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Williams Shaving Soap

Williams Shaving Soap shows low returns (0.4%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

56
Worth a look

Top 17% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +8 vs the category median of 48

Market size 23Growth 22Conversion 74Competition 75Returns 98Price range 74Avg price 69Brand share 76Review moat 32Quality gap 43
This niche Category average · 10,978 niches

Is Williams Shaving Soap profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, Williams Shaving Soap is a $91K/yr Amazon United States market (93K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 59% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 56/100.

Williams Shaving Soap: 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 -5.4% over the last 90 days and 6.9% of searches end in a purchase.

$91K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr8K
Search volume / yr-5.4%93K
Conversion rate6.9%
Avg price$14.27

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 59% of demand, so 41% of the market is open.

41%

open market share

Brands · sellers25 · 110
Top-5 product click share40%
Open market41%
Avg brand age103 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 43 products

Sponsored placement81%
New entrants (1y)4· 3 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews3,345

Top Williams Shaving Soap 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 (40% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

$0$4K$7K$11K$15K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

25 rising

Sellers

110

Top-5 brand share

59%

Top 20: 96%

Top-5 click share

40%

Top 20: 76%

Open market

37%

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  • Gentleman Jon10%
  • Proraso9%
  • Duke Cannon Supply Co.5%
  • Henry Cavendish5%

Williams Shaving Soap demand & seasonality

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

Volume93KCVR6.9%Products43Brands25Top 5 Brands59%OOS Rate2.5%Rating4.5★Reviews3,345Avg BSR#94
3K2KSpike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Top Williams Shaving Soap search terms shoppers use

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

  • shave soap puck21K/yr
  • shaving soap bar9K/yr
  • shaving puck8K/yr
  • williams shaving soap6K/yr
  • old spice shaving soap5K/yr
  • shaving mug soap5K/yr
  • shaving bar soap men5K/yr
  • shaving bar soap3K/yr
  • mens shaving soap puck4K/yr
  • shave soap bar4K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Williams Shaving Soap

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

What buyers love

81% of reviews
Smell23%

Awesome scent

Lather23%

Easy to lather

Quality-Overall9%

It's a nice variety

Value For Money8%

Decent price

Soft Feel6%

Smooth shave

What buyers complain about

62% of reviews
Lather20%

It doesn't lather well

Smell19%

Overpowering fragrance

Size-Overall5%

Smaller than expected

Value For Money4%

A little pricey

Moist/Dry3%

Felt Dry

Williams Shaving Soap return rate & reasons

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

0.4%

Return rate

32%

Fixable by listing

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

1Smell
32%
2Advertised Vs Actual Product
15%
3Size-Overall
13%
4Lather
8%
5Product Condition
5%

Common Williams Shaving Soap questions

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

Flapen scores Williams Shaving Soap 56/100 on Amazon United States — Worth a look. The niche generates $91K/yr across 43 tracked products. 3 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -5.4% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Williams Shaving Soap on Amazon United States is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.7× the quietest.