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Foundation Stick

Foundation Stick shows beatable incumbent ratings (3.4★), but soft demand (-56.4% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

54
Worth a look

Top 18% of 1,260 Kosmetik niches · +7 vs the category median of 47

Market size 12Growth 0Conversion 41Competition 79Returns 99Price range 50Avg price 43Brand share 90Review moat 59Quality gap 100
This niche Category average · 1,260 niches

Is Foundation Stick profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Foundation Stick is a €50K/yr Amazon Germany market (138K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 45% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 54/100.

Foundation Stick: 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 -56.4% over the last 90 days and 3.2% of searches end in a purchase.

€50K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr5K
Search volume / yr-56.4%138K
Conversion rate3.2%
Avg price€11.12

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 45% of demand, so 55% of the market is open.

55%

open market share

Brands · sellers33 · 86
Top-5 product click share36%
Open market55%
Avg brand age27 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 3.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 50 products

Sponsored placement86%
New entrants (1y)33· 4 succeeded
Avg rating3.4★
Avg reviews1,155

Top Foundation Stick 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 (36% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

€0€2K€4K€6K€8K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

33 rising

Sellers

86

Top-5 brand share

45%

Top 20: 88%

Top-5 click share

36%

Top 20: 70%

Open market

50%

  • Clawrex14%
  • M. Asam12%
  • SOLUAME7%
  • MAYBELLINE7%
  • EONFAVE6%
  • O'CHEAL5%

Foundation Stick demand & seasonality

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

Volume138KCVR3.2%Products50Brands33Top 5 Brands45%OOS Rate28.7%Rating3.4★Reviews1,155Avg BSR#340
4K3KMar '26Mar '26Apr '26Apr '26May '26May '26Jun '26Jun '26Jul '26

Top Foundation Stick search terms shoppers use

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

  • foundation stick74K/yr
  • make up stick12K/yr
  • make up stift8K/yr
  • color changing foundation stick12K/yr
  • clarea 2-in-1 foundation mit integriertem pinsel4K/yr
  • stick foundation4K/yr
  • foundation stick mit pinsel7K/yr
  • clarea foundation stick12K/yr
  • farbwechsel foundation stick5K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Foundation Stick

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

What buyers love

70% of reviews
Qualität insgesamt18%

Super Produkte

Eignung für Mischhaut12%

Matches Fair to Medium Skin Tones

Abdeckung9%

Deckt wunderbar ab

Einfache Anwendung7%

Der Asam Magic Finish Perfect Blend concealer lässt sich super einfach auftragen

Benutzerfreundlichkeit6%

Gute Handhabung

What buyers complain about

65% of reviews
Abdeckung14%

Null Deckkraft

Farbe8%

Bei mir verändert er die Farbe überhaupt nicht

Funktionalität insgesamt8%

Funktioniert nicht

Qualität insgesamt7%

Müll

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt6%

Fraglich, was für ein Produkt im Video genommen wurde, aber nicht dieses

Foundation Stick return rate & reasons

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

0.3%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

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

1Farbe
23%
2beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt
11%
3Abdeckung
10%
4Funktionalität insgesamt
9%
5Defekt Material/Teile
5%

Common Foundation Stick questions

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

Flapen scores Foundation Stick 54/100 on Amazon Germany — Worth a look. The niche generates €50K/yr across 50 tracked products. 4 of 33 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -56.4% over the last 90 days.
Foundation Stick buyers on Amazon Germany complain most about Abdeckung, Farbe, Funktionalität insgesamt, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.3%.