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Wigs

Maybe

Shoppers spend an estimated $27.1M a year here. But buyers convert on only 0.8% of searches, so Wigs is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
63
63 / 100
Top 4% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +15 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$27.1M/yr46.0M searches / yr
90-day growth
-15.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
17%top-5 click share · 110 brands · 133 sellers

Flapen Score

Wigs against its category

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

63Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Wigs market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Wigs 46.0M times last year and spent an estimated $27.1M. The top 5 brands take 23% of clicks. Flapen scores it 63 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 0.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 46.0M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 0.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -15.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $27.1M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
46.0M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-15.3%
Conversion, latest week
0.8%
Market size, estimated
$27.1Ma year
Peak month
October1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
human hair wig7.4M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $73.53.

Listings sell for $73.53 on average, from $10.17 to $186.60. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 400K to 500K a year. The average listing sells 2,000 to 2,500 of them. At $73.53 that is $147K to $184K a year per listing.

Average price
$73.53inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$10.17–$186.60
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
400K–500K
Units per listing a year
2,000–2,500
Revenue per listing a year
$147K–$184K
Returns
5.5%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

94% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #171 within Wigs. It carries 2,320 reviews at 3.98 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
94%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
2.1%
Average rank
#171in Wigs
Average rating
3.98 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
2,320per listing
Listings tracked
125

04 · Newcomers

21 of last year's 22 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

22 products launched here in the last 12 months. 21 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 36 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
22
Successful launches
21Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
36 months

Products

Top Wigs 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 only 17% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

110 falling

Sellers

133

Top-5 brand share

23%

Top 20: 49%

Top-5 click share

17%

Top 20: 42%

Open market

75%

  • Brand 16%
  • Brand 26%
  • Brand 34%
  • Brand 43%
  • Brand 52%
  • Brand 62%

Demand

Wigs search demand

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

1.0M600KPrime Day '24Spike '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Wigs search terms shoppers use

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

  • human hair wig7.4M/yr
  • wigs human hair6.0M/yr
  • wigs5.6M/yr
  • wig4.9M/yr
  • glueless wigs human hair pre plucked pre cut3.1M/yr
  • lace front wigs human hair2.6M/yr
  • wigs for black women1.8M/yr
  • human hair wigs for black women1.6M/yr
  • human hair wigs1.2M/yr
  • deep wave lace front wigs human hair1.2M/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Wigs

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

28%of positive reviews mention “Wig/Artificial Hair Quality”
20%of negative reviews mention “Wig/Artificial Hair Quality”
5.5%of orders come back
“Plastic wig”
A buyer, on “Wig/Artificial Hair Quality”20% 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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Wigs questions

Answered from the same tracked data.