Dropshipping Hair Products - Suppliers, Products Ideas, & Risks

Hair care is in constant demand and there is a huge variety of products you could choose to dropship. [1]

We recommend choosing hair tools and accessories. 

Avoid dropshipping liquid hair products, electricals, and human hair. They might have legal restrictions and require a license and certifications.

Our years of dropshipping in various niches have taught us so much. We have used this knowledge to create an article to help you find a profitable hair product. 

In this article, we have included everything we would consider before selling hair products, a few product suggestions, the risks we would be wary of, and much more, including the following:

• Are Hair Products a Good Dropshipping Niche? 
• Risks of Dropshipping Hair Products
• Best Hair Products to Dropship 
• Hair Products to Avoid
• Finding the Best Dropshipping Suppliers for Hair Products
• Best Places to Find Suppliers
• Successful Dropshipping Hair Products Stores
• Dropshipping Hair Products Throughout the World
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Final Thoughts

Keep reading to learn everything you need to know about dropshipping hair products.

Key Takeaways

• There are a huge variety of hair products with the potential for year-round profit. 
• We recommend dropshipping hair accessories and tools.
• Human hair, electricals, and liquids are often restricted and require a license, so we would avoid these products.

Are Hair Products a Good Dropshipping Niche?

Yes. Although any niche could be considered good, it is more about the product you choose within the niche.

If you need help finding the perfect product, use our Product Database tool to start your product research.

Hair care products are sold worldwide. Google Trends also shows steady interest and suggests it is not a seasonal niche.

This indicates that you could launch a profitable hair care store in various countries. It also shows that hair products can make you profit and sales throughout the year.

Seasonality

As we saw from Google Trends, hair products are not seasonal.

When looking for a dropshipping product, we always look for one with year-round demand.

This means your sales, and therefore profits, will remain consistent. 

Product Possibility

There are so many hair products you can add to your dropshipping store.

You could target a specific hair type or concern and tailor your store to it.

You can launch a variety of products within the chosen sub-category. The same supplier can often provide similar products, making order fulfillment easy.

This gives you a great opportunity to bundle products together and add upsells and order bumps to your purchases.

You could even promote digital tools to improve the customer experience.

For instance, pairing a hair loss prevention tools or products with a tool like MyHair.AI, that analyzes hair health, could position your store as a go-to resource for hair care.

What Are the Risks of Dropshipping Hair Products? 

Certain products in the hair niche will require certificates and licenses. You may also need to adhere to strict policies. Avoid human hair, hair care products, and heated hair tools.

If you do want to sell any of these products, make sure to seek legal advice. 

We would avoid all of these. There are plenty of other winning products with far less risk.

Licenses, Allergies, Restrictions, and Safety

We recommend avoiding shampoo, serums, oils, conditioners, and other hair care products. These types of products often need certifications and require you to follow certain guidelines.

Electricals and battery-operated hair tools require certifications.

The export and import of human hair is restricted in certain countries and require licensees.

The legal complications of these products mean we would refrain from selling them.

If you do want to dropship any of these, contact a professional.

Competition

The hair care market is a competitive one. There are tons of established brands offering hair products.

However, there are still plenty of products within the hair niche that could be profitable.

Make sure to check out our Competitor Research tool. This tool will let you spy on your competition and work out how to beat them.

Best Hair Products to Dropship - Our Top Recommendations

Check out our list of 10 hair products below that could be dropshipping winners. 

1. Heatless Curling Rod

Heatless curling rods are a product that can curl hair overnight with no heat. 

The incredible results shared on TikTok and Instagram have boosted the product's interest and sales. 

This gives you a great opportunity to advertise on social media to generate sales.

2. No Crease Hair Clips

A no-crease hair clip allows you to clip hair back without leaving dents, kinks, or creases. They are commonly used to keep hair off the face while applying makeup or styling hair.

No crease hair clips are small and light. The size and weight make them perfect for dropshipping, as they are cheap to ship.

If you have a hair products store, you can use this product as an order bump. You can add it to the checkout page for customers when they purchase a brush, scrunchie, or any other hair product. This will create additional revenue and increase your customer's experience. 

3. Wig Cap

Wig caps protect the scalp, contain natural hair, and help the wig grip and remain in place. 

They come in a variety of shapes, colors, sizes, comfort, and qualities. You can choose to target a specific area and price range. 

Wig caps are often purchased in bulk, as you need a fresh wig cap every day. 

You could add a washing bag to make your wig caps stand out amongst the competition.

4. Scalp Massager Shampoo Brush

A scalp massager is used in the shower with shampoo to thoroughly clean hair. 

Google Trends shows that interest in the product is rising, particularly in the UK, USA, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. 

You could launch the product in a variety of colors and as a smaller travel size option. You could also sell a hook that adheres to the shower wall for the massager to hang on.

5. Hair Towel Wrap

Sell a hair towel wrap that is specifically gentler on the hair than a regular towel. 

It’s a small and light product, which makes it cheap to dropship.

You could also launch variations of the product in different colors and patterns. Or, add a wash bag, travel bag, or free comb. 

6. Styling Comb Set

There are so many combs you could sell either individually or bundle together. 

You could design your combs for a specific hair type or for beards. 

Or choose to sell a sustainable bamboo comb rather than a traditional plastic one.

7. Wig Grip

A wig grip is a band similar to a headband. It grips your wig cap or head to the wig. 

Wig grips come in a variety of materials, colors, and fastenings.

You could sell your wig grip with wig caps to enhance your revenue and provide an all-in-one solution for your customers.

8. Heat Resistant Gloves

Heat-resistant gloves protect your hands when using hot hair tools.

They are a cheap product to source and could have a good potential profit.

You could sell the gloves with a heat mat pad or styling accessories. 

9. Hair Extensions

We only recommend selling synthetic hair extensions. Real hair may require permission or a license. 

Extensions come in all lengths and hair types. You could sell clip extensions, ponytails, buns, or colored clip-ins.

Extensions advertise well on social media. You can run your own ads and contact influencers to see if they would be interested in a partnership.

10. Wig Stand

If you sell wigs, wig caps, and grips, consider adding a wig stand to your store.

A wig stand is a great product to add as an upsell on your wig store.

You can buy collapsible stands, making them smaller and cheaper to ship.

Which Hair Products Should I Avoid Dropshipping?

Products within the hair niche can be restricted, require a license, or potentially have legal problems. 

Other products might be riskier than others. However, with the right professional guidance, they might be able to be sold with the right certificates.

1. Shampoo, Conditioner, Oils, and Other Products

These products can be complicated to sell as they might have certain restrictions.

For this reason, we recommend that you avoid dropshipping these.

2. Electrical Products

Within the hair care market, there are many electrical hair tools.

These include hair dryers, straighteners, curlers, heated brushes, and other products that require a battery or electric cable.

There is huge competition with electrical hair products, with companies like GHD, Dyson, BaByliss, Revlon, and many others. 

As well as the competition, electrical products have several risks, including injury and fires. 

3. Human Hair

India was the largest exporter of human hair [2], but recently they have imposed restrictions. This means a license is required [3]. 

Due to these restrictions and licenses, we recommend avoiding dropshipping human hair.

How to Find the Best Dropshipping Suppliers for Hair Products

Once you’ve decided on the hair product you want to dropship, you will need to find a supplier.

There are often lots of suppliers for each product. The products they supply will usually vary in cost, quality, and shipping location.

Check out this post if you want more details about How to Find Dropshipping Suppliers.

Make sure to request samples from a variety of suppliers. Choose your supplier based on the product quality and their answers to the following questions:

• What is the cost per piece?
• Where will the products be shipped from?
• Is the supplier also the manufacturer?
• How much is the shipping?
• Which shipping courier do you use, and how long does it take?
• How long does it take between receiving the order and the product shipping?
• What are the return, refund, and warranty policies?
• Do you offer custom packaging?
• Can you provide images and videos of the product?
• Do you facilitate dropshipping? (including integrating with automation tools, not adding invoices, promotions, or other logos in the product packaging)

For more information about What to Consider When You Choose Your Dropshipping Supplier, check out our article here with everything you need to know.

Best Places to Find Dropshipping Suppliers

1. Dropship.io
2. Sell The Trend
3. AliExpress
4. Doba
5. Wholesale2b

1. Dropship.io

Our newest feature available is the supplier database. 

The supplier database is a list of trusted suppliers that we’ve pre-vetted. As the suppliers are checked before we list them, it should make finding the perfect supplier easy.

If you want to take a look, we currently have a no-commitment 7-day free trial available. 

2. Sell The Trend

Sell The Trend is an all-in-one dropshipping platform. There is a supplier database with over 7 million products available.

Each supplier is rated and ranked based on the quality of the products, their communication, and the shipping speed.

You can also use Sell the Trend to import products to your store and automate order fulfillment. 

3. AliExpress

AliExpress has a huge catalog of suppliers. They offer almost any product you could think of.

The majority of the suppliers are based in China. Although, often, they have warehouses in the USA. If your customer base is in the USA, shipping will be cheaper and quicker for customers. 

The suppliers on AliExpress aren’t pre-vetted. This means it can be difficult to find a reliable supplier.

4. Doba

Doba is a dropshipping platform that bridges the gap between suppliers and dropshipping stores.

The platform has a variety of plans, some of which are paid. There is a free plan, perfect for new dropshipping stores.  

There are thousands of products available. But until you sign up for a plan, you can’t see the product’s price. 

5. Wholesale2b

Wholesale2B has over a million products to choose from. 

Once you’ve chosen your product, Wholesale2B can import the products to your store and handle the shipments to your customers.

Successful Dropshipping Hair Products Store Examples

It’s hard to confirm whether a store is really successful as we will never know its exact expenses. But with the Sales Tracker tool, you can see the approximate sales of any Shopify hair store.

Click the graph icon on the right-hand side to find specific store metrics. Here you will be able to see estimated revenue, total products sold, as well as the top-performing products in the store. 

To work out whether a product is profitable, you can contact a supplier of the product. Once you have the product’s price, you can deduct it from the sales data provided on the Sales Tracker.

These two stores below are just a few successful ones we found within the hair niche. There are so many that are performing just as well and better! 

African Fabs

African Fabs sell a variety of products made of African wax print fabrics. 

The Sales Tracker tool tells us that its top 6 products are satin hair bonnet sets. Satin hair bonnets are worn at night to protect the hair from breakage. 

It shows us that the top-selling product is a mother-and-daughter bonnet set that made $2734.16 in revenue in the last 30 days. 

We can also see they have a satin pillowcase and scrunchie set. This set sold 56 units in the last 30 days. 

You can find additional product ideas and bundle options using the Sales Tracker. 

Heatless Hair

Heatless Hair sells various hair accessories, including clips, satin scrunchies, hair ribbons, satin pajamas, combs, and the curling ribbon.

The Sales Tracker tool tells us its best-selling product is the Curling Ribbon Kit in Black. 

The Skinny Curling Kit is one of its newer products, launching in May 2022. The Sales Tracker also shows it was Heatless Hairs' third best-seller over the last month.   

Dropshipping Hair Products Throughout the World

Hair types, trends, and styles vary across the world.

A product that sells well in Asia might not do so well in Africa or Europe. 

We can use the data available on the hair products market and cultural differences and trends to find a winning product for a specific country.

USA

Online sales are expected to continue to increase in the USA for hair products [4]. Currently, the online revenue share is 36.8 percent, but it is forecast to increase to 48.5 percent by 2025.

It is also suggested that products with hair health benefits may increase in demand and generate sales. This is due to lifestyle changes and added stress causing hair problems in younger generations [5].

This means it could be a great time to launch an online store with products designed to improve the look and health of hair.

If it is the USA you’re looking to sell in, we have a list of suppliers from which you might want to consider sourcing your product. Take a look at the 18 Best Dropshipping Suppliers in the US article.

UK

The demand for natural, organic, and vegan hair styling products is increasing in the UK [6].

Men in the UK are also more interested in hair health and spending more on grooming products. 

From this, you could consider dropshipping natural and vegan hair care products. Or launch a range for men, with products for both hair and beards.

We’ve created a list of the top 20 Best Dropshipping Suppliers in the UK if you are interested in sourcing and selling to the UK.

Europe

European studies have shown that consumers spend more on hair care services in salons. This is driving market growth in Europe [7]. 

This could be a great time to launch products aimed at salons, like bulk purchases of clips, brushes, or salon-specific items, like hair gowns.

Shampoos also dominated sales in the European hair care market. Consider products associated with this, like a shampoo brush, shampoo safe hat, etc.

Australia

The hair product market is expected to grow at a rate of 4.45 percent between 2018 and 2028. 

Customers choose at-home products with premium, natural, and organic ingredients as a more cost-effective alternative to a salon [8]. 

If you’re looking to sell hair care products in Australia, look for those that are more luxurious, with natural and herbal ingredients.

Malaysia

The Malaysian hair care market is predicted to grow by 2.91 percent annually between 2023 and 2027 [9]. 

The perms and relaxers category is expected to have the fastest value growth between 2020 and 2025 [10]. 

Look into products around perms and relaxers, including those that are free from chemicals and more natural, as this has shown importance to consumers [11].

South Africa

During the COVID-19 pandemic, South Africa saw the closure of many salons [12], which led to a weakening in sales in beauty and personal care in 2021. 

The hair care market saw an increase in growth margins due to the closure of salons and customers purchasing salon products, like clippers, for DIY jobs.

The hair care market is expected to grow annually at 2.26 percent between 2023 and 2027 [13], making it a great time to launch an online store with at-home salon-type treatments and products.

India

Several chemicals commonly used in hair products are restricted in India, such as ammonia. This means that organic and herbal ingredients are often used instead [14].

The hair care market is expected to grow annually at 3.56 percent between 2023 and 2027 [15].

The market growth and knowledge of the commonly used products can help you find a winning product to dropship in India.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Can I Dropship Hair?

It depends on what kind of hair. If you want to dropship human hair, certain countries have restrictions and may require a license. 

You may need a license for the country you’re exporting from and the country you’re selling to.

Make sure to do your research so you don't get into legal trouble.

Are Wigs Good for Dropshipping?

Human hair wigs might have restrictions and licenses you need to adhere to. 

We think wig accessories, like wig caps, stands, and grips are better choices for dropshipping. Plus, far less risky.

Can I Sell Hair on Shopify?

Yes, Shopify allows you to sell hair extensions on their platform.

However, if you are selling human hair, check the import and export laws.

Is Dropshipping Hair Profitable?

Yes! There are so many products within the hair niche that have the potential to be profitable.

Look at TikTok and Instagram hair trends. The heatless hair curler is currently trending. It could be a profitable product that would advertise well on social media.

Final Thoughts

The list of products we’ve provided will hopefully give you a headstart in finding your next winning product. 

Use our risks section to assess each hair product before adding it to your store. 

Once you find a potentially winning hair product, add it to the Sales Tracker. Here you can see how other stores are performing (and hopefully give you some more winning ideas)!