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Wax Strips

Pass

Wax Strips scores 70 out of 100, a Pass. Shoppers spend an estimated $4.6M a year here, search demand grew +17.1% this quarter, and an estimated 0.6% of orders come back.

Flapen Score
70
70 / 100
Top 1% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +22 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$4.6M/yr3.5M searches / yr
90-day growth
+17.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
49%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 114 sellers

Flapen Score

Wax Strips against its category

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

70Pass
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Wax Strips market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Wax Strips 3.5M times last year and spent an estimated $4.6M. The top 5 brands take 66% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jun–Jul. Flapen scores it 70 out of 100, a Pass.

01 · Demand

An estimated 12.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 3.5M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 12.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +17.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $4.6M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
3.5M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+17.1%
Conversion, latest week
12.3%
Market size, estimated
$4.6Ma year
Peak month
June1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
wax strips1.6M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $10.69.

Listings sell for $10.69 on average, from $3.60 to $19.82. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 400K to 500K a year. The average listing sells 15,000 to 20,000 of them. At $10.69 that is $160K to $214K a year per listing.

Average price
$10.69under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$3.60–$19.82
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
400K–500K
Units per listing a year
15,000–20,000
Revenue per listing a year
$160K–$214K
Returns
0.6%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

84% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #21 within Women's. It carries 6,086 reviews at 3.96 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
84%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
4.7%
Average rank
#21in Women's
Average rating
3.96 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
6,086per listing
Listings tracked
25

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 54 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
54 months

Products

Top Wax Strips 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 49% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

114

Top-5 brand share

66%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

49%

Top 20: 94%

Open market

26%

  • Brand 122%
  • Brand 215%
  • Brand 312%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 58%
  • Brand 68%

Demand

Wax Strips search demand

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

100K60KSpike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Wax Strips search terms shoppers use

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

  • wax strips1.6M/yr
  • waxing strips293K/yr
  • wax strips for face255K/yr
  • face wax strips180K/yr
  • wax strips body100K/yr
  • bikini wax strips78K/yr
  • wax strips for hair removal219K/yr
  • facial wax strips for women90K/yr
  • veet wax strips88K/yr
  • facial wax strips72K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Wax Strips

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

19%of positive reviews mention “Ease Of Use”
26%of negative reviews mention “Functionality-Overall”
0.6%of orders come back
“Not effective”
A buyer, on “Functionality-Overall”26% 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 Wax Strips questions

Answered from the same tracked data.