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Korean Make Up

soft demand (-21.5% this quarter) — Korean Make Up doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

44
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Ranks 791 of 1,260 Kosmetik niches · −3 vs the category median of 47

Market size 28Growth 14Conversion 32Competition 61Returns 99Price range 19Avg price 46Brand share 35Review moat 25Quality gap 73
This niche Category average · 1,260 niches

Is Korean Make Up profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Korean Make Up is a €120K/yr Amazon Germany market (405K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 84% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 44/100.

Korean Make Up: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -21.5% over the last 90 days and 2.6% of searches end in a purchase.

€120K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr10K
Search volume / yr-21.5%405K
Conversion rate2.6%
Avg price€11.55

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 84% of demand, so 16% of the market is open.

16%

open market share

Brands · sellers14 · 99
Top-5 product click share48%
Open market16%
Avg brand age37 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 28 products

Sponsored placement50%
New entrants (1y)4· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews4,456

Top Korean Make Up 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

The top 5 products take 48% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

€0€6K€12K€18K€24K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

14 falling

Sellers

99

Top-5 brand share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

48%

Top 20: 89%

Open market

13%

  • MISSHA57%
  • ARENCIA11%
  • EONFAVE7%
  • TIRTIR5%
  • MEITREND4%
  • Clawrex3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 13%)

Top Korean Make Up search terms shoppers use

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

  • korean make up180K/yr
  • missha bb cream46K/yr
  • misha bb cream21K/yr
  • korean makeup19K/yr
  • koreanisches make up15K/yr
  • arencia mochi cleanser20K/yr
  • korean foundation11K/yr
  • koreanische make up9K/yr
  • missha m perfect cover bb cream7K/yr
  • missha bb cream 239K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Korean Make Up

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

What buyers love

67% of reviews
Qualität insgesamt13%

Super Produkt

Eignung für Mischhaut9%

Solide BB Cream

Abdeckung9%

Absoluter heiliger Gral – Perfekte Deckkraft und toller Glow

Farbe8%

Blau ist Okay

Weiches Gefühl7%

Dezent✨ Soooo soft und schön🤩

What buyers complain about

59% of reviews
Abdeckung10%

Natürlich deckt es nicht 100% ab wie eine echte Foundation

Farbe8%

Farbe passt nicht

Allergien7%

Ich leide an Rosacea

Eignung für trockene Haut6%

Ich habe mit 42 immer noch etwas unreine Haut

Feucht/Trocken6%

trocknet sehr die Haut

Korean Make Up return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

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
21%
2Qualität insgesamt
9%
3Produktzustand
8%
4Geruch
6%
5beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt
6%

Common Korean Make Up questions

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

Flapen scores Korean Make Up 44/100 on Amazon Germany — Skip it. The niche generates €120K/yr across 28 tracked products. 0 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -21.5% over the last 90 days.
Korean Make Up buyers on Amazon Germany complain most about Abdeckung, Farbe, Allergien, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.1%.