 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 only 34% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

$0$16K$31K$47K$62K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

29 falling

Sellers

36

Top-5 brand share

56%

Top 20: 93%

Top-5 click share

34%

Top 20: 77%

Open market

39%

  • MapofBeauty24%
  • STUDIO LIMITED9%
  • BALABALA9%
  • obeoby7%
  • Leeven6%
  • SHANY5%

Demand

Styrofoam Head search demand

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

40K30KSpike '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Sep, Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.2×

Search terms

Top Styrofoam Head search terms shoppers use

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

  • styrofoam head195K/yr
  • foam head128K/yr
  • styrofoam heads for wigs31K/yr
  • foam mannequin head38K/yr
  • styrofoam mannequin head28K/yr
  • foam wig head31K/yr
  • wig heads styrofoam10K/yr
  • foam heads for wigs28K/yr
  • styrofoam wig heads29K/yr
  • styrofoam heads23K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Styrofoam Head

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

Complain

Strength24%−0.17

Kind of flimsy

DOES NOT SEEM VERY STURDY

NOT sturdy

Size-Overall21%−0.10

Does not fit properly

Heads are small

Too Small

Quality-Overall6%+0.36

Low quality

Not made very well

Cheaply made

Assembly/Installation4%+0.67

Hard to put together

a little confusing to put together

Hard to assemble for one

Value For Money4%+0.24

Not worth the money

Expensive

A bit expensive

Love

Advertised Vs Actual Product15%+1.40

As described

As advertised

Exactly what I needed

Value For Money13%+0.24

Good value for money

Good Value

Great buy for the money

Assembly/Installation12%+0.67

Easy to install

Very easy to put together

Easily assembled

Quality-Overall12%+0.36

Excellent Quality Product

Great item, exactly as advertised

Extremely well made

Wig/Artificial Hair Quality9%+0.58

Holds wigs well

Keep wigs flawless

Perfect for wigs

Return

2.2% Return rate 56% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall40%███▇▇█

Does not fit properly

Heads are small

Too Small

Wig/Artificial Hair Quality13%█▆▆▅▆█

It defeats the whole purpose of using a wig stand

A little hard to put together great for wigs because thats what they r for

They dont properly support wigs

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%▆█▆▇▇█

Didn't look like the picture

not gonna look apealing in photos

Not as described

Defective Material/Parts6%▃▇▅█▅▄
Strength6%▇▆▆▅█▄

Kind of flimsy

DOES NOT SEEM VERY STURDY

NOT sturdy

FAQ

Common Styrofoam Head questions

Answered from the same tracked data.