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Lipliner

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($0.93–$9.59) — Lipliner doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

42
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Ranks 916 of 1,260 Kosmetik niches · −5 vs the category median of 47

Market size 16Growth 17Conversion 40Competition 69Returns 98Price range 0Avg price 12Brand share 41Review moat 28Quality gap 67
This niche Category average · 1,260 niches

Is Lipliner profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Lipliner is a €65K/yr Amazon Germany market (457K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 80% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 42/100.

Lipliner: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -16.8% over the last 90 days and 3.2% of searches end in a purchase.

€65K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr15K
Search volume / yr-16.8%457K
Conversion rate3.2%
Avg price€4.39

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 80% of demand, so 20% of the market is open.

20%

open market share

Brands · sellers13 · 69
Top-5 product click share43%
Open market20%
Avg brand age49 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 · 37 products

Sponsored placement84%
New entrants (1y)5· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews3,660

Top Lipliner 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€3K€5K€8K€10K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

69

Top-5 brand share

80%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

43%

Top 20: 82%

Open market

16%

  • Kiko Milano23%
  • Manhattan21%
  • Essence Cosmetics18%
  • e.l.f.9%
  • MAYBELLINE9%
  • NYX PROFESSIONAL MAKEUP4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 16%)

Lipliner demand & seasonality

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

Volume457KCVR3.2%Products37Brands13Top 5 Brands80%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.3★Reviews3,660Avg BSR#22
13K8KPrime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Top Lipliner search terms shoppers use

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

  • lipliner176K/yr
  • kiko lipliner61K/yr
  • lip liner47K/yr
  • lipliner wasserfest41K/yr
  • essence lipliner19K/yr
  • maybelline lipliner16K/yr
  • lipliner wasserfest permanent6K/yr
  • lippenkonturenstift12K/yr
  • lipliner essence9K/yr
  • lippenkonturenstifte9K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Lipliner

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

What buyers love

82% of reviews
Farbe33%

Schöne Farbe🥰 Topppp mega✨

Qualität insgesamt10%

super Qualität

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis10%

Super Preisleistung

Haltbarkeit10%

Unschlagbare Haltbarkeit

Einfache Anwendung7%

Lässt sich gut auftragen und verblenden, fühlt sich schön auf den Lippen an

What buyers complain about

72% of reviews
Farbe25%

Malt nicht, es kommt kaum Farbe

Haltbarkeit15%

Hält überhaupt nicht

Einfache Anwendung7%

Auch der Applikator erleichtert das präzise Auftragen nicht wesentlich

Qualität insgesamt6%

Leider schlechte Qualität zu völlig überteuertem Preis

Feucht/Trocken6%

Austrocknung

Lipliner return rate & reasons

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

0.4%

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
52%
2Produktzustand
8%
3Feucht/Trocken
8%
4Funktionalität insgesamt
6%
5beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt
6%

Common Lipliner questions

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

Flapen scores Lipliner 42/100 on Amazon Germany — Skip it. The niche generates €65K/yr across 37 tracked products. 1 of 5 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -16.8% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Lipliner on Amazon Germany peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 1.9× the quietest.