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Lip Butter

soft demand (-46.4% this quarter) — Lip Butter doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

38
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Ranks 1,082 of 1,260 Kosmetik niches · −9 vs the category median of 47

Market size 19Growth 2Conversion 61Competition 70Returns 99Price range 29Avg price 17Brand share 7Review moat 25Quality gap 47
This niche Category average · 1,260 niches

Is Lip Butter profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Lip Butter is a €74K/yr Amazon Germany market (225K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 97% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 38/100.

Lip Butter: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -46.4% over the last 90 days and 5.3% of searches end in a purchase.

€74K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr20K
Search volume / yr-46.4%225K
Conversion rate5.3%
Avg price€6.18

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 97% of demand, so 3% of the market is open.

3%

open market share

Brands · sellers9 · 119
Top-5 product click share43%
Open market3%
Avg brand age41 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 35 products

Sponsored placement71%
New entrants (1y)4· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews4,438

Top Lip Butter 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 43% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

€0€2K€4K€7K€9K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 rising

Sellers

119

Top-5 brand share

97%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

43%

Top 20: 88%

Open market

2%

  • Vaseline93%
  • Sunshine smile2%
  • SHOWHEEL1%
  • Gireatick1%
  • Aquaphor1%
  • ARCHIDATE1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 2%)

Lip Butter demand & seasonality

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

Volume225KCVR5.3%Products35Brands9Top 5 Brands97%OOS Rate5.5%Rating4.5★Reviews4,438Avg BSR#181
10K6KSpike '24Black Friday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.5×

Top Lip Butter search terms shoppers use

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

  • vaseline lip balm112K/yr
  • vaseline lip therapy22K/yr
  • vaseline stick16K/yr
  • vaseline lip16K/yr
  • mini vaseline16K/yr
  • vaseline lippen11K/yr
  • vaseline mini9K/yr
  • vaseline lippenpflege6K/yr
  • vaseline rosy lips5K/yr
  • lippenpflege vaseline4K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Lip Butter

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

What buyers love

66% of reviews
Qualität insgesamt13%

Best Produkte

Weiches Gefühl10%

macht super weiche Lippen

Feucht/Trocken10%

Selbst nach Stunden fühlt sich die Haut noch angenehm hydratisiert an – kein ständiges Nachcremen nötig

Geruch9%

Geruch original

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt5%

Wie erwartet

What buyers complain about

55% of reviews
Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis13%

eigentlich unverschämt überteuert

Allergien9%

Nur bedingt nutzbar durch Allergien

Gesamtgröße8%

kleiner als erwartet

Feucht/Trocken7%

und trotzdem trockene Lippen

Farbe5%

Der einzige kleine Kritikpunkt: Die Farbe ist deutlich weniger pink als erwartet

Lip Butter return rate & reasons

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

0.2%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

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

1Gesamtgröße
17%
2Geruch
12%
3Produktzustand
10%
4Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis
10%
5Farbe
9%

Common Lip Butter questions

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

Flapen scores Lip Butter 38/100 on Amazon Germany — Skip it. The niche generates €74K/yr across 35 tracked products. 1 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -46.4% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Lip Butter on Amazon Germany peaks in Jan–Feb–Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 2.5× the quietest.