KDP categories · Top KDP authors
Soap Making (Crafts & Hobbies, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Soap Making (Crafts & Hobbies, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $4.99, median 7 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 25/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $9.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 27% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 2% of the parent category Crafts & Hobbies (359), one of the easier corners under it.
- 27% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 93% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- At $4.99 its median price is below 91% of Kindle eBooks categories, so it is a volume game.
Top 10 Soap Making best sellers
-
Soap Crafting: Step-by-Step Techniques for Making 31 Unique Cold-Process Soaps
by Anne-Marie Faiola
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,035
-
Natural Soap Making For Beginners: A Step-by-Step Guide to Cold Process, Hot Process, and Melt and Pour Soap Making (The Handmade Apothecary Series)
by Yavar Ismayilov
- List rank#2
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews11
-
Minimalist Soapmaking: How to Make Incredible Soaps in Less Time with Just a Few Ingredients
by Simi Khabra
- List rank#3
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.9
- Reviews73
-
DIY Natural Melt and Pour Soap Crafting: Ultimate Guide to Making & Selling Colorful Natural Home-made Soaps
by Molly Barrett
- List rank#4
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews381
-
DIY All Natural Medicinal Soapmaking: The Ultimate Guide to Crafting Healing Medicinal Soaps at Home
by Molly Barrett
- List rank#5
- Price$4.55
- Rating4.1
- Reviews134
-
Handmade Christmas Gifts on a Small Budget: 30 Easy Homemade Gifts Under $5: Jar Mixes, Cozy Crafts and Last-Minute Ideas for Teachers, Neighbors and ... ... to Wrap (Hearthday Small-Budget Holidays)
by William Sharp
- List rank#6
- Price$4.99
- Reviews-
-
The Complete Soapmaking Bible: A Beginner's Guide to Natural, Handmade, Cold Process, Hot Process, and Melt & Pour Soap Recipes
- List rank#7
- Price$9.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews7
-
The Natural Soapmaking Handbook: Easy Recipes and Techniques for Beautiful Soaps from Herbs, Essential Oils and Other Botanicals
by Simi Khabra
- List rank#8
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.9
- Reviews557
-
Natural Soap Making Book for Beginners: How to create Soaps using essential oils, beeswax, herbs, spices and other botanicals
by MELINDA RILEY
- List rank#9
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews53
-
Soy & Beeswax Candle Making Handbook: How to Start a Homebased Profitable Candle Making Business
by Rebecca Hall
- List rank#10
- Price$3.85
- Rating4.4
- Reviews331
Same niche in Books: Soap Making
FAQ
Is Soap Making a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 25/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 7 reviews and sells for $4.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Soap Making?
The median best seller has 7 reviews, and 78% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Soap Making best sellers cost?
The median price is $4.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $9.99.
Can new books break into Soap Making?
27% of the current best sellers were released in the last 90 days.
About this data
Data comes from KDPTop's daily crawl of Amazon's public Best Sellers pages; medians use the latest list. The opportunity score (0–100, higher is easier to enter) combines the review barrier, the share of low-review books, list turnover, new-release share and price.