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Make Up

Maybe

An estimated 0.1% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at -19.4% this quarter, so Make Up is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
56
56 / 100
Top 12% of 1,260 Kosmetik niches · +9 vs the category median of 47
Market size
€2.3M/yr6.6M searches / yr
90-day growth
-19.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
38%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 187 sellers

Flapen Score

Make Up against its category

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

56Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Make Up market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon Germany searched for Make Up 6.6M times last year and spent an estimated €2.3M. The top 5 brands take 84% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov. Flapen scores it 56 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 3.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 6.6M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon Germany for this niche's terms. An estimated 3.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -19.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated €2.3M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
6.6M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-19.4%
Conversion, latest week
3.2%
Market size, estimated
€2.3Ma year
Peak month
November1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
make up1.6M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth €11.10.

Listings sell for €11.10 on average, from €2.33 to €26.42. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 200K to 250K a year. The average listing sells 4,000 to 5,000 of them. At €11.10 that is €44K to €56K a year per listing.

Average price
€11.10under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
€2.33–€26.42
Amazon Germany median price
€18.99across 29,809 niches
Units sold a year
200K–250K
Units per listing a year
4,000–5,000
Revenue per listing a year
€44K–€56K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon Germany median 1.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

92% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 98% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #17 within Make-Up. It carries 20,113 reviews at 4.41 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
92%
Prime listings
98%
Out of stock, average day
0.1%
Average rank
#17in Make-Up
Average rating
4.41 starsAmazon Germany average 4.37 stars
Average reviews
20,113per listing
Listings tracked
48

04 · Newcomers

6 of last year's 6 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

6 products launched here in the last 12 months. 6 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 40 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
6Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
40 months

Products

Top Make Up 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 38% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

15 falling

Sellers

187

Top-5 brand share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

38%

Top 20: 71%

Open market

12%

  • Brand 147%
  • Brand 221%
  • Brand 38%
  • Brand 44%
  • Brand 53%
  • Brand 63%
  • Open — no brand owns it (9 brands, 12%)

Demand

Make Up search demand

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

250K150KPrime Day '24Spike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Search terms

Top Make Up search terms shoppers use

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

  • make up1.6M/yr
  • schminke638K/yr
  • asam beauty575K/yr
  • mascara522K/yr
  • wimperntusche432K/yr
  • foundation481K/yr
  • maybelline mascara312K/yr
  • makeup332K/yr
  • maybelline291K/yr
  • m asam223K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Make Up

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

23%of positive reviews mention “Wimpernqualität”
10%of negative reviews mention “Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis”
0.1%of orders come back
“Überteuerter Müll”
A buyer, on “Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis”10% 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.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Make Up questions

Answered from the same tracked data.