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Travel Comb

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.8% of orders. But prices span $2.87–$14.04, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Travel Comb is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
50
50 / 100
Top 38% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +2 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$121K/yr278K searches / yr
90-day growth
+6.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
43%top-5 click share · 27 brands · 71 sellers

Flapen Score

Travel Comb against its category

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

50Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Travel Comb market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Travel Comb 278K times last year and spent an estimated $121K. The top 5 brands take 55% of clicks. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

6.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 278K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +6.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $121K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
278K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+6.2%
Conversion, latest week
6.7%
Market size, estimated
$121Ka year
Peak month
August1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
travel comb61K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $6.49.

Listings sell for $6.49 on average, from $2.87 to $14.04. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $6.49 that is $2K to $3K a year per listing.

Average price
$6.49under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$2.87–$14.04
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$2K–$3K
Returns
0.8%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, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #274 within Hair Combs. It carries 2,930 reviews at 4.57 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
92%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#274in Hair Combs
Average rating
4.57 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
2,930per listing
Listings tracked
37

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 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
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
40 months

Products

Top Travel Comb 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 43% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$5K$10K$14K$19K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

27 falling

Sellers

71

Top-5 brand share

55%

Top 20: 94%

Top-5 click share

43%

Top 20: 81%

Open market

39%

  • Mozeat Lens15%
  • Soft 'N Style15%
  • Kootinn10%
  • YUXIANLB8%
  • KENT7%
  • GOODY6%

Demand

Travel Comb search demand

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

6K4KSpike '25Prime Day '25MarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Travel Comb search terms shoppers use

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

  • travel comb61K/yr
  • small comb53K/yr
  • mini comb52K/yr
  • purse comb11K/yr
  • travel wide tooth comb9K/yr
  • travel comb for women10K/yr
  • mini combs10K/yr
  • small combs9K/yr
  • mini hair comb9K/yr
  • small hair comb8K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Travel Comb

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

Complain

Size-Overall28%−0.08

Comb is small

Size too small

Too Big

Quality-Overall10%

Looks quality if a bit plain

Low quality

Extremely cheap quality

Material Quality9%−0.05

Cheap materials

Cheap flimsy plastic

The feel from my hair with the material is not a huge difference from the plastic combs

Durability5%

Broke in less than a year

Broke within the first month of me getting it

Broke

Comfort-Overall4%−0.02

It is awkward to use

not quite comfortable

But they are not as comfortable as the the ones from my previous orders

Love

Quality-Overall17%

Great quality, lots of options in the bag for the price

Best quality

Good quality set

Size-Overall13%−0.08

Size is accurate

Convenient size

Fits my hand

Value For Money12%+0.75

Great Value

Great value

Great deal

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%+0.70

As advertised

exactly as pictured

As described

Durability7%

so far has been holding up well

they don't break

Very durable

Return

0.8% Return rate 78% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall63%██████

Comb is small

Size too small

Too Big

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%█▆▆▇▆▆

They were advertised as unbreakable

False advertisement

the first pic above is misleading in size

Quality-Overall5%█▅▇▆▇▆

Looks quality if a bit plain

Low quality

Extremely cheap quality

Material Quality4%▆▆█▅▅▆

Cheap materials

Cheap flimsy plastic

The feel from my hair with the material is not a huge difference from the plastic combs

Strength3%▄▇▅▄██

A bit flimsy

also not extremely sturdy

Flimsy

FAQ

Common Travel Comb questions

Answered from the same tracked data.