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Setting Powder

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($2.62–$15.57) — Setting Powder doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

41
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Ranks 969 of 1,260 Kosmetik niches · −6 vs the category median of 47

Market size 13Growth 18Conversion 58Competition 60Returns 99Price range 4Avg price 19Brand share 39Review moat 22Quality gap 57
This niche Category average · 1,260 niches

Is Setting Powder profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Setting Powder is a €51K/yr Amazon Germany market (149K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 81% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 41/100.

Setting Powder: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -13.2% over the last 90 days and 4.9% of searches end in a purchase.

€51K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr10K
Search volume / yr-13.2%149K
Conversion rate4.9%
Avg price€6.89

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 81% of demand, so 19% of the market is open.

19%

open market share

Brands · sellers14 · 60
Top-5 product click share49%
Open market19%
Avg brand age67 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 30 products

Sponsored placement73%
New entrants (1y)4· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews9,964

Top Setting Powder 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 49% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

€0€2K€4K€6K€8K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

14 rising

Sellers

60

Top-5 brand share

81%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

49%

Top 20: 90%

Open market

14%

  • NYX PROFESSIONAL MAKEUP30%
  • e.l.f.26%
  • Manhattan14%
  • Essence Cosmetics6%
  • Revolution Beauty London5%
  • Wet n Wild4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 14%)

Setting Powder demand & seasonality

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

Volume149KCVR4.9%Products30Brands14Top 5 Brands81%OOS Rate6.0%Rating4.4★Reviews9,964Avg BSR#27
4K3KPrime Day '24Spike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Top Setting Powder search terms shoppers use

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

  • setting powder48K/yr
  • loose powder16K/yr
  • nyx puder14K/yr
  • fixing powder11K/yr
  • elf puder10K/yr
  • translucent powder6K/yr
  • nyx powder6K/yr
  • baking powder make up9K/yr
  • loses puder7K/yr
  • elf powder5K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Setting Powder

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

What buyers love

78% of reviews
Qualität insgesamt30%

Bestes Produkt

Eignung für Mischhaut8%

Habe sehr helle Haut

Weiches Gefühl7%

Manhattan Soft

Haltbarkeit7%

Gute Haltbarkeit

Abdeckung6%

Super Puder

What buyers complain about

65% of reviews
Helligkeit/Glanz/Glühen10%

Kein Glow

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt8%

Alles Marketing

Feucht/Trocken7%

Trocknet die Haut aus

Funktionalität insgesamt6%

Besser geht nicht

Falten6%

2-3 Stunden hält es super danach bröselt es total eklig und trocknet und setzt sich total in die Falten ab

Setting Powder 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.

1Farbe
25%
2Gesamtgröße
12%
3Produktzustand
8%
4Qualität insgesamt
6%
5Benutzerfreundlichkeit
4%

Common Setting Powder questions

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

Flapen scores Setting Powder 41/100 on Amazon Germany — Skip it. The niche generates €51K/yr across 30 tracked products. 1 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -13.2% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Setting Powder on Amazon Germany is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.4× the quietest.