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Highlighter

Fail

Prices span $2.28–$15.44, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Highlighter is a Fail.

Flapen Score
44
44 / 100
Ranks 791 of 1,260 Kosmetik niches · −3 vs the category median of 47
Market size
€58K/yr282K searches / yr
90-day growth
-24.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
39%top-5 click share · 18 brands · 132 sellers

Flapen Score

Highlighter against its category

The dotted line is the Kosmetik average. Past it, Highlighter is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

44Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Highlighter market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon Germany searched for Highlighter 282K times last year and spent an estimated €58K. The top 5 brands take 70% of clicks. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 3.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 282K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon Germany for this niche's terms. An estimated 3.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -24.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated €58K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
282K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-24.3%
Conversion, latest week
3.1%
Market size, estimated
€58Ka year
Peak month
January1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
highlighter167K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth €6.58.

Listings sell for €6.58 on average, from €2.28 to €15.44. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At €6.58 that is €658 to €2K a year per listing.

Average price
€6.58under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
€2.28–€15.44
Amazon Germany median price
€18.99across 29,809 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
€658–€2K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon Germany median 1.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

74% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 97% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #76 within Make-Up. It carries 2,917 reviews at 4.37 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
74%
Prime listings
97%
Out of stock, average day
1.1%
Average rank
#76in Make-Up
Average rating
4.37 starsAmazon Germany average 4.37 stars
Average reviews
2,917per listing
Listings tracked
39

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 3 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 44 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
44 months

Products

Top Highlighter 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 39% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

18 falling

Sellers

132

Top-5 brand share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

39%

Top 20: 79%

Open market

24%

  • Brand 130%
  • Brand 217%
  • Brand 310%
  • Brand 47%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 66%

Demand

Highlighter search demand

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

10K6KPrime Day '24Spike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Highlighter search terms shoppers use

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

  • highlighter167K/yr
  • highlighter stick27K/yr
  • nyx highlighter20K/yr
  • make-up highlighter11K/yr
  • liquid highlighter7K/yr
  • highlighter puder6K/yr
  • highlight6K/yr
  • nyx buttermelt highlighter5K/yr
  • highlighter make up19K/yr
  • highliter4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Highlighter

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

17%of positive reviews mention “Qualität insgesamt”
12%of negative reviews mention “Haltbarkeit”
0.3%of orders come back
“hält aber nicht lange”
A buyer, on “Haltbarkeit”12% 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.

19 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Highlighter questions

Answered from the same tracked data.