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Whipped Shea Butter

Whipped Shea Butter shows low returns (0.8%), but soft demand (-20.0% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

54
Worth a look

Top 22% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +6 vs the category median of 48

Market size 30Growth 15Conversion 47Competition 84Returns 96Price range 73Avg price 76Brand share 64Review moat 29Quality gap 55
This niche Category average · 10,978 niches

Is Whipped Shea Butter profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, Whipped Shea Butter is a $137K/yr Amazon United States market (236K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 66% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 54/100.

Whipped Shea Butter: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -20.0% over the last 90 days and 3.8% of searches end in a purchase.

$137K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr10K
Search volume / yr-20.0%236K
Conversion rate3.8%
Avg price$15.46

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 66% of demand, so 34% of the market is open.

34%

open market share

Brands · sellers19 · 514
Top-5 product click share31%
Open market34%
Avg brand age59 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 47 products

Sponsored placement81%
New entrants (1y)3· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews3,571

Top Whipped Shea Butter products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (31% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

$0$4K$8K$12K$16K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

19 rising

Sellers

514

Top-5 brand share

66%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

31%

Top 20: 76%

Open market

29%

  • RA COSMETICS22%
  • AKWAABA19%
  • SoShea11%
  • SmellGood8%
  • Ashanti Naturals6%
  • Nimba Foods5%

Whipped Shea Butter demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume236KCVR3.8%Products47Brands19Top 5 Brands66%OOS Rate3.9%Rating4.4★Reviews3,571Avg BSR#78
8K6KHoliday '24Prime Day '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Top Whipped Shea Butter search terms shoppers use

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

  • whipped shea butter150K/yr
  • whipped shea butter for skin24K/yr
  • shea butter whipped19K/yr
  • scented shea butter9K/yr
  • whipped shea body butter9K/yr
  • whipped african shea butter5K/yr
  • whipped shea butter for hair6K/yr
  • akwaaba whipped shea butter5K/yr
  • african shea butter whipped4K/yr
  • shea butter scented4K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Whipped Shea Butter

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

80% of reviews
Smell29%

Light scent

Quality-Overall13%

Excellent Product

Moist/Dry11%

Excellent moisturizer

Soft Feel10%

Smooth and Silky

Suitability Dry Skin4%

Good for dry skin

What buyers complain about

61% of reviews
Smell31%

Artificial smell

Allergies10%

Had allergic reaction

Moist/Dry5%

Does not moisturize

Value For Money4%

expensive

Size-Overall3%

Very small bottle

Whipped Shea Butter return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.8%

Return rate

13%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Smell
53%
2Advertised Vs Actual Product
8%
3Product Condition
4%
4Size-Overall
4%
5Functionality-Overall
4%

Common Whipped Shea Butter questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Whipped Shea Butter 54/100 on Amazon United States — Worth a look. The niche generates $137K/yr across 47 tracked products. 0 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -20.0% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Whipped Shea Butter on Amazon United States is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.4× the quietest.